diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 04b673d4..8d26d02e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-03-24
+	* Added eval text object to realise double parsing
+
 2009-03-16
 	* Fix bug with wacky netstat values on startup
 
diff --git a/doc/variables.xml b/doc/variables.xml
index bdf03883..e932d6c8 100644
--- a/doc/variables.xml
+++ b/doc/variables.xml
@@ -585,6 +585,16 @@
 			<para></para></listitem>
 	</varlistentry>
 
+	<varlistentry>
+		<term>
+			<command><option>eval</option></command>
+			<option>string</option>
+		</term>
+		<listitem>
+			Evalutates given string according to the rules of TEXT interpretation, i.e. parsing any contained text object specifications into their output, any occuring '$$' into a single '$' and so on. The output is then being parsed again.
+			<para></para></listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
 	<varlistentry>
 		<term>
 			<command><option>exec</option></command>
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 83cd9654..fc4fee21 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ static void free_text_objects(struct text_object *root)
 			case OBJ_text:
 			case OBJ_font:
 			case OBJ_image:
+			case OBJ_eval:
 			case OBJ_exec:
 			case OBJ_execgauge:
 			case OBJ_execbar:
@@ -1412,6 +1413,8 @@ static struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s,
 		obj_be_ifblock_else(ifblock_opaque, obj);
 	END OBJ(endif, 0)
 		obj_be_ifblock_endif(ifblock_opaque, obj);
+	END OBJ(eval, 0)
+		obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
 	END OBJ(image, 0)
 		obj->data.s = strndup(arg ? arg : "", text_buffer_size);
 #ifdef HAVE_POPEN
@@ -3517,6 +3520,20 @@ static void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 			}
 #endif /* IMLIB2 */
 
+			OBJ(eval) {
+				struct information *tmp_info;
+				struct text_object subroot, subroot2;
+
+				tmp_info = malloc(sizeof(struct information));
+				memcpy(tmp_info, cur, sizeof(struct information));
+				parse_conky_vars(&subroot, obj->data.s, p, tmp_info);
+				DBGP("evaluated '%s' to '%s'", obj->data.s, p);
+				parse_conky_vars(&subroot2, p, p, tmp_info);
+
+				free_text_objects(&subroot);
+				free_text_objects(&subroot2);
+				free(tmp_info);
+			}
 			OBJ(exec) {
 				read_exec(obj->data.s, p, text_buffer_size);
 				remove_deleted_chars(p);
diff --git a/src/text_object.h b/src/text_object.h
index ad18bf05..c0e2a8a4 100644
--- a/src/text_object.h
+++ b/src/text_object.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ enum text_object_type {
 	OBJ_downspeedgraph,
 	OBJ_else,
 	OBJ_endif,
+	OBJ_eval,
 	OBJ_image,
 	OBJ_exec,
 	OBJ_execi,