diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 8a8b2a7..a747468 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ values. The valid configuration keys are listed below.
 
     **Default:** ``#1a1a1a``
 
+``base``
+    Allows you to specify a remote location for the tile folder, useful if you
+    rsync your map's images to a remote server. Leave a trailing slash and point
+    to the location that contains the tile folders for each render, not the
+    tiles folder itself. For example, if the tile images start at
+    http://domain.com/map/world_day/ you want to set this to http://domain.com/map/
+
 .. _option_texture_pack:
 
 ``texturepath``
diff --git a/overviewer.py b/overviewer.py
index f714e62..1e7b4d1 100755
--- a/overviewer.py
+++ b/overviewer.py
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ dir but you forgot to put quotes around the directory, since it contains spaces.
 
         # only pass to the TileSet the options it really cares about
         render['name'] = render_name # perhaps a hack. This is stored here for the asset manager
-        tileSetOpts = util.dict_subset(render, ["name", "imgformat", "renderchecks", "rerenderprob", "bgcolor", "imgquality", "optimizeimg", "rendermode", "worldname_orig", "title", "dimension", "changelist","showspawn", "overlay"])
+        tileSetOpts = util.dict_subset(render, ["name", "imgformat", "renderchecks", "rerenderprob", "bgcolor", "imgquality", "optimizeimg", "rendermode", "worldname_orig", "title", "dimension", "changelist","showspawn", "overlay","base"])
         tileSetOpts.update({"spawn": w.find_true_spawn()}) # TODO find a better way to do this
         tset = tileset.TileSet(rset, assetMrg, tex, tileSetOpts, tileset_dir)
         tilesets.append(tset)
diff --git a/overviewer_core/settingsDefinition.py b/overviewer_core/settingsDefinition.py
index 413a285..bdf21e9 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/settingsDefinition.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/settingsDefinition.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ renders = Setting(required=True, default=util.OrderedDict(),
             "markers": Setting(required=False, validator=validateMarkers, default=[]),
             "overlay": Setting(required=False, validator=validateOverlays, default=[]),
             "showspawn": Setting(required=False, validator=validateBool, default=True),
+            "base": Setting(required=False, validator=validateStr, default=""),
 
             # Remove this eventually (once people update their configs)
             "worldname": Setting(required=False, default=None,
diff --git a/overviewer_core/tileset.py b/overviewer_core/tileset.py
index 9ee2305..1640290 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/tileset.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/tileset.py
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class TileSet(object):
                 defaultZoom = 1,
                 maxZoom = self.treedepth,
                 path = self.options.get('name'),
-                base = '',
+                base = self.options.get('base'),
                 bgcolor = bgcolorformat(self.options.get('bgcolor')),
                 world = self.options.get('worldname_orig') +
                     (" - " + self.options.get('dimension') if self.options.get('dimension') != 'default' else ''),