diff --git a/collector/bonding_linux.go b/collector/bonding_linux.go
index 8720d89a..a9bbcb26 100644
--- a/collector/bonding_linux.go
+++ b/collector/bonding_linux.go
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-const (
-	sysfsNet = "/sys/class/net"
-)
-
 type bondingCollector struct {
 	slaves, active *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ func NewBondingCollector() (Collector, error) {
 
 // Update reads and exposes bonding states, implements Collector interface. Caution: This works only on linux.
 func (c *bondingCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) (err error) {
-	bondingStats, err := readBondingStats(sysfsNet)
+	bondingStats, err := readBondingStats(sysFilePath("class/net"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/collector/procpath.go b/collector/paths.go
similarity index 85%
rename from collector/procpath.go
rename to collector/paths.go
index ed3d372e..f97e2147 100644
--- a/collector/procpath.go
+++ b/collector/paths.go
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ import (
 var (
 	// The path of the proc filesystem.
 	procPath = flag.String("collector.procfs", procfs.DefaultMountPoint, "procfs mountpoint.")
+	sysPath  = flag.String("collector.sysfs", "/sys", "sysfs mountpoint.")
 )
 
 func procFilePath(name string) string {
 	return path.Join(*procPath, name)
 }
+
+func sysFilePath(name string) string {
+	return path.Join(*sysPath, name)
+}
diff --git a/collector/paths_test.go b/collector/paths_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4f41662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/paths_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultProcPath(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := flag.Set("collector.procfs", procfs.DefaultMountPoint); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := procFilePath("somefile"), "/proc/somefile"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := procFilePath("some/file"), "/proc/some/file"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCustomProcPath(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := flag.Set("collector.procfs", "./../some/./place/"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := procFilePath("somefile"), "../some/place/somefile"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := procFilePath("some/file"), "../some/place/some/file"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultSysPath(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := flag.Set("collector.sysfs", "/sys"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := sysFilePath("somefile"), "/sys/somefile"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := sysFilePath("some/file"), "/sys/some/file"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCustomSysPath(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := flag.Set("collector.sysfs", "./../some/./place/"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := sysFilePath("somefile"), "../some/place/somefile"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := sysFilePath("some/file"), "../some/place/some/file"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s, Got: %s", want, got)
+	}
+}