diff --git a/hwdb.d/60-sensor.hwdb b/hwdb.d/60-sensor.hwdb
index 7978675943..b8331243c6 100644
--- a/hwdb.d/60-sensor.hwdb
+++ b/hwdb.d/60-sensor.hwdb
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 #   60-sensor.rules
 #
 # Match string formats:
+# sensor:<label>:modalias:<parent modalias pattern>:dmi:<dmi pattern>
 # sensor:modalias:<parent modalias pattern>:dmi:<dmi pattern>
 #
 # The device modalias can be seen in the `modalias` file of the sensor parent,
+# and the device label can be seen in the `label` file of the sensor,
 # for example:
+#   cat /sys/`udevadm info -q path -n /dev/iio:device0`/label
 #   cat /sys/`udevadm info -q path -n /dev/iio:device0`/../modalias
 #
 # The full DMI string of the running machine can be read from
diff --git a/hwdb.d/parse_hwdb.py b/hwdb.d/parse_hwdb.py
index 7bad559699..61932fb018 100755
--- a/hwdb.d/parse_hwdb.py
+++ b/hwdb.d/parse_hwdb.py
@@ -72,7 +72,20 @@ TYPES = {'mouse':    ('usb', 'bluetooth', 'ps2', '*'),
          'touchpad': ('i8042', 'rmi', 'bluetooth', 'usb'),
          'joystick': ('i8042', 'rmi', 'bluetooth', 'usb'),
          'keyboard': ('name', ),
-         'sensor':   ('modalias', ),
+         'sensor':   ('modalias',
+                      'accel-base',
+                      'accel-display',
+                      'accel-camera',
+                      'proximity-palmrest',
+                      'proximity-palmrest-left',
+                      'proximity-palmrest-right',
+                      'proximity-lap',
+                      'proximity-wifi',
+                      'proximity-lte',
+                      'proximity-wifi-lte',
+                      'proximity-wifi-left',
+                      'proximity-wifi-right',
+                      ),
          'ieee1394-unit-function' : ('node', ),
          'camera':   ('usb'),
         }
diff --git a/rules.d/60-sensor.rules b/rules.d/60-sensor.rules
index 7b9b7d2887..99b8f5fc7a 100644
--- a/rules.d/60-sensor.rules
+++ b/rules.d/60-sensor.rules
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ACTION=="remove", GOTO="sensor_end"
 
+# device matching the sensor's label, name and the machine's DMI data for IIO devices
+SUBSYSTEM=="iio", KERNEL=="iio*", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb|i2c|platform", ATTR{label}!="", \
+  IMPORT{builtin}="hwdb 'sensor:$attr{label}:modalias:$attr{modalias}:$attr{[dmi/id]modalias}'", \
+  GOTO="sensor_end"
+
 # device matching the sensor's name and the machine's DMI data for IIO devices
 SUBSYSTEM=="iio", KERNEL=="iio*", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb|i2c|platform", \
   IMPORT{builtin}="hwdb 'sensor:modalias:$attr{modalias}:$attr{[dmi/id]modalias}'", \