diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 006edccf4..1f67a704b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def tos_path
-    return "#{Discourse::base_uri}/tos"
+    SiteSetting.tos_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/tos" : SiteSetting.tos_url
   end
 
   def privacy_path
-    return "#{Discourse::base_uri}/privacy"
+    SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url.blank? ? "#{Discourse::base_uri}/privacy" : SiteSetting.privacy_policy_url
   end
 
   def login_path
diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index 1e94e265c..3daaefa65 100755
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   setting(:company_full_name, 'My Unconfigured Forum Ltd.')
   setting(:company_short_name, 'Unconfigured Forum')
   setting(:company_domain, 'www.example.com')
+  setting(:tos_url, '')
+  setting(:privacy_policy_url, '')
   setting(:api_key, '')
   client_setting(:traditional_markdown_linebreaks, false)
   client_setting(:top_menu, 'latest|new|unread|favorited|categories')
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index c742fa6ce..fac3c0cb2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ en:
     topic_views_heat_medium: "The number of views after which a topic's heat level is medium."
     topic_views_heat_high: "The number of views after which a topic's heat level is high."
 
+    tos_url: "If you have a Terms of Service document hosted elsewhere that you want to use, provide the full URL here."
+    privacy_policy_url: "If you have a Privacy Policy document hosted elsewhere that you want to use, provide the full URL here."
+
   notification_types:
     mentioned: "%{display_username} mentioned you in %{link}"
     liked: "%{display_username} liked your post in %{link}"