diff --git a/lib/access.c b/lib/access.c
index 1c799f78..8fd926c0 100644
--- a/lib/access.c
+++ b/lib/access.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static const struct feature_subtype_match temp_matches[] = {
 	{ "crit_alarm", SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_CRIT_ALARM },
 	{ "fault", SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_FAULT },
 	{ "type", SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_TYPE },
+	{ "offset", SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_OFFSET },
 	{ NULL, 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/sensors.h b/lib/sensors.h
index 7100f1ec..13cea557 100644
--- a/lib/sensors.h
+++ b/lib/sensors.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ typedef enum sensors_feature_type {
 	SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_CRIT_ALARM,
 	SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_FAULT,
 	SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_TYPE,
+	SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_OFFSET,
 
 	SENSORS_FEATURE_VID = 0x1000,
 
diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index 10d69392..8147d525 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
     sysfs.c - Part of libsensors, a library for reading Linux sensor data
     Copyright (c) 2005 Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
+    Copyright (C) 2007 Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 char sensors_sysfs_mount[NAME_MAX];
 
 #define MAX_SENSORS_PER_TYPE	20
-#define MAX_SUB_FEATURES	6
+#define MAX_SUB_FEATURES	7
 /* Room for all 3 types (in, fan, temp) with all their subfeatures + VID
    + misc features */
 #define ALL_POSSIBLE_FEATURES	(MAX_SENSORS_PER_TYPE * MAX_SUB_FEATURES * 6 \
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ int get_type_scaling(int type)
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case SENSORS_FEATURE_VID:
+	case SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP_OFFSET:
 		return 1000;
 	default:
 		return 1;