diff --git a/src/java/jssc/SerialPortList.java b/src/java/jssc/SerialPortList.java
index 472bbd5..51546ba 100644
--- a/src/java/jssc/SerialPortList.java
+++ b/src/java/jssc/SerialPortList.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class SerialPortList {
     public static String[] getPortNames() {
         //since 2.1.0 ->
         if(PORTNAMES_PATH != null){
-            return getUnixBasedPortNames();
+            return getUnixBasedPortNames(PORTNAMES_PATH);
         }
         //<- since 2.1.0
         String[] portNames = serialInterface.getSerialPortNames();
@@ -173,14 +173,40 @@ public class SerialPortList {
         return ports.toArray(new String[ports.size()]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get sorted array of serial ports in the system. In Windows this method equals <b>getPortNames()</b>
+     *
+     * @param searchPath Path for searching serial ports. The default search paths:<br>
+     * Linux, MacOSX: <b>/dev/</b><br>
+     * Solaris: <b>/dev/term/</b><br>
+     * Windows: ingored
+     *
+     * @return String array. If there is no ports in the system String[]
+     *
+     * @since 2.3.0
+     */
+    public static String[] getPortNames(String searchPath) {
+        if(SerialNativeInterface.getOsType() == SerialNativeInterface.OS_WINDOWS){
+            return getPortNames();
+        }
+        if(searchPath == null){
+            searchPath = "";
+        }
+        if(!searchPath.equals("") && !searchPath.endsWith("/")){
+            searchPath += "/";
+        }
+        System.out.println("Result search path: " + searchPath);
+        return getUnixBasedPortNames(searchPath);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Universal method for getting port names of _nix based systems
      *
      * @return
      */
-    private static String[] getUnixBasedPortNames() {
+    private static String[] getUnixBasedPortNames(String searchPath) {
         String[] returnArray = new String[]{};
-        File dir = new File(PORTNAMES_PATH);
+        File dir = new File(/*PORTNAMES_PATH*/searchPath);
         if(dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory()){
             File[] files = dir.listFiles();
             if(files.length > 0){
@@ -188,7 +214,7 @@ public class SerialPortList {
                 for(File file : files){
                     String fileName = file.getName();
                     if(!file.isDirectory() && !file.isFile() && PORTNAMES_REGEXP.matcher(fileName).find()){
-                        String portName = PORTNAMES_PATH + fileName;
+                        String portName = /*PORTNAMES_PATH*/searchPath + fileName;
                         if(SerialNativeInterface.getOsType() ==  SerialNativeInterface.OS_LINUX){
                             int portHandle = serialInterface.openPort(portName, false);//Open port without TIOCEXCL
                             if(portHandle < 0 && portHandle != -1){//If port handle == -1 it's mean that it's busy