diff --git a/accounts/scwallet/hub.go b/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
index c259f711f0..fac60b44a7 100644
--- a/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/hub.go
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ func (hub *Hub) setPairing(wallet *Wallet, pairing *smartcardPairing) error {
 }
 
 // NewHub creates a new hardware wallet manager for smartcards.
-func NewHub(scheme string, datadir string) (*Hub, error) {
-	context, err := pcsc.EstablishContext(pcsc.ScopeSystem)
+func NewHub(daemonPath string, scheme string, datadir string) (*Hub, error) {
+	context, err := pcsc.EstablishContext(daemonPath, pcsc.ScopeSystem)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 1caec41b20..5bbae6d608 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -1159,6 +1159,10 @@ func setSmartCard(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 		// caught at the daemon initialization level, though.
 		if fi, err := os.Stat(ctx.GlobalString(SmartCardFlag.Name)); err == nil {
 			cfg.SmartCard = fi.Mode()&os.ModeType == os.ModeSocket
+			cfg.SmartCardDaemonPath = ctx.GlobalString(SmartCardFlag.Name)
+			fmt.Println(ctx.GlobalString(SmartCardFlag.Name))
+		} else {
+			log.Error(ctx.GlobalString(SmartCardFlag.Name), "doesn't seem to be a socket file")
 		}
 	} else {
 		log.Info("Smartcard support disabled on this platform")
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 55a8a05da0..cb3b07c2e0 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// SmartCard activates smartcard wallet monitoring and connectivity.
 	SmartCard bool `toml:",omitempty"`
 
+	// SmartCardDaemonPath is the path to the smartcard daemon's socket
+	SmartCardDaemonPath string `toml:",omitempty"`
+
 	// IPCPath is the requested location to place the IPC endpoint. If the path is
 	// a simple file name, it is placed inside the data directory (or on the root
 	// pipe path on Windows), whereas if it's a resolvable path name (absolute or
@@ -510,7 +513,7 @@ func makeAccountManager(conf *Config) (*accounts.Manager, string, error) {
 		}
 		if conf.SmartCard {
 			// Start a smart card hub
-			if schub, err := scwallet.NewHub(scwallet.Scheme, keydir); err != nil {
+			if schub, err := scwallet.NewHub(conf.SmartCardDaemonPath, scwallet.Scheme, keydir); err != nil {
 				log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to start smart card hub, disabling: %v", err))
 			} else {
 				backends = append(backends, schub)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/msg.go b/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/msg.go
index 53f5435308..1377082b14 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/msg.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/msg.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func messageSendWithHeader(command uint32, conn net.Conn, data []byte) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// ClientSetupSession prepares a communication channel for the client to talk to the server.
+// clientSetupSession prepares a communication channel for the client to talk to the server.
 // This is called by the application to create a socket for local IPC with the
 // server. The socket is associated to the file \c PCSCLITE_CSOCK_NAME.
 /*
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ func messageSendWithHeader(command uint32, conn net.Conn, data []byte) error {
  * @retval -1 The socket can not open a connection.
  * @retval -1 Can not set the socket to non-blocking.
  */
-func clientSetupSession() (net.Conn, error) {
-	return net.Dial("unix", PCSCDSockName)
+func clientSetupSession(daemonPath string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	path := PCSCDSockName
+	if len(daemonPath) > 0 {
+		path = daemonPath
+	}
+	return net.Dial("unix", path)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/winscard.go b/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/winscard.go
index e4692ed165..b916db1621 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/winscard.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite/winscard.go
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ type Client struct {
 // EstablishContext asks the PCSC daemon to create a context
 // handle for further communication with connected cards and
 // readers.
-func EstablishContext(scope uint32) (*Client, error) {
+func EstablishContext(path string, scope uint32) (*Client, error) {
 	client := &Client{}
 
-	conn, err := clientSetupSession()
+	conn, err := clientSetupSession(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 89a78363c7..957a4d32ce 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2018-04-18T12:24:29Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "GXqHzd0XkPLX/iulpOncaxbxzZo=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "aG2cEBkWshLrW0snEymuR6vNZYs=",
 			"path": "github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite",
-			"revision": "312b5175032f98274685a4dd81935a92ad2412a5",
-			"revisionTime": "2019-04-03T18:15:18Z"
+			"revision": "c11b1ec2c86bc1d38a95f14ae6662f23bf17bc37",
+			"revisionTime": "2019-05-17T11:38:18Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "gxV/cPPLkByTdY8y172t7v4qcZA=",