diff --git a/bootstrap/paths.php b/bootstrap/paths.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4a965e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/paths.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+return array(
+
+	/*
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	| Application Path
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	|
+	| Here we just defined the path to the application directory. Most likely
+	| you will never need to change this value as the default setup should
+	| work perfectly fine for the vast majority of all our applications.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'app' => __DIR__.'/../app',
+
+	/*
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	| Public Path
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	|
+	| We understand that not all hosting environments allow flexibility with
+	| public paths. That's why we allow you to change where your public path
+	| is below.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',
+
+	/*
+	|-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
+	| Base Path
+	|-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
+	|
+	| You probably shouldn't be editing this.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'base' => __DIR__.'/..',
+
+);
diff --git a/bootstrap/start.php b/bootstrap/start.php
index 25e906530..643e10175 100644
--- a/bootstrap/start.php
+++ b/bootstrap/start.php
@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Define The Application Path
+| Bind Paths
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Here we just defined the path to the application directory. Most likely
-| you will never need to change this value as the default setup should
-| work perfectly fine for the vast majority of all our applications.
+| Here we are binding the paths configured in paths.php to the app. You
+| should not be changing these here but rather in paths.php.
 |
 */
 
-$app->instance('path', $appPath = __DIR__.'/../app');
+$paths = require __DIR__.'/paths.php';
 
-$app->instance('path.base', __DIR__.'/..');
+$app->instance('path', $appPath = $paths['app']);
+
+$app->instance('path.base', $paths['base']);
+
+$app->instance('path.public', $paths['public']);
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d4a91bf9e..9afd6c00f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"minimum-stability": "dev"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server.php b/server.php
index 2084099cc..5f187f344 100644
--- a/server.php
+++ b/server.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 $uri = urldecode($uri);
 
-$requested = __DIR__.'/public'.$uri;
+$paths = require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/paths.php';
+
+$requested = $paths['public'].$uri;
 
 // This file allows us to emulate Apache's "mod_rewrite" functionality from the
 // built-in PHP web server. This provides a convenient way to test a Laravel
@@ -14,4 +16,4 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
-require_once(__DIR__ . '/public/index.php');
\ No newline at end of file
+require_once $paths['public'].'/index.php';