diff --git a/apache/vhosts/standard.tmpl b/apache/vhosts/standard.tmpl
index af6c75edfbe5fb197f0d9ebdf3f303dc7a9f094b..ff79e1f3c0880fde313b3a5f82f14f33a5270901 100644
--- a/apache/vhosts/standard.tmpl
+++ b/apache/vhosts/standard.tmpl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     'Timeout': site.get('Timeout'),
     'LimitRequestFields': site.get('LimitRequestFields'),
 
-    'Directory_default': '{0}/{1}'.format(map.wwwdir, sitename),
+    'Directory_default': site.get('DocumentRoot', '{0}/{1}'.format(map.wwwdir, sitename)),
     'Directory': {
         'Options': '-Indexes +FollowSymLinks',
         'Order': 'allow,deny',