diff --git a/software/slaprunner/README.txt b/software/slaprunner/README.txt
index 1188a9b5fad16b6ac8333f4fe1d0d2edc5963070..0065f4546ef103da4c67333757e96193e2df0d98 100644
--- a/software/slaprunner/README.txt
+++ b/software/slaprunner/README.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Optional parameter.
 
 Default: 10
 
+
+Public-directory
+----------------
+You can serve static files with the webrunner. For that, just put your data in "srv/runner/public". All these files will be served throught the url of the webrunner + "/public/". Useful for developping your own static website.
+
+
 AUTO-DEPLOYMENT
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/software/slaprunner/instance-runner.cfg b/software/slaprunner/instance-runner.cfg
index fe9da8e9e008b5dd76b5c123a60e974dde71e230..00f030234f239b1bed183334c45fc6c2d8e68e53 100644
--- a/software/slaprunner/instance-runner.cfg
+++ b/software/slaprunner/instance-runner.cfg
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ recipe = slapos.cookbook:mkdirectory
 home = $${directory:srv}/runner/
 test = $${directory:srv}/test/
 project = $${:home}/project
+public = $${:home}/public
 software-root = $${:home}/software
 instance-root = $${:home}/instance
 project-test = $${:test}/project
diff --git a/software/slaprunner/nginx_conf.in b/software/slaprunner/nginx_conf.in
index 55a5b57996129c6b5c4ca1cfe1c9b29c3a12063a..93055ad3ec442462be49f3318966e236f7c56234 100644
--- a/software/slaprunner/nginx_conf.in
+++ b/software/slaprunner/nginx_conf.in
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ http {
             proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
 	    proxy_set_header        X-Forwarded-Host  $http_host;
 	}
+        location /public/ {
+            root {{ param_nginx_frontend['work_dir'] }};
+            index index.html index.htm;
+        }
         location /share {
             rewrite ^/share / break;