diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9e7a63e..596aaee 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ github
 branch
   Which branch to track? Default: ``master``.
 
+path
+  Only commits containing this file path will be returned.
+
 use_latest_release
   Set this to ``true`` to check for the latest release on GitHub. An annotated
   tag creates a "release" on GitHub. It's not the same with git tags, which
diff --git a/nvchecker/source/github.py b/nvchecker/source/github.py
index 2edd049..cc0b5be 100644
--- a/nvchecker/source/github.py
+++ b/nvchecker/source/github.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import time
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from functools import partial
 
 import structlog
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ async def get_version(name, conf, **kwargs):
 async def get_version_real(name, conf, **kwargs):
   repo = conf.get('github')
   br = conf.get('branch')
+  path = conf.get('path')
   use_latest_release = conf.getboolean('use_latest_release', False)
   use_max_tag = conf.getboolean('use_max_tag', False)
   include_tags_pattern = conf.get("include_tags_pattern", "")
@@ -37,8 +39,12 @@ async def get_version_real(name, conf, **kwargs):
     url = GITHUB_MAX_TAG % repo
   else:
     url = GITHUB_URL % repo
+    parameters = {}
     if br:
-      url += '?sha=' + br
+      parameters['sha'] = br
+    if path:
+      parameters['path'] = path
+    url += '?' + urlencode(parameters)
   headers = {
     'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.quicksilver-preview+json',
     'User-Agent': 'lilydjwg/nvchecker',
diff --git a/tests/test_github.py b/tests/test_github.py
index 59fbed1..ff7aae2 100644
--- a/tests/test_github.py
+++ b/tests/test_github.py
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ async def test_github_max_tag(get_version):
 async def test_github_max_tag_with_ignored_tags(get_version):
     assert await get_version("example", {"github": "harry-sanabria/ReleaseTestRepo", "use_max_tag": 1, "ignored_tags": "second_release release3"}) == "first_release"
 
+async def test_github_with_path(get_version):
+    assert await get_version("example", {"github": "petronny/ReleaseTestRepo", "path": "test_directory"}) == "20140122.012101"
+
+async def test_github_with_path_and_branch(get_version):
+    assert await get_version("example", {"github": "petronny/ReleaseTestRepo", "branch": "test", "path": "test_directory/test_directory"}) == "20190128.113201"
+
 async def test_github_max_tag_with_include(get_version):
     version = await get_version("example", {
         "github": "EFForg/https-everywhere",