diff --git a/man/udevadm.xml b/man/udevadm.xml
index 99599634e3..24ed4a29c7 100644
--- a/man/udevadm.xml
+++ b/man/udevadm.xml
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@
           <term><option>-t</option></term>
           <term><option>--type=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
           <listitem>
-            <para>Trigger a specific type of devices. Valid types are:
-            <command>devices</command>, <command>subsystems</command>.
-            The default value is <command>devices</command>.</para>
+            <para>Trigger a specific type of devices. Valid types are <literal>all</literal>,
+            <literal>devices</literal>, and <literal>subsystems</literal>. The default value is
+            <literal>devices</literal>.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
index b68a332500..4d52597cbf 100644
--- a/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
+++ b/shell-completion/bash/udevadm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ _udevadm() {
             if __contains_word "$prev" ${OPTS[TRIGGER_ARG]}; then
                 case $prev in
                     -t|--type)
-                        comps='devices subsystems'
+                        comps='all devices subsystems'
                         ;;
                     -c|--action)
                         comps=$( udevadm trigger --action help )
diff --git a/shell-completion/zsh/_udevadm b/shell-completion/zsh/_udevadm
index d9d995fb33..8a10237e3d 100644
--- a/shell-completion/zsh/_udevadm
+++ b/shell-completion/zsh/_udevadm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _udevadm_trigger(){
         '--verbose[Print the list of devices which will be triggered.]' \
         '--dry-run[Do not actually trigger the event.]' \
         '--quiet[Suppress error logging in triggering events.]' \
-        '--type=[Trigger a specific type of devices.]:types:(devices subsystems failed)' \
+        '--type=[Trigger a specific type of devices.]:types:(all devices subsystems failed)' \
         '--action=[Type of event to be triggered.]:actions:(add change remove move online offline bind unbind)' \
         '--subsystem-match=[Trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem.]' \
         '--subsystem-nomatch=[Do not trigger events for devices which belong to a matching subsystem.]' \
diff --git a/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c b/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
index 900e307c06..e4b3150e60 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevadm-trigger.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ int trigger_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
         enum {
                 TYPE_DEVICES,
                 TYPE_SUBSYSTEMS,
+                TYPE_ALL,
         } device_type = TYPE_DEVICES;
         sd_device_action_t action = SD_DEVICE_CHANGE;
         _cleanup_(sd_device_enumerator_unrefp) sd_device_enumerator *e = NULL;
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ int trigger_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                                 device_type = TYPE_DEVICES;
                         else if (streq(optarg, "subsystems"))
                                 device_type = TYPE_SUBSYSTEMS;
+                        else if (streq(optarg, "all"))
+                                device_type = TYPE_ALL;
                         else
                                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL), "Unknown type --type=%s", optarg);
                         break;
@@ -495,6 +498,11 @@ int trigger_main(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to scan devices: %m");
                 break;
+        case TYPE_ALL:
+                r = device_enumerator_scan_devices_and_subsystems(e);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to scan devices and subsystems: %m");
+                break;
         default:
                 assert_not_reached();
         }