diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6b23ce2b27d017010f01849798ed719136bd7ff8..68df9aa620158d38fe091021807f02195d14c43e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 8.10.0 (unreleased)
   - Fix commit builds API, return all builds for all pipelines for given commit. !4849
   - Replace Haml with Hamlit to make view rendering faster. !3666
   - Refactor repository paths handling to allow multiple git mount points
+  - Add Application Setting to configure default Repository Path for new projects
   - Wrap code blocks on Activies and Todos page. !4783 (winniehell)
   - Align flash messages with left side of page content !4959 (winniehell)
   - Display last commit of deleted branch in push events !4699 (winniehell)
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/application_settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/application_settings_controller.rb
index f4eda864aac9285bc7ca588d4d90f731615f53ab..5f65dd3aff08942c433529328f8ec9e413decbb7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/application_settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/application_settings_controller.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def application_setting_params
       :metrics_packet_size,
       :send_user_confirmation_email,
       :container_registry_token_expire_delay,
+      :repository_storage,
       restricted_visibility_levels: [],
       import_sources: [],
       disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources: []
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
index 55313fd835763e593826961c924687123ad8eb19..6e580c62ccd74aea671b5a13699c379eb74b8013 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_settings_helper.rb
@@ -78,4 +78,12 @@ def oauth_providers_checkboxes
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def repository_storage_options_for_select
+    options = Gitlab.config.repositories.storages.map do |name, path|
+      ["#{name} - #{path}", name]
+    end
+
+    options_for_select(options, @application_setting.repository_storage)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index d914b0b26eb40206c631d115c3d43f98cbc1977c..5fa6eacd23453868df893fb54c5a7572b6c3a879 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class ApplicationSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
             presence: true,
             numericality: { only_integer: true, greater_than: 0 }
 
+  validates :repository_storage,
+    presence: true,
+    inclusion: { in: ->(_object) { Gitlab.config.repositories.storages.keys } }
+
   validates_each :restricted_visibility_levels do |record, attr, value|
     unless value.nil?
       value.each do |level|
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ def self.create_from_defaults
       disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources: [],
       send_user_confirmation_email: false,
       container_registry_token_expire_delay: 5,
+      repository_storage: 'default',
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 2f6901e0e3ed31a4a8b5659df701438e26fa8144..6a950ee830d5a8f5f3827b33d7f26cc8c9c46769 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   default_value_for :wiki_enabled, gitlab_config_features.wiki
   default_value_for :snippets_enabled, gitlab_config_features.snippets
   default_value_for :container_registry_enabled, gitlab_config_features.container_registry
+  default_value_for(:repository_storage) { current_application_settings.repository_storage }
   default_value_for(:shared_runners_enabled) { current_application_settings.shared_runners_enabled }
 
   after_create :ensure_dir_exist
diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
index 30ab07171642ca704e8aa05c42b291d24a261d6e..c1f70bc1866a65c38b0362fab15bea0536f52a2a 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@
       .col-sm-10
         = f.text_field :sentry_dsn, class: 'form-control'
 
+  %fieldset
+    %legend Repository Storage
+    .form-group
+      = f.label :repository_storage, 'Storage path for new projects', class: 'control-label col-sm-2'
+      .col-sm-10
+        = f.select :repository_storage, repository_storage_options_for_select, {}, class: 'form-control'
+        .help-block
+          You can manage the repository storage paths in your gitlab.yml configuration file
+
   %fieldset
     %legend Repository Checks
     .form-group
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160614182521_add_repository_storage_to_application_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20160614182521_add_repository_storage_to_application_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6dae91b700b866f54f7d7c8904ec9e2023c26bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160614182521_add_repository_storage_to_application_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddRepositoryStorageToApplicationSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :application_settings, :repository_storage, :string, default: 'default'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a7173116b1b50099311d2d66a9985fed0cb5f601..beb723c3bc584aa63bf86e35f214130dd201c640 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     t.boolean  "send_user_confirmation_email",          default: false
     t.integer  "container_registry_token_expire_delay", default: 5
     t.text     "after_sign_up_text"
+    t.string   "repository_storage",                    default: "default"
   end
 
   create_table "audit_events", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/doc/api/settings.md b/doc/api/settings.md
index b5152311f2814284e43de14a2153ea950703e8c7..741c5a295818e5f22fb85ae2c244ffbb0ac2703d 100644
--- a/doc/api/settings.md
+++ b/doc/api/settings.md
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ Example response:
    "default_project_visibility" : 0,
    "gravatar_enabled" : true,
    "sign_in_text" : null,
-   "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5
+   "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
+   "repository_storage": "default"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ PUT /application/settings
 | `user_oauth_applications` | boolean | no | Allow users to register any application to use GitLab as an OAuth provider |
 | `after_sign_out_path` | string | no | Where to redirect users after logout |
 | `container_registry_token_expire_delay` | integer | no | Container Registry token duration in minutes |
+| `repository_storage` | string | no | Storage path for new projects. The value should be the name of one of the repository storage paths defined in your gitlab.yml |
 
 ```bash
 curl -X PUT -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/application/settings?signup_enabled=false&default_project_visibility=1
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ Example response:
   "restricted_signup_domains": [],
   "user_oauth_applications": true,
   "after_sign_out_path": "",
-  "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5
+  "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
+  "repository_storage": "default"
 }
 ```
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 5a23a18fe9c7e22dda765b9b86130f26276a609e..4e2a43e45e2e990470c8c143d9e2e64efc8215b2 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ class ApplicationSetting < Grape::Entity
       expose :user_oauth_applications
       expose :after_sign_out_path
       expose :container_registry_token_expire_delay
+      expose :repository_storage
     end
 
     class Release < Grape::Entity
diff --git a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
index d84f3e998f570b467e2466c345ab1f20d077169a..2ea1320267c34927b0aa4d808da01bb92d3b49c1 100644
--- a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
     it_behaves_like 'an object with email-formated attributes', :admin_notification_email do
       subject { setting }
     end
+
+    context 'repository storages inclussion' do
+      before do
+        storages = { 'custom' => 'tmp/tests/custom_repositories' }
+        allow(Gitlab.config.repositories).to receive(:storages).and_return(storages)
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.to allow_value('custom').for(:repository_storage) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('alternative').for(:repository_storage) }
+    end
   end
 
   context 'restricted signup domains' do
diff --git a/spec/models/project_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
index ee1142fa3aac58654bd5375b3ebb3f73d929803b..42308035d8c39ad841c81d048346f6c673c38221 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_spec.rb
@@ -607,6 +607,21 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context 'repository storage by default' do
+    let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
+
+    subject { project.repository_storage }
+
+    before do
+      storages = { 'alternative_storage' => '/some/path' }
+      allow(Gitlab.config.repositories).to receive(:storages).and_return(storages)
+      stub_application_setting(repository_storage: 'alternative_storage')
+      allow_any_instance_of(Project).to receive(:ensure_dir_exist).and_return(true)
+    end
+
+    it { is_expected.to eq('alternative_storage') }
+  end
+
   context 'shared runners by default' do
     let(:project) { create(:empty_project) }
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/settings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/settings_spec.rb
index f756101c51402f00badd86206fabeabf9a9e4316..6629a5a65e2b1967589bbdd99d030cc4c84cac7a 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/settings_spec.rb
@@ -14,16 +14,23 @@
       expect(json_response).to be_an Hash
       expect(json_response['default_projects_limit']).to eq(42)
       expect(json_response['signin_enabled']).to be_truthy
+      expect(json_response['repository_storage']).to eq('default')
     end
   end
 
   describe "PUT /application/settings" do
+    before do
+      storages = { 'custom' => 'tmp/tests/custom_repositories' }
+      allow(Gitlab.config.repositories).to receive(:storages).and_return(storages)
+    end
+
     it "should update application settings" do
       put api("/application/settings", admin),
-        default_projects_limit: 3, signin_enabled: false
+        default_projects_limit: 3, signin_enabled: false, repository_storage: 'custom'
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
       expect(json_response['default_projects_limit']).to eq(3)
       expect(json_response['signin_enabled']).to be_falsey
+      expect(json_response['repository_storage']).to eq('custom')
     end
   end
 end