diff --git a/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index 6a1511be..13934446 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public final class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager {
     private final Map<String, PluginDescriptor> plugins; // This is keyed to set Plugin name
     private final DependencyGraph dependencies;
     private final PropertiesFile pluginPriorities;
+    private String pluginPath;
 
     public DefaultPluginManager() {
         plugins = new LinkedHashMap<String, PluginDescriptor>();
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ public PluginDescriptor getPluginDescriptor(String plugin) {
      */
     @Override
     public void scanForPlugins() {
-        File pluginDir = new File("plugins/");
+        File pluginDir = new File(pluginPath);
         if (!pluginDir.exists()) {
             log.warn("Failed to scan for plugins. 'plugins/' is not a directory. Creating...");
             pluginDir.mkdir();
@@ -338,6 +339,22 @@ public void scanForPlugins() {
             log.info("Found " + loadedDescriptors + " plugins; total: " + plugins.size());
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setPluginPath(String path) {
+        this.pluginPath = path;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getPluginPath() {
+        return pluginPath;
+    }
 
     private boolean loadPluginDescriptorAndInsertInGraph(File pluginFile) throws InvalidPluginException {
         PluginDescriptor desc = new PluginDescriptor(pluginFile.getAbsolutePath());
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/PluginManager.java b/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/PluginManager.java
index be8f6965..8cb09912 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/PluginManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/canarymod/plugin/PluginManager.java
@@ -113,4 +113,18 @@ public interface PluginManager {
      * @return List of known plugin names
      */
     Collection<String> getPluginNames();
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the directory where the plugins are read
+     * 
+     * @param path The Plugin folder path
+     */
+    void setPluginPath(String path);
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the directory where the plugins are read
+     * 
+     * @return the Plugin folder path
+     */
+    String getPluginPath();
 }