diff --git a/script/install.sh b/script/install.sh
index b4e8affb..078e11a1 100755
--- a/script/install.sh
+++ b/script/install.sh
@@ -124,17 +124,19 @@ check_tools() {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-mkdir -p "$ROOT"
-TMP_ROOT=$(mktemp -d "$ROOT/.installer_tmp_XXXXXX")
+init() {
+    mkdir -p "$ROOT"
+    TMP_ROOT=$(mktemp -d "$ROOT/.installer_tmp_XXXXXX")
 
-mkdtemp() {
-    mktemp -d "$TMP_ROOT/XXXXXX"
-}
+    mkdtemp() {
+        mktemp -d "$TMP_ROOT/XXXXXX"
+    }
 
-cleanup() {
-    rm -rf "$TMP_ROOT";
+    cleanup() {
+        rm -rf "$TMP_ROOT";
+    }
+    trap cleanup EXIT
 }
-trap cleanup EXIT
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -155,12 +157,31 @@ Options
   -h --help     Show this help
   -p --path     Install location (default ~/dlang)
   -v --verbose  Verbose output
+  --config      List all available configuration parameters
 
 Run "install.sh <command> --help to get help for a specific command.
 If no argument are provided, the latest DMD compiler will be installed.
 '
 }
 
+command_config() {
+    log 'Configuration
+
+~/.config/dlang/installer.cfg can be used to store permanent configuration settings.
+Alternatively a global configuration file can be used (/etc/dlang/installer.cfg).
+The parameters are listed in line-wise a <param>=<value> format.
+Lines starting with # are ignored.
+
+Example:
+
+ROOT=~/.dlang
+
+Available options:
+
+    ROOT    Install location (default ~/dlang)
+'
+}
+
 command_help() {
     if [ -z "${1-}" ]; then
         usage
@@ -283,6 +304,11 @@ parse_args() {
                 COMPILER=$1
                 ;;
 
+            --config)
+                command_config
+                exit 0
+                ;;
+
             *)
                 usage
                 fatal "Unrecognized command-line parameter: $1"
@@ -685,9 +711,48 @@ install_dub() {
     ln -s "$dub" "$ROOT/dub"
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Read user configuration
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+local config_file config_files
+config_files=(
+    "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config/}/dlang/installer.cfg" \
+    "${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc}/dlang/installer.cfg" \
+    "$HOME/Library/Application Support/dlang/installer.cfg" \
+)
+config_file=""
+for file in "${config_files[@]}" ; do
+    if [ -e "${file}" ] ; then
+        config_file="${file}"
+    fi
+done
+if [ -n "${config_file}" ] ; then
+    # Use a whitelist of allowed parameters
+    allowedParams=("ROOT")
+    containsValue() {
+      local e value="$1"
+      shift
+      for e; do [[ "${e}" == "${value}" ]] && return 0; done
+      return 1
+    }
+    IFS="="
+    # Ignore empty lines or lines with comments
+    grep -vE "^(#|$)" "${config_file}" | while read -r param value ; do
+        if containsValue "${param}" "${allowedParams[@]}" ; then
+            log "${param}: ${value//\"/}"
+            declare -a "${param}=${value//\"/}"
+        else
+            log "${param} is invalid. Please check."
+        fi
+    done
+    ROOT="${ROOT/#\~/$HOME}"
+fi
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 parse_args "$@"
+init
 resolve_latest "$COMPILER"
 run_command ${COMMAND:-install} "$COMPILER"
 }
diff --git a/travis.sh b/travis.sh
index 8216d3d5..093878f3 100755
--- a/travis.sh
+++ b/travis.sh
@@ -91,3 +91,19 @@ git checkout -- script/install.sh
 if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME:-}" != "osx" ]; then
     shellcheck script/install.sh
 fi
+
+# Test user config
+mkdir -p ~/.config/dlang
+echo "ROOT=~/.dlang" > ~/.config/dlang/installer.cfg
+./script/install.sh dmd
+has_user_installed_dmd=0
+for file in ~/.dlang/dmd* ; do
+    if [ -e "$file" ] ; then
+        has_user_installed_dmd=1
+        break
+    fi
+done
+if [ ${has_user_installed_dmd} -eq 0 ] ; then
+    echo "Failed to install DMD in the user-specified directory."
+fi
+rm -rf ~/.dlang ~/.config