diff --git a/src/storage/storage.c b/src/storage/storage.c
index f349d8af2..8d7d5de26 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ storageInfo(const Storage *this, const String *fileExp, StorageInfoParam param)
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(STRING, fileExp);
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.ignoreMissing);
         FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.followLink);
+        FUNCTION_LOG_PARAM(BOOL, param.noPathEnforce);
     FUNCTION_LOG_END();
 
     ASSERT(this != NULL);
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ storageInfo(const Storage *this, const String *fileExp, StorageInfoParam param)
     MEM_CONTEXT_TEMP_BEGIN()
     {
         // Build the path
-        String *file = storagePathP(this, fileExp);
+        String *file = storagePathP(this, fileExp, .noEnforce = param.noPathEnforce);
 
         // Call driver function
         result = storageInterfaceInfoP(this->driver, file, .followLink = param.followLink);
diff --git a/src/storage/storage.h b/src/storage/storage.h
index 6976fa332..a89402294 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage.h
+++ b/src/storage/storage.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ typedef struct StorageInfoParam
     VAR_PARAM_HEADER;
     bool ignoreMissing;
     bool followLink;
+    bool noPathEnforce;
 } StorageInfoParam;
 
 #define storageInfoP(this, fileExp, ...)                                                                                           \
diff --git a/test/src/module/storage/posixTest.c b/test/src/module/storage/posixTest.c
index 257d802f6..ad7217353 100644
--- a/test/src/module/storage/posixTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/storage/posixTest.c
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ testRun(void)
         TEST_ASSIGN(info, storageInfoP(storageTest, fileName, .ignoreMissing = true), "get file info (missing)");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(info.exists, false, "    check not exists");
 
+        // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        TEST_TITLE("info outside of base path");
+
+        TEST_ERROR(
+            storageInfoP(storageTest, STRDEF("/etc"), .ignoreMissing = true), AssertError,
+            hrnReplaceKey("absolute path '/etc' is not in base path '{[path]}'"));
+        TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
+            storageInfoP(storageTest, STRDEF("/etc"), .ignoreMissing = true, .noPathEnforce = true).exists, true,
+            "path not enforced");
+
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         struct utimbuf utimeTest = {.actime = 1000000000, .modtime = 1555160000};
         THROW_ON_SYS_ERROR_FMT(utime(testPath(), &utimeTest) != 0, FileWriteError, "unable to set time for '%s'", testPath());