diff --git a/docs/env.md b/docs/env.md
index 8f80af156..ffe9cb59a 100644
--- a/docs/env.md
+++ b/docs/env.md
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ for details.
 * `FWUPD_OFFLINE_TRIGGER`
 * `FWUPD_PROCFS`
 * `FWUPD_SYSCONFDIR`
+* `FWUPD_SYSFSDMIDIR`
 * `FWUPD_SYSFSDRIVERDIR`
 * `FWUPD_SYSFSFWATTRIBDIR`
 * `FWUPD_SYSFSFWDIR`
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.c
index 859a6cd09..0df8144cf 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.c
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ fu_path_from_kind(FuPathKind path_kind)
 		if (tmp != NULL)
 			return g_strdup(tmp);
 		return g_strdup("/sys/kernel/security");
+	/* /sys/class/dmi/id */
+	case FU_PATH_KIND_SYSFSDIR_DMI:
+		tmp = g_getenv("FWUPD_SYSFSDMIDIR");
+		if (tmp != NULL)
+			return g_strdup(tmp);
+		return g_strdup("/sys/class/dmi/id");
 	/* /sys/firmware/acpi/tables */
 	case FU_PATH_KIND_ACPI_TABLES:
 		tmp = g_getenv("FWUPD_ACPITABLESDIR");
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.h b/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.h
index 6329cc982..7c4a50767 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.h
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-path.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
  * /var/lib/fwupd/remotes.d)
  * @FU_PATH_KIND_WIN32_BASEDIR:		The root of the install directory on Windows
  * @FU_PATH_KIND_LOCALCONFDIR_PKG:	The package configuration override (IE /var/etc/fwupd)
+ * @FU_PATH_KIND_SYSFSDIR_DMI:	The sysfs DMI location, (IE /sys/class/dmi/id)
  *
  * Path types to use when dynamically determining a path at runtime
  **/
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	FU_PATH_KIND_LOCALSTATEDIR_REMOTES,
 	FU_PATH_KIND_WIN32_BASEDIR,
 	FU_PATH_KIND_LOCALCONFDIR_PKG,
+	FU_PATH_KIND_SYSFSDIR_DMI,
 	/*< private >*/
 	FU_PATH_KIND_LAST
 } FuPathKind;