diff --git a/files/apache-horizon.template b/files/apache-horizon.template
index 68838985ee..bfd75678e3 100644
--- a/files/apache-horizon.template
+++ b/files/apache-horizon.template
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <VirtualHost *:80>
-    WSGIScriptAlias / %HORIZON_DIR%/openstack_dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
+    WSGIScriptAlias %WEBROOT% %HORIZON_DIR%/openstack_dashboard/wsgi/django.wsgi
     WSGIDaemonProcess horizon user=%USER% group=%GROUP% processes=3 threads=10 home=%HORIZON_DIR% display-name=%{GROUP}
     WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
 
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
     WSGIProcessGroup horizon
 
     DocumentRoot %HORIZON_DIR%/.blackhole/
-    Alias /media %HORIZON_DIR%/openstack_dashboard/static
+    Alias %WEBROOT%/media %HORIZON_DIR%/openstack_dashboard/static
+    Alias %WEBROOT%/static %HORIZON_DIR%/static
+
+    RedirectMatch "^/$" "%WEBROOT%/"
 
     <Directory />
         Options FollowSymLinks
diff --git a/lib/horizon b/lib/horizon
index b0f306b675..9fe0aa8b49 100644
--- a/lib/horizon
+++ b/lib/horizon
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ function init_horizon {
     local local_settings=$HORIZON_DIR/openstack_dashboard/local/local_settings.py
     cp $HORIZON_SETTINGS $local_settings
 
+    _horizon_config_set $local_settings "" WEBROOT \"$HORIZON_APACHE_ROOT/\"
+    _horizon_config_set $local_settings "" CUSTOM_THEME_PATH \"themes/webroot\"
+
     _horizon_config_set $local_settings "" COMPRESS_OFFLINE True
     _horizon_config_set $local_settings "" OPENSTACK_KEYSTONE_DEFAULT_ROLE \"Member\"
 
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ function init_horizon {
         s,%HORIZON_DIR%,$HORIZON_DIR,g;
         s,%APACHE_NAME%,$APACHE_NAME,g;
         s,%DEST%,$DEST,g;
+        s,%WEBROOT%,$HORIZON_APACHE_ROOT,g;
     \" $FILES/apache-horizon.template >$horizon_conf"
 
     if is_ubuntu; then
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 2288af57a4..e9247295e7 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ fi
 # If you installed Horizon on this server you should be able
 # to access the site using your browser.
 if is_service_enabled horizon; then
-    echo "Horizon is now available at http://$SERVICE_HOST/"
+    echo "Horizon is now available at http://$SERVICE_HOST$HORIZON_APACHE_ROOT"
 fi
 
 # If Keystone is present you can point ``nova`` cli to this server
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index 8beef9639f..f4245a40cf 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ TEMPEST_SERVICES=""
 # Set the default Nova APIs to enable
 NOVA_ENABLED_APIS=ec2,osapi_compute,metadata
 
+# Set the root URL for Horizon
+HORIZON_APACHE_ROOT="/dashboard"
+
 # Whether to use 'dev mode' for screen windows. Dev mode works by
 # stuffing text into the screen windows so that a developer can use
 # ctrl-c, up-arrow, enter to restart the service. Starting services