diff --git a/.ruff.toml b/.ruff.toml
index cdbd5d6..fd49386 100644
--- a/.ruff.toml
+++ b/.ruff.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ ignore = [
 "test/sample-directive-special.py" = [
     "N999",  # invalid module name
 ]
+"test/sample-inside-class.py" = [
+    "N999",  # invalid module name
+]
 
 [format]
 preview = true
diff --git a/sphinxarg/ext.py b/sphinxarg/ext.py
index 847a187..67049be 100644
--- a/sphinxarg/ext.py
+++ b/sphinxarg/ext.py
@@ -719,6 +719,28 @@ def _is_suppressed(item: str | None) -> bool:
         item = str(item).replace('"', '').replace("'", '')
         return item == '==SUPPRESS=='
 
+    def _get_parser(self, obj, path):
+        try:
+            for attr in path.split('.'):
+                if isinstance(obj, dict):
+                    obj = obj[attr]
+                else:
+                    obj = getattr(obj, attr)
+        except (KeyError, AttributeError) as exc:
+            msg = (
+                f'"{obj}" has no key/attribute "{attr} (path: {path})"\n'
+                f'Incorrect argparse :module: or :func: values?'
+            )
+            raise self.error(msg) from exc
+        if isinstance(obj, ArgumentParser):
+            parser = obj
+        elif 'passparser' in self.options:
+            parser = ArgumentParser()
+            obj(parser)
+        else:
+            parser = obj()
+        return parser
+
     def run(self):
         if 'module' in self.options and 'func' in self.options:
             module_name = self.options['module']
@@ -734,7 +756,7 @@ def run(self):
             exec(code, mod)
             module_name = None
             attr_name = self.options['func']
-            func = mod[attr_name]
+            parser = self._get_parser(mod, attr_name)
         else:
             msg = ':module: and :func: should be specified, or :ref:, or :filename: and :func:'
             raise self.error(msg)
@@ -750,22 +772,8 @@ def run(self):
                         f'{sys.exc_info()[1]}'
                     )
                     raise self.error(msg) from exc
+                parser = self._get_parser(mod, attr_name)
 
-                if not hasattr(mod, attr_name):
-                    msg = (
-                        f'Module "{module_name}" has no attribute "{attr_name}"\n'
-                        f'Incorrect argparse :module: or :func: values?'
-                    )
-                    raise self.error(msg)
-                func = getattr(mod, attr_name)
-
-        if isinstance(func, ArgumentParser):
-            parser = func
-        elif 'passparser' in self.options:
-            parser = ArgumentParser()
-            func(parser)
-        else:
-            parser = func()
         if 'path' not in self.options:
             self.options['path'] = ''
         path = str(self.options['path'])
diff --git a/test/roots/test-default-html/inside-class.rst b/test/roots/test-default-html/inside-class.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0d4566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/roots/test-default-html/inside-class.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Argparse inside class Foo
+#########################
+
+.. argparse::
+   :filename: sample-inside-class.py
+   :prog: sample-inside-class-foo
+   :func: Foo.parser
+
+Argparse inside class Foo.Bar
+#############################
+
+.. argparse::
+   :filename: sample-inside-class.py
+   :prog: sample-inside-class-foo-bar
+   :func: Foo.Bar.parser
diff --git a/test/sample-inside-class.py b/test/sample-inside-class.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19eaa54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sample-inside-class.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import argparse
+
+desc = 'Test parsing of Argparse instances inside classes'
+
+
+class Foo:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=f'{__name__}-foo', description=desc)
+    parser.add_argument('--foo-arg1', help='foo-arg1 help')
+    parser.add_argument('--foo-arg2', help='foo-arg2 help')
+
+    class Bar:
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=f'{__name__}-foo-bar', description=desc)
+        parser.add_argument('--foo-bar-arg1', help='foo-bar-arg1 help')
+        parser.add_argument('--foo-bar-arg2', help='foo-bar-arg2 help')
diff --git a/test/test_default_html.py b/test/test_default_html.py
index 27dc351..701bcda 100644
--- a/test/test_default_html.py
+++ b/test/test_default_html.py
@@ -71,6 +71,51 @@
                 ('.//section/dl/dd/p', 'Default', False),
             ],
         ),
+        (
+            'inside-class.html',
+            [
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='argparse-inside-class-foo']/h1",
+                    'Argparse inside class Foo',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='argparse-inside-class-foo']//div[@class='highlight']//span",
+                    'usage',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-named-arguments']/h2",
+                    'Named Arguments',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-named-arguments']/dl/dt[1]/kbd",
+                    '--foo-arg1',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-named-arguments']/dl/dt[2]/kbd",
+                    '--foo-arg2',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='argparse-inside-class-foo-bar']/h1",
+                    'Argparse inside class Foo.Bar',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='argparse-inside-class-foo-bar']//div[@class='highlight']//span",
+                    'usage',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-bar-named-arguments']/h2",
+                    'Named Arguments',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-bar-named-arguments']/dl/dt[1]/kbd",
+                    '--foo-bar-arg1',
+                ),
+                (
+                    ".//section[@id='sample-inside-class-foo-bar-named-arguments']/dl/dt[2]/kbd",
+                    '--foo-bar-arg2',
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('html', testroot='default-html')