diff --git a/etc/apache2-nagvis.conf-sample b/etc/apache2-nagvis.conf-sample
index be8e09f69..2803f707c 100644
--- a/etc/apache2-nagvis.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/apache2-nagvis.conf-sample
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 Alias @NAGVIS_WEB@ "@NAGVIS_PATH@"
 
 <Directory "@NAGVIS_PATH@">
+
+  # If want to customize config location
+  #SetEnv NAGVIS_CONFIG "@NAGVIS_PATH@/../etc/nagvis.ini.php"
+
   Options FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride None
 
diff --git a/etc/nagvis.ini.php-sample b/etc/nagvis.ini.php-sample
index fa878384b..f76af02b7 100644
--- a/etc/nagvis.ini.php-sample
+++ b/etc/nagvis.ini.php-sample
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
 ;htmlbase="/nagvis"
 ; absolute html NagVis cgi path
 ;htmlcgi="/nagios/cgi-bin"
+; absolute etc NagVis path
+;data="/usr/local/nagvis/etc"
 
 ; Default values which get inherited to the maps and its objects
 [defaults]
diff --git a/share/server/core/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php b/share/server/core/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php
index 1e3812085..cf2a1af4a 100644
--- a/share/server/core/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php
+++ b/share/server/core/classes/GlobalMainCfg.php
@@ -772,6 +772,10 @@ public function __construct() {
                     'editable' => 1,
                     'default' => '',
                     'match' => MATCH_STRING_PATH),
+                'data' => Array('must' => 0,
+                    'editable' => 1,
+                    'default' => '',
+                    'match' => MATCH_STRING_PATH),
                 'local_base' => Array('must' => 0,
                     'editable' => 1,
                     'default' => '',
@@ -1494,7 +1498,14 @@ public function __construct() {
 
         // Try to get the base path via $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']
         $this->validConfig['paths']['base']['default'] = $this->getBasePath();
-        $this->setPathsByBase($this->getValue('paths','base'), $this->getValue('paths','htmlbase'));
+        $base = $this->getValue('paths', 'base');
+        $htmlBase = $this->getValue('paths', 'htmlbase');
+        $data = $this->getValue('paths', 'data');
+        if (empty($data)) {
+            $data = $base;
+        }
+
+        $this->setPathsByBase($base, $htmlBase, $data);
 
         // Define the main configuration files
         $this->setConfigFiles($this->getConfigFiles());
@@ -1579,11 +1590,23 @@ public function init($onlyUserConfig = false, $cacheSuffix = '') {
             $this->useCache = $this->CACHE->isCached(false);
 
             // want to reduce the paths in the NagVis config, but don't want to hardcode the paths relative from the bases
-            $this->setPathsByBase($this->getValue('paths','base'),$this->getValue('paths','htmlbase'));
+            $base = $this->getValue('paths', 'base');
+            $htmlBase = $this->getValue('paths', 'htmlbase');
+            $data = $this->getValue('paths', 'data');
+            if (empty($data)) {
+                $data = $base;
+            }
+            $this->setPathsByBase($base, $htmlBase, $data);
         }
         catch (Exception $e) {
             // Try our best to set the correct paths - even in case of exceptions
-            $this->setPathsByBase($this->getValue('paths','base'),$this->getValue('paths','htmlbase'));
+            $base = $this->getValue('paths', 'base');
+            $htmlBase = $this->getValue('paths', 'htmlbase');
+            $data = $this->getValue('paths', 'data');
+            if (empty($data)) {
+                $data = $base;
+            }
+            $this->setPathsByBase($base, $htmlBase, $data);
             throw $e;
         }
 
@@ -1638,12 +1661,12 @@ private function getBackendValidConf() {
      * @param	Boolean $printErr
      * @author 	Lars Michelsen <lm@larsmichelsen.com>
      */
-    private function setPathsByBase($base, $htmlBase) {
-        $this->validConfig['paths']['cfg']['default']                = $base.'etc/';
-        $this->validConfig['paths']['mapcfg']['default']             = $base.'etc/maps/';
-        $this->validConfig['paths']['geomap']['default']             = $base.'etc/geomap';
-        $this->validConfig['paths']['profiles']['default']           = $base.'etc/profiles';
-        $this->validConfig['global']['authorisation_group_perms_file']['default'] = $base.'etc/perms.db';
+    private function setPathsByBase($base, $htmlBase, $data) {
+        $this->validConfig['paths']['cfg']['default']                = $data.'etc/';
+        $this->validConfig['paths']['mapcfg']['default']             = $data.'etc/maps/';
+        $this->validConfig['paths']['geomap']['default']             = $data.'etc/geomap';
+        $this->validConfig['paths']['profiles']['default']           = $data.'etc/profiles';
+        $this->validConfig['global']['authorisation_group_perms_file']['default'] = $data.'etc/perms.db';
 
         $this->validConfig['paths']['var']['default']                = $base.'var/';
         $this->validConfig['paths']['sharedvar']['default']          = $base.HTDOCS_DIR.'/var/';
diff --git a/share/server/core/defines/global.php b/share/server/core/defines/global.php
index 04a03eed7..bdad40ecf 100644
--- a/share/server/core/defines/global.php
+++ b/share/server/core/defines/global.php
@@ -75,12 +75,21 @@
 // The last value wins.
 //
 // Path to the main configuration file
-define('CONST_MAINCFG', '../../../etc/nagvis.ini.php');
+                                                       
+                                                          
+
+if (getenv('NAGVIS_CONFIG') !== false && getenv('NAGVIS_CONFIG') !== '') {
+    $nagvis_config = getenv('NAGVIS_CONFIG');
+    $nagvis_config_dir = dirname($nagvis_config);
+    define('CONST_MAINCFG', $nagvis_config);
+    define('CONST_MAINCFG_DIR', $nagvis_config_dir . '/conf.d');
+} else {
+    define('CONST_MAINCFG', '../../../etc/nagvis.ini.php');
+    // Path to the main configuration conf.d directory
+    define('CONST_MAINCFG_DIR', '../../../etc/conf.d');
+}
 define('CONST_MAINCFG_CACHE', '../../../var/nagvis-conf');
 
-// Path to the main configuration conf.d directory
-define('CONST_MAINCFG_DIR', '../../../etc/conf.d');
-
 // The directory below the NagVis root which is shared by the webserver
 define('HTDOCS_DIR', 'share');