diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index eaf23392..3ae138b9 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                     ->prototype('scalar')->end()
                 ->end()
 
+                ->arrayNode('paths')
+                    ->prototype('scalar')->end()
+                ->end()
+
                 ->scalarNode('grid_input_type')
                     ->cannotBeEmpty()
                     ->defaultValue('text')
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/LexikTranslationExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/LexikTranslationExtension.php
index 71398503..b4ef8189 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/LexikTranslationExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/LexikTranslationExtension.php
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ protected function registerTranslatorConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuild
                 $dirs[] = $dir;
             }
 
+
+            foreach ($config['paths'] as $dir) {
+                if ($container->fileExists($dir)) {
+
+                    $dirs[] = $dir;
+                } else {
+                    throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('%s defined in translator.paths does not exist or is not a directory', $dir));
+                }
+            }
+
             if (Kernel::MAJOR_VERSION >= 4 && is_dir($dir = $container->getParameter('kernel.project_dir').'/translations')) {
                 $dirs[] = $dir;
             }