diff --git a/Documentation/card10-cfg.rst b/Documentation/card10-cfg.rst
index 072911e1166ec57c81f8c5a966d16819c6b1cfa6..f77a345b594801c5caa117d3e9b4d04209e7c6a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/card10-cfg.rst
+++ b/Documentation/card10-cfg.rst
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@ Option name        Type       Description
 ``bsec_debug``     Boolean    Turn on debug output of the BSEC system. Prints each meaurement on the console.
 ------------------ ---------- -----------
 ``bsec_offset``    Integer    Temperature offset in .1 K. Example: Set to `-14` if temperature reads 1.4 "C" to high. Default: -2.2 K (appropriate for a card10 without a case, connected to USB and with BLE active in vertical orientation).
+------------------ ---------- -----------
+``battery_check``  Boolean    Whether the low battery check should be enabled (default ``true``).  **Warning**: Do not use this unless you know what you're doing.  This option is only meant to be used on devices with a broken PMIC ADMUX connection.
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diff --git a/epicardium/modules/pmic.c b/epicardium/modules/pmic.c
index 1c996b2313fd3c37e864b7eb896ebf4adb9c9b07..fba748f73ea9aa7d3dbc70e75152b4233e92f0d6 100644
--- a/epicardium/modules/pmic.c
+++ b/epicardium/modules/pmic.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "epicardium.h"
 #include "modules/modules.h"
 #include "modules/log.h"
+#include "modules/config.h"
 
 #include "card10.h"
 #include "pmic.h"
@@ -173,6 +174,30 @@ static void pmic_check_battery()
 	float u_batt;
 	int res;
 
+	/**
+	 * 0 = uncertain, ask config
+	 * 1 = disabled
+	 * 2 = enabled
+	 */
+	static int pmic_do_battery_check = 0;
+
+	if (pmic_do_battery_check == 0) {
+		if (config_get_boolean_with_default("battery_check", true)) {
+			pmic_do_battery_check = 2;
+		} else {
+			pmic_do_battery_check = 1;
+			LOG_WARN(
+				"pmic",
+				"Battery check was disabled by config!"
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (pmic_do_battery_check == 1) {
+		/* Disabled, ignore */
+		return;
+	}
+
 	res = pmic_read_amux(PMIC_AMUX_BATT_U, &u_batt);
 	if (res < 0) {
 		LOG_ERR("pmic",