diff --git a/py/test/config.py b/py/test/config.py
index 5664e318f..d3427e715 100644
--- a/py/test/config.py
+++ b/py/test/config.py
@@ -117,7 +117,14 @@ class Config(object):
         try:
             return self._overwrite_dict[name]
         except KeyError:
-            return self.conftest.rget(name, path) 
+            return self.conftest.rget(name, path)
+
+    def getvalue_and_confpath(self, name, path=None):
+        """ same as previous, but returns conftest's path
+        as well
+        """
+        val, mod = self.conftest.rget_path(name, path)
+        return val, py.path.local(mod.__file__).dirpath()
 
     def initsession(self):
         """ return an initialized session object. """
diff --git a/py/test/conftesthandle.py b/py/test/conftesthandle.py
index 0548f53e6..dd87962d7 100644
--- a/py/test/conftesthandle.py
+++ b/py/test/conftesthandle.py
@@ -57,19 +57,24 @@ class Conftest(object):
     #    return self._get(name, modules)
    
     def rget(self, name, path=None):
+        return self._rget(name, path)[0]
+
+    def _rget(self, name, path=None):
         modules = self.getconftestmodules(path)
         modules.reverse()
-        return self._get(name, modules) 
+        return self._get(name, modules)
+
+    def rget_path(self, name, path=None):
+        return self._rget(name, path)
 
     def _get(self, name, modules):
-        for mod in modules: 
+        for mod in modules:
             try:
-                return getattr(mod, name)
+                return getattr(mod, name), mod
             except AttributeError:
                 continue
         raise KeyError, name
 
-
 def importconfig(configpath):
     if not configpath.dirpath('__init__.py').check(file=1): 
         # HACK: we don't want any "globally" imported conftest.py, 
diff --git a/py/test/testing/test_conftesthandle.py b/py/test/testing/test_conftesthandle.py
index a95cb0591..5a2dd6385 100644
--- a/py/test/testing/test_conftesthandle.py
+++ b/py/test/testing/test_conftesthandle.py
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ class TestConftestValueAccessGlobal:
         #conftest.lget("a") == 1
         #conftest.lget("b") == 1
 
+    def test_value_access_path(self):
+        topdir = self.basedir.join("adir", "b")
+        conftest = Conftest(topdir)
+        _, mod = conftest.rget_path("a")
+        assert py.path.local(mod.__file__).dirpath() == topdir
+
 class TestConftestValueAccessInPackage(TestConftestValueAccessGlobal):
     def setup_class(cls):
         TestConftestValueAccessGlobal.__dict__['setup_class'](cls)