diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/RegionLoader/Filesystem/RegionLoaderFileSystem.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/RegionLoader/Filesystem/RegionLoaderFileSystem.cs
index 0902beedb3..ad8b4a04dd 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/RegionLoader/Filesystem/RegionLoaderFileSystem.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/RegionLoader/Filesystem/RegionLoaderFileSystem.cs
@@ -32,14 +32,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.RegionLoader.Filesystem
 {
     public class RegionLoaderFileSystem : IRegionLoader
     {
+        private IniConfigSource m_configSouce;
+
         public void SetIniConfigSource(IniConfigSource configSource)
         {
+            m_configSouce = configSource;
         }
 
         public RegionInfo[] LoadRegions()
         {
             string regionConfigPath = Path.Combine(Util.configDir(), "Regions");
 
+            try
+            {
+                IniConfig startupConfig = (IniConfig)m_configSouce.Configs["Startup"];
+                regionConfigPath = startupConfig.GetString("regionload_regionsdir", regionConfigPath).Trim();
+            }
+            catch (System.Exception)
+            {
+                // No INI setting recorded.
+            }
+
             if (!Directory.Exists(regionConfigPath))
             {
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(regionConfigPath);
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index cbf559160c..85a24e61e3 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [Startup]
 gridmode = false
 
+; Determines where the region XML files are stored.
+; regionload_regionsdir="C:\somewhere\xmlfiles\"
+
 ; ##
 ; ## STORAGE
 ; ##