diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8a7996..42c9aca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 composer.lock
 vendor/
+
+# Editor specific folders
+/nbproject/
diff --git a/config/assets.php b/config/assets.php
index ca6b82a..3c6b64a 100644
--- a/config/assets.php
+++ b/config/assets.php
@@ -24,11 +24,19 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// You may want to disable this for development, to make debugging easier.
 	'enabled' => true,
+    
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Should we read css and js source files from resource path?
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Setting to true means that, yes - resource path should be use
+	// otherwise public folder will be used
+	'use_resources' => false,
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Where do we find the application's original assets?
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// This is a relative path from the root of the public folder.
+	// This is a relative path from the root of the public or resource/assets 
+        // folder (see use_resource_path configuration item above)
 	'css_source' => 'css',
 	'js_source'  => 'js',
 
diff --git a/src/Assets.php b/src/Assets.php
index ec06c3f..ae88ab2 100644
--- a/src/Assets.php
+++ b/src/Assets.php
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ class Assets {
 	 * @var bool
 	 */
 	private $enabled;
+        
+	/**
+	 * Use resource path instead of public for reading data?
+	 *
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	private $use_resources;
 
 	/**
 	 * Where do we read CSS files.
@@ -180,14 +187,22 @@ class Assets {
 	 * @var Filesystem
 	 */
 	private $public;
+        
+	/**
+	 * The filesystem corresponding to our public path.
+	 *
+	 * @var Filesystem
+	 */
+	private $resources;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create an asset manager.
 	 *
-	 * @param array      $config     The local config, merged with the default config
-	 * @param Filesystem $filesystem The public filesystem, where we read/write assets
+	 * @param array      $config                The local config, merged with the default config
+	 * @param Filesystem $public_filesystem     The public filesystem, where we read/write assets
+	 * @param Filesystem $resources_filesystem  The resources filesystem, where we read/write assets
 	 */
-	public function __construct(array $config, Filesystem $filesystem) {
+	public function __construct(array $config, Filesystem $public_filesystem, Filesystem $resources_filesystem) {
 		$this
 			->setEnabled($config['enabled'])
 			->setCssSource($config['css_source'])
@@ -200,9 +215,33 @@ public function __construct(array $config, Filesystem $filesystem) {
 			->setNotifiers($config['notifiers'])
 			->setInlineThreshold($config['inline_threshold'])
 			->setGzipStatic($config['gzip_static'])
-			->setCollections($config['collections']);
+			->setCollections($config['collections'])
+			->setUseResources($config['use_resources']);
+
+		$this->public = $public_filesystem;
+		$this->resources = $resources_filesystem;
+	}
+        
+	/**
+	 * Sets use resource path property
+	 * 
+	 * @param bool $use
+	 *
+	 * @return Assets
+	 */
+	public function setUseResources($use) {
+		$this->use_resources = $use;
 
-		$this->public = $filesystem;
+		return $this;
+	}
+        
+	/**
+	 * Gets use resource path property
+	 * 
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function getUseResources() {
+		return $this->use_resources;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -504,12 +543,16 @@ private function processAssets(array $attributes, array $assets, $extension, $so
 		foreach ($assets as $asset) {
 			if ($this->isAbsoluteUrl($asset)) {
 				$hash = $this->hash($asset);
+			} elseif ($this->getUseResources()) {
+				$hash = $this->hash($asset . $this->resources->getTimestamp($source_dir . '/' . $asset));
 			} else {
 				$hash = $this->hash($asset . $this->public->getTimestamp($source_dir . '/' . $asset));
 			}
 			if (!$this->public->has($path . '/' . $hash . $extension)) {
 				if ($this->isAbsoluteUrl($asset)) {
 					$data = $this->getLoader()->loadUrl($asset);
+				} elseif ($this->getUseResources()) {
+                                        $data = $this->resources->read($source_dir . '/' . $asset);
 				} else {
 					$data = $this->public->read($source_dir . '/' . $asset);
 				}
diff --git a/src/AssetsServiceProvider.php b/src/AssetsServiceProvider.php
index 40df010..bc04dd8 100644
--- a/src/AssetsServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/AssetsServiceProvider.php
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ public function register() {
 
 		// Bind our component into the IoC container.
 		$this->app->singleton('assets', function($app) {
-			$filesystem = new Filesystem(new Local(public_path()), ['visibility' => AdapterInterface::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC]);
+			$public_filesystem = new Filesystem(new Local(public_path()), ['visibility' => AdapterInterface::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC]);
+			$resources_filesystem = new Filesystem(new Local(resource_path('assets')), ['visibility' => AdapterInterface::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC]);
 
-			return new Assets($app['config']['assets'], $filesystem);
+			return new Assets($app['config']['assets'], $public_filesystem, $resources_filesystem);
 		});
 
 		// Command-line functions
diff --git a/tests/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/ConfigurationTest.php
index 1f15113..d3113fc 100644
--- a/tests/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/tests/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -31,6 +31,25 @@
  * @license   GPLv3+
  */
 class ConfigurationTest extends TestCase {
+    
+    	/**
+	 * Test getting/setting the "enabled" option.
+	 *
+	 * @covers Fisharebest\LaravelAssets\Assets::__construct
+	 * @covers Fisharebest\LaravelAssets\Assets::getUseResources
+	 * @covers Fisharebest\LaravelAssets\Assets::setUseResources
+	 */
+	public function testUseResourcePath() {
+		$assets = $this->createDefaultAssets();
+		$this->assertFalse($assets->getUseResources());
+
+		$assets->setUseResources(false);
+		$this->assertFalse($assets->getUseResources());
+
+		$assets->setUseResources(true);
+		$this->assertTrue($assets->getUseResources());
+	}
+    
 	/**
 	 * Test getting/setting the "enabled" option.
 	 *