diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ca93d29..1464edf 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	DataDir string `toml:"data_dir"`
 
 	DBName string `toml:"db_name"`
+	DBPath string `toml:"db_path"`
 
 	LevelDB LevelDBConfig `toml:"leveldb"`
 
diff --git a/config/config.toml b/config/config.toml
index 2a3a246..f271a70 100644
--- a/config/config.toml
+++ b/config/config.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ slaveof = ""
 #   
 db_name = "leveldb"
 
+# if not set, use data_dir/"db_name"_data
+db_path = ""
+
 [leveldb]
 compression = false
 block_size = 32768
diff --git a/etc/ledis.conf b/etc/ledis.conf
index d3adbd8..c0606eb 100644
--- a/etc/ledis.conf
+++ b/etc/ledis.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ slaveof = ""
 #   
 db_name = "leveldb"
 
+# if not set, use data_dir/"db_name"_data
+db_path = ""
+
 [leveldb]
 compression = false
 block_size = 32768
diff --git a/store/store.go b/store/store.go
index aa4b485..2edde30 100644
--- a/store/store.go
+++ b/store/store.go
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getStorePath(cfg *config.Config) string {
-	return path.Join(cfg.DataDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s_data", cfg.DBName))
+	if len(cfg.DBPath) > 0 {
+		return cfg.DBPath
+	} else {
+		return path.Join(cfg.DataDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s_data", cfg.DBName))
+	}
 }
 
 func Open(cfg *config.Config) (*DB, error) {