diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ee177b4ebfe..fd831f04eb1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ENV OAUTH_APP_NAME "**None**"
 ENV OAUTH_ADDITIONAL_PARAMS "**None**"
 ENV SWAGGER_JSON "/app/swagger.json"
 ENV PORT 80
+ENV BASE_URL ""
 
 RUN apk add --update nginx
 RUN mkdir -p /run/nginx
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f517b08548d..a570557b552 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ Or you can provide your own swagger.json on your host
 docker run -p 80:8080 -e SWAGGER_JSON=/foo/swagger.json -v /bar:/foo swaggerapi/swagger-ui
 ```
 
+The base URL of the web application can be changed by specifying the `BASE_URL` environment variable:
+
+```
+docker run -p 80:8080 -e BASE_URL=/swagger -e SWAGGER_JSON=/foo/swagger.json -v /bar:/foo swaggerapi/swagger-ui
+```
+
+This will serve Swagger UI at `/swagger` instead of `/`.
+
 ##### Prerequisites
 - Node 6.x
 - NPM 3.x
diff --git a/docker-run.sh b/docker-run.sh
index db1216bd880..39e25f203e6 100644
--- a/docker-run.sh
+++ b/docker-run.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ replace_or_delete_in_index () {
   fi
 }
 
+if [ "${BASE_URL}" ]; then
+  NGINX_WITH_BASE_URL="${NGINX_ROOT}${BASE_URL}"
+
+  mkdir -p ${NGINX_WITH_BASE_URL}
+  mv ${NGINX_ROOT}/*.* ${NGINX_WITH_BASE_URL}/
+
+  INDEX_FILE=$NGINX_WITH_BASE_URL/index.html
+  NGINX_ROOT=$NGINX_WITH_BASE_URL
+fi
+
 replace_in_index myApiKeyXXXX123456789 $API_KEY
 replace_or_delete_in_index your-client-id $OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
 replace_or_delete_in_index your-client-secret-if-required $OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET