diff --git a/wmhdplop/devnames.c b/wmhdplop/devnames.c
index 5a0b81c..c4b7134 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/devnames.c
+++ b/wmhdplop/devnames.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int device_id_from_name(const char *devname__, unsigned *pmajor, unsigned *pmino
 
 
 /* add a hard-drive if it is a regular ide/scsi/md disk/partition, or return NULL */
-static DiskList *create_device(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name) {
+static DiskList *create_device(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name, const char *devname) {
   DiskList *dl;
   char dev_path[512];
   ALLOC_OBJ(dl);
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ static DiskList *create_device(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_
   dl->next = NULL;
   if (dl->part_id == 0)
     dl->enable_hddtemp = 1;
+  /* don't pass translated name to hddtemp as it might uses own name scheme */
+  if (dl->enable_hddtemp == 1) {
+    if (devname && strlen(devname)) dl->orig_name = strdup(devname);
+    else {
+      char s[512]; short_name_for_device(major,minor,s); dl->orig_name = strdup(s);
+    }
+  }
   return dl;
 }
 
@@ -242,17 +249,17 @@ int add_device_by_name(const char *devname, const char *mtab_name) {
   BLAHBLAH(1,printf("add_device_by_name(%s,%s)\n", devname, mtab_name));
   if (device_id_from_name(devname, &major, &minor) != 0) return -1;
 
-  return add_device_by_id(major,minor,mtab_name);
+  return add_device_by_id(major,minor,mtab_name,devname);
 }
 
 /* add a device (after checking that it is a known device type) */
-int add_device_by_id(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name) {
+int add_device_by_id(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name, const char *devname) {
   DiskList *dl, *next, *prev;
   BLAHBLAH(1,printf("add_device_by_id(%d,%d,%s)\n", major, minor,mtab_name));
   /* already known ? */
   if (find_dev(major,minor)) return -1;
     /* check for known ide/scsi/md disks and then create */
-  dl = create_device(major, minor,  mtab_name); if (!dl) return -1;
+  dl = create_device(major, minor, mtab_name, devname); if (!dl) return -1;
 
   for (next = dlist, prev = NULL; next; next=next->next) {
     if (dl->hd_id > next->hd_id || (dl->hd_id == next->hd_id && dl->part_id > next->part_id)) break;
diff --git a/wmhdplop/devnames.h b/wmhdplop/devnames.h
index 15b0f73..b7331b9 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/devnames.h
+++ b/wmhdplop/devnames.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #define IS_PARTITION(DL) ((DL)->part_id!=0)
 
 typedef struct DiskList {
-  char *name, *dev_path;
+  char *name, *dev_path, *orig_name;
   unsigned major, minor;
   int hd_id, part_id; /* part_id = 0 for disks */
   int enable_hddtemp;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int nb_hd_in_list();
 int nb_dev_in_list();
 int is_partition(unsigned major, unsigned minor);
 int add_device_by_name(const char *devname, const char *mtab_name);
-int add_device_by_id(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name);
+int add_device_by_id(unsigned major, unsigned minor, const char *mtab_name, const char *devname);
 void add_swap(const char *swapdev);
 int device_info(unsigned major, unsigned minor, char *name, int *hd_id, int *part_id);
 strlist *swap_list();
diff --git a/wmhdplop/procstat.c b/wmhdplop/procstat.c
index d51b53c..770999f 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/procstat.c
+++ b/wmhdplop/procstat.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void scan_all_hd(int add_partitions) {
         int hd_id, part_id;
         /* on n'ajoute que les disques dont au moins une partoche etait dans mtab */
         if (device_info(major,minor,NULL,&hd_id,&part_id) != 0 && part_id == 0 && find_id(hd_id,-1)) {
-          add_device_by_id(major,minor,NULL);
+          add_device_by_id(major,minor,NULL,NULL);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/wmhdplop/wmhdplop.c b/wmhdplop/wmhdplop.c
index bbbe971..d5c79a8 100644
--- a/wmhdplop/wmhdplop.c
+++ b/wmhdplop/wmhdplop.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void query_hddtemp(App *app) {
     for (dl = first_hd_in_list(), cnt = 0; dl; dl = next_hd_in_list(dl), cnt++) {
       if (dl->enable_hddtemp) {
         int found = 0;
-        if ((s=strstr(buff, dl->dev_path))) { found = 1; s+= strlen(dl->name); }
+        if ((s=strstr(buff, dl->orig_name))) { found = 1; s+= strlen(dl->name); }
         if (found) {
           s=strchr(s,'|');
           if (s && ((s=strchr(s+1,'|')))) {
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void query_hddtemp(App *app) {
             if (p) *p = oldv; /* or bug... */
           }
         } else {
-          ONLY_NTIMES(4,fprintf(stderr, "could not find device '%s' in the output of hddtemp: '%s'\n", dl->name, buff));
+          ONLY_NTIMES(4,fprintf(stderr, "could not find device '%s (alias %s)' in the output of hddtemp: '%s'\n", dl->orig_name, dl->name, buff));
         }
       }
     }