diff --git a/conversions.go b/conversions.go
index 86aa7e9..fe9648c 100644
--- a/conversions.go
+++ b/conversions.go
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ func convertInMessage(
 			Parent:    fuseops.InodeID(inMsg.Header().Nodeid),
 			Name:      string(name),
 			Mode:      convertFileMode(in.Mode),
+			Rdev:      in.Rdev,
 			OpContext: fuseops.OpContext{Pid: inMsg.Header().Pid},
 		}
 
@@ -925,6 +926,10 @@ func convertAttributes(
 	if in.Mode&os.ModeSticky != 0 {
 		out.Mode |= syscall.S_ISVTX
 	}
+
+	if out.Mode & (syscall.S_IFCHR | syscall.S_IFBLK) != 0 {
+		out.Rdev = in.Rdev
+	}
 }
 
 // Convert an absolute cache expiration time to a relative time from now for
diff --git a/fuseops/ops.go b/fuseops/ops.go
index 470f256..4b5db51 100644
--- a/fuseops/ops.go
+++ b/fuseops/ops.go
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ type MkNodeOp struct {
 	Name string
 	Mode os.FileMode
 
+	// The device number (only valid if created file is a device)
+	Rdev uint32
+
 	// Set by the file system: information about the inode that was created.
 	//
 	// The lookup count for the inode is implicitly incremented. See notes on
diff --git a/fuseops/simple_types.go b/fuseops/simple_types.go
index f1c8149..5c6b9ca 100644
--- a/fuseops/simple_types.go
+++ b/fuseops/simple_types.go
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ type InodeAttributes struct {
 	//
 	Mode os.FileMode
 
+	// The device number. Only valid if the file is a device
+	Rdev uint32
+
 	// Time information. See `man 2 stat` for full details.
 	Atime  time.Time // Time of last access
 	Mtime  time.Time // Time of last modification