diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/interface.py b/src/calibre/devices/interface.py
index 1336e3c782..7229fc3329 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/interface.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/interface.py
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ class DevicePlugin(Plugin):
         '''
         device_prefs.set_overrides()
 
+    # A driver should implement at most one of the set_library_info methods
     def set_library_info(self, library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata):
         '''
         Implement this method if you want information about the current calibre
@@ -605,6 +606,15 @@ class DevicePlugin(Plugin):
         '''
         pass
 
+    def set_library_info_extended(self, library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata, other_info):
+        '''
+        Implement this method if you want information about the current calibre
+        library. This method is called at startup and when the calibre library
+        changes while connected. The fourth parameter of this method is a dict
+        of other information, currently containing only the identifier patterns
+        '''
+        pass
+
     # Dynamic control interface.
     # The following methods are probably called on the GUI thread. Any driver
     # that implements these methods must take pains to be thread safe, because
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
index 6bf0504d64..6b8ddd45b8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
@@ -1563,13 +1563,14 @@ class SMART_DEVICE_APP(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
         self.plugboard_func = pb_func
 
     @synchronous('sync_lock')
-    def set_library_info(self, library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata):
+    def set_library_info_extended(self, library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata, other_info):
         self._debug(library_name, library_uuid)
         if self.can_accept_library_info:
             self._call_client('SET_LIBRARY_INFO',
                                     {'libraryName' : library_name,
                                      'libraryUuid': library_uuid,
-                                     'fieldMetadata': field_metadata.all_metadata()},
+                                     'fieldMetadata': field_metadata.all_metadata(),
+                                     'otherInfo': other_info},
                                     print_debug_info=True)
 
     @synchronous('sync_lock')
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/device.py b/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
index 6de4622126..59172554b9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/device.py
@@ -477,8 +477,15 @@ class DeviceManager(Thread):  # {{{
 
     def _set_library_information(self, library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata):
         '''Give the device the current library information'''
+        # Try both the new and the old API. This helps with device drivers that
+        # are user-installed plugins built around the old Interface class
         self.device.set_library_info(library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata)
 
+        other_info = {}
+        from calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.prefs import msprefs
+        other_info['id_link_rules'] = msprefs.get('id_link_rules', {})
+        self.device.set_library_info_extended(library_name, library_uuid, field_metadata, other_info)
+
     def set_library_information(self, done, library_name, library_uuid,
                                  field_metadata, add_as_step_to_job=None):
         '''Give the device the current library information'''