diff --git a/man/waybar-temperature.5.scd b/man/waybar-temperature.5.scd
index f8676867..eeae5462 100644
--- a/man/waybar-temperature.5.scd
+++ b/man/waybar-temperature.5.scd
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ Addressed by *temperature*
 	typeof: string ++
 	The temperature path to use, e.g. */sys/class/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input* instead of one in */sys/class/thermal/*.
 
+*hwmon-path-abs*: ++
+	typeof: string ++
+	The path of the hwmon-directory of the device, e.g. */sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:18.3/hwmon*. (Note that the subdirectory *hwmon/hwmon#*, where *#* is a number is not part of the path!) Has to be used together with *input-filename*.
+
+*input-filename*: ++
+	typeof: string ++
+	The temperature filename of your *hwmon-path-abs*, e.g. *temp1_input*
+
 *critical-threshold*: ++
 	typeof: integer ++
 	The threshold before it is considered critical (Celsius).
diff --git a/src/modules/temperature.cpp b/src/modules/temperature.cpp
index 78391a0d..c1b6ebcd 100644
--- a/src/modules/temperature.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/temperature.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #include "modules/temperature.hpp"
+#include <filesystem>
 
 waybar::modules::Temperature::Temperature(const std::string& id, const Json::Value& config)
     : ALabel(config, "temperature", id, "{temperatureC}°C", 10) {
   if (config_["hwmon-path"].isString()) {
     file_path_ = config_["hwmon-path"].asString();
+  } else if (config_["hwmon-path-abs"].isString() && config_["input-filename"].isString()) {
+    file_path_ = (*std::filesystem::directory_iterator(config_["hwmon-path-abs"].asString())).path().u8string() + "/" + config_["input-filename"].asString();
   } else {
     auto zone = config_["thermal-zone"].isInt() ? config_["thermal-zone"].asInt() : 0;
     file_path_ = fmt::format("/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone{}/temp", zone);