diff --git a/djangocms_installer/config/__init__.py b/djangocms_installer/config/__init__.py
index 57e8979..2a6c08d 100644
--- a/djangocms_installer/config/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_installer/config/__init__.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def parse(args):
                         default=False, help="Don't create the admin user")
     parser.add_argument('--template', dest='template', action='store',
                         default=None, help="The path or URL to load the template from")
+    parser.add_argument('--extra-settings', dest='extra_settings', action='store',
+                        default=None, help="The path to an file that contains extra settings.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
diff --git a/djangocms_installer/django/__init__.py b/djangocms_installer/django/__init__.py
index 310094a..3568612 100644
--- a/djangocms_installer/django/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_installer/django/__init__.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def patch_settings(config_data):
     overridden_settings = ('MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES', 'INSTALLED_APPS',
                            'TEMPLATE_LOADERS', 'TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS',
                            'TEMPLATE_DIRS', 'LANGUAGES')
+    extra_settings = ''
 
     if not os.path.exists(config_data.settings_path):
         sys.stdout.write("Error while creating target project, please check the given configuration")
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ def patch_settings(config_data):
     with open(config_data.settings_path, 'r') as fd_original:
         original = fd_original.read()
 
+    # extra settings reading
+    if config_data.extra_settings and os.path.exists(config_data.extra_settings):
+        with open(config_data.extra_settings, 'r') as fd_extra:
+            extra_settings = fd_extra.read()
+
     original = original.replace("# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-\n", "")
 
     if original.find('BASE_DIR') == -1:
@@ -140,6 +146,8 @@ def patch_settings(config_data):
         original += "SITE_ID = 1\n\n"
 
     original += _build_settings(config_data)
+    # Append extra settings at the end of the file
+    original += ("\n" + extra_settings)
 
     with open(config_data.settings_path, "w") as fd_dest:
         fd_dest.write(original)
diff --git a/docs/reference.rst b/docs/reference.rst
index 50f5cad..a670603 100644
--- a/docs/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/reference.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ advanced usage:
 * ``--list-plugins``, ``-P``: List plugins that's going to be installed and
   configured for the project; this will not alter the virtualenv or create the
   project;
+* ``--extra-settings``: Path to a file with extra variables to append to generated settings file. It doesn't need to be
+  a Python file, its content is blindly copied in the project settings.
 
 
 .. _dj-database-url: https://github.com/kennethreitz/dj-database-url
-.. _django source: https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/conf/global_settings.py#L50
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _django source: https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/conf/global_settings.py#L50
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 6f8e19a..d318c4a 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ This can be helpful to customize the virtualenv:
 
 See :ref:`arguments` for arguments reference
 
+Custom settings
+---------------
+
+If want or need to provide custom settings **before** the initial database sync is run, use `--extra-settings`
+parameter.
+To use this option, pass the path to a file as argument: its content is going to be appended to the generated
+settings file.
+
 
 HOWTO
 -----
diff --git a/tests/data/extra_settings.py b/tests/data/extra_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e1cecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/extra_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CUSTOM_SETTINGS_VAR = True
+CMS_PERMISSION = False
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/django.py b/tests/django.py
index bf53206..06a3f97 100644
--- a/tests/django.py
+++ b/tests/django.py
@@ -84,6 +84,32 @@ def test_copy_data(self):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(starting_page_py))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(starting_page_json))
 
+    def test_patch_16_settings(self):
+        extra_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data', 'extra_settings.py')
+        config_data = config.parse(['--db=sqlite://localhost/test.db',
+                                    '--lang=en', '--extra-settings=%s' % extra_path,
+                                    '--django-version=1.6',
+                                    '--cms-version=3.0', '--timezone=Europe/Moscow',
+                                    '-q', '-u', '-zno', '--i18n=no',
+                                    '-p'+self.project_dir, 'example_path_16_settigns'])
+        install.requirements(config_data.requirements)
+        django.create_project(config_data)
+        django.patch_settings(config_data)
+        django.copy_files(config_data)
+        # settings is importable even in non django environment
+        sys.path.append(config_data.project_directory)
+
+        project = __import__(config_data.project_name,
+                             globals(), locals(), ['settings'])
+
+        ## checking for django options
+        self.assertTrue(project.settings.MEDIA_ROOT, os.path.join(config_data.project_directory, 'media'))
+        self.assertEqual(project.settings.MEDIA_URL, '/media/')
+
+        # Data from external settings file
+        self.assertEqual(project.settings.CUSTOM_SETTINGS_VAR, True)
+        self.assertEqual(project.settings.CMS_PERMISSION, False)
+
     def test_patch_16(self):
         config_data = config.parse(['--db=sqlite://localhost/test.db',
                                     '--lang=en',