diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fcbb491..c4c745f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ENV GIT_REPO=https://github.com/osTicket/osTicket
 COPY bin /bin
 COPY conf/supervisord /etc/supervisor/conf.d/osticket.conf
 COPY conf/msmtp /etc/msmtp.default
+COPY conf/default.conf /tmp/default.conf.template
 
 # Conf files
 RUN touch /etc/msmtp /etc/osticket.secret.txt /etc/cron.d/osticket && \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fef828b..d6a918c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ specified in the admin control panel, you need to specify both to the value you'
 
 # Environmental Variables
 
+`HOST`
+
+Sets the 'host' part of the osTicket URL in database, eg. for links in ticket mails.
+
+`ROOT_PATH`
+
+If you want to host osTicket under a subdirectory path of your domain you must set this path here, so osTicket can properly reference it's source files. Defaults to `/`.
+
 `INSTALL_SECRET`
 
 Secret string value for OST installation. A random value is generated on start-up and persisted within the container if this is not provided.
diff --git a/bin/osticket-install.php b/bin/osticket-install.php
index 96e85a1..fd91fb1 100644
--- a/bin/osticket-install.php
+++ b/bin/osticket-install.php
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
   'smtp_pass'       => getenv("SMTP_PASSWORD"),
   'cron_interval'   => getenv("CRON_INTERVAL")        ?: 5,
   'siri'     => getenv("INSTALL_SECRET"),
-  'config'   => getenv("INSTALL_CONFIG") ?: INSTALL_CONFIG, 
+  'host' => getenv("HOST"),
+  'root_path' => getenv("ROOT_PATH"),
+  'config'   => getenv("INSTALL_CONFIG") ?: INSTALL_CONFIG,
 );
 
 // Helper functions
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ function convertStrToBool($varName, $default) {
 }
 
 // Require files (must be done before any output to avoid session start warnings)
-// $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] = LANGUAGE; 
+// $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'] = LANGUAGE;
 chdir(SETUP_DIR);
 require SETUP_DIR.'setup.inc.php';
 require SETUP_DIR.'inc/class.installer.php';
@@ -193,6 +195,10 @@ function convertStrToBool($varName, $default) {
 $configFile= str_replace('%CONFIG-DBPASS',$vars['dbpass'],$configFile);
 $configFile= str_replace('%CONFIG-PREFIX',$vars['prefix'],$configFile);
 $configFile= str_replace('%CONFIG-SIRI',$vars['siri'],$configFile);
+if($vars['root_path']){
+  $configFile = str_replace("# define('ROOT_PATH', '/support/');","define('ROOT_PATH', '".$vars['root_path']."');",$configFile);
+}
+
 if (!file_put_contents($installer->getConfigFile(), $configFile)) {
    err("Failed to write configuration file");
 }
@@ -219,5 +225,12 @@ function convertStrToBool($varName, $default) {
     echo "System Language Set\n";
 }
 
-// Install finished   
+// Update helpdesk_url
+echo "Setting helpdesk url to ".$vars['host']."\n";
+$sql = "UPDATE `".$vars['prefix']."config` SET `value`='".$vars['host'].$vars['root_path']."' WHERE `key`='helpdesk_url'";
+if (db_query($sql, false)) {
+    echo "helpdesk url Set\n";
+}
+
+// Install finished
 echo "Install Script finished!\n";
diff --git a/bin/update b/bin/update
index 88a6f15..405d886 100644
--- a/bin/update
+++ b/bin/update
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ echo $$ > $LOCK_FILE
 # Fix
 fix
 
+cp /tmp/default.conf.template /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+# configure nginx for possible ROOT_PATH
+if [ ! -z $ROOT_PATH ] && [ "$ROOT_PATH" != '/' ]; then
+  nginx_rewrite="location ^~ $ROOT_PATH { rewrite ^$ROOT_PATH(.*)\$ /\$1 last;}"
+  sed -i "s|# %APPEND_REDIRECT_HERE%|$nginx_rewrite|g" /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+fi
+
 # Go to src
 cd /var/www/src
 
diff --git a/conf/default.conf b/conf/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a0111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Default Server
+server {
+    # Port that the web server will listen on.
+    listen 80 default;
+
+    # Host that will serve this project.
+    server_name _;
+
+    # The location of our projects public directory.
+    root /var/www/src/public;
+
+    # Index
+    index index.php index.html;
+
+    # %APPEND_REDIRECT_HERE%
+
+    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+
+    set $path_info2 "";
+
+    location ~ /include {
+        deny all;
+        return 403;
+    }
+
+    if ($request_uri ~ "^/api(/[^\?]+)") {
+        set $path_info2 $1;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/api/(?:tickets|tasks).*$ {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /api/http.php?$query_string;
+    }
+
+    if ($request_uri ~ "^/scp/.*\.php(/[^\?]+)") {
+        set $path_info2 $1;
+    }
+
+    if ($request_uri ~ "^/.*\.php(/[^\?]+)") {
+        set $path_info2 $1;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/scp/ajax.php/.*$ {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /scp/ajax.php?$query_string;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/ajax.php/.*$ {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /ajax.php?$query_string;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ index.php;
+    }
+
+    location ~ \.php$ {
+        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
+        fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO        $path_info2;
+        fastcgi_param   HTTPS $fe_https;
+        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php-fpm.sock;
+    }
+
+    location ~ /\.ht {deny all;}
+}
+
+# Status server
+server {
+    listen 8080;
+
+    location /nginx_status {
+      stub_status on;
+      access_log off;
+    }
+
+    location ~ ^/(status|ping)$ {
+        include fastcgi_params;
+        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php-fpm.sock;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 521c7f8..e1b90d9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ services:
 
       - LANGUAGE=fa
 
+      - HOST=localhost:80
+      - ROOT_PATH=/
     links:
       - mysql:mysql
     ports: