diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3796d732..541437a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2011-11-05  Milan Broz  <mbroz@redhat.com>
 	* Merge pycryptsetup (Python libcryptsetup bindings).
 	* Fix stupid typo in set_iteration_time API call.
+	* Fix cryptsetup status output if parameter is device path.
 
 2011-10-27  Milan Broz  <mbroz@redhat.com>
 	* Fix crypt_get_volume_key_size() for plain device.
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup.c
index b4758411..1bf43eb8 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -378,9 +379,14 @@ static int action_status(int arg __attribute__((unused)))
 	crypt_status_info ci;
 	struct crypt_active_device cad;
 	struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+	struct stat st;
 	char *backing_file;
 	const char *device;
-	int r = 0;
+	int path = 0, r = 0;
+
+	/* perhaps a path, not a dm device name */
+	if (strchr(action_argv[0], '/') && !stat(action_argv[0], &st))
+		path = 1;
 
 	ci = crypt_status(NULL, action_argv[0]);
 	switch (ci) {
@@ -388,13 +394,20 @@ static int action_status(int arg __attribute__((unused)))
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	case CRYPT_INACTIVE:
-		log_std("%s/%s is inactive.\n", crypt_get_dir(), action_argv[0]);
+		if (path)
+			log_std("%s is inactive.\n", action_argv[0]);
+		else
+			log_std("%s/%s is inactive.\n", crypt_get_dir(), action_argv[0]);
 		r = -ENODEV;
 		break;
 	case CRYPT_ACTIVE:
 	case CRYPT_BUSY:
-		log_std("%s/%s is active%s.\n", crypt_get_dir(), action_argv[0],
-			ci == CRYPT_BUSY ? " and is in use" : "");
+		if (path)
+			log_std("%s is active%s.\n", action_argv[0],
+				ci == CRYPT_BUSY ? " and is in use" : "");
+		else
+			log_std("%s/%s is active%s.\n", crypt_get_dir(), action_argv[0],
+				ci == CRYPT_BUSY ? " and is in use" : "");
 		r = crypt_init_by_name(&cd, action_argv[0]);
 		if (r < 0 || !crypt_get_type(cd))
 			goto out;