diff --git a/coldfront/config/urls.py b/coldfront/config/urls.py
index 78d958977..86bcb0bd9 100644
--- a/coldfront/config/urls.py
+++ b/coldfront/config/urls.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 ColdFront URL Configuration
 """
 
+import environ
+import split_settings
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.core import serializers
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 
 import coldfront.core.portal.views as portal_views
+from coldfront.config.env import ENV, PROJECT_ROOT
 
 admin.site.site_header = "ColdFront Administration"
 admin.site.site_title = "ColdFront Administration"
@@ -60,3 +63,20 @@ def export_as_json(modeladmin, request, queryset):
 
 
 admin.site.add_action(export_as_json, "export_as_json")
+
+# Local urls overrides
+local_urls = [
+    # Local urls relative to coldfront.config package
+    "local_urls.py",
+    # System wide urls for production deployments
+    "/etc/coldfront/local_urls.py",
+    # Local urls relative to coldfront project root
+    PROJECT_ROOT("local_urls.py"),
+]
+
+if ENV.str("COLDFRONT_URLS", default="") != "":
+    # Local urls from path specified via environment variable
+    local_urls.append(environ.Path(ENV.str("COLDFRONT_URLS"))())
+
+for lu in local_urls:
+    split_settings.tools.include(split_settings.tools.optional(lu))
diff --git a/docs/pages/config.md b/docs/pages/config.md
index 9649dbe57..53a6f0d52 100644
--- a/docs/pages/config.md
+++ b/docs/pages/config.md
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ You can also specify the path to `local_settings.py` using the
 COLDFRONT_CONFIG=/opt/coldfront/mysettings.py
 ```
 
+For [URL configurations](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/), you can create a python file to override ColdFront URLs:
+
+- `local_urls.py` relative to coldfront.config package
+- `/etc/coldfront/local_urls.py`
+- `local_urls.py` in the ColdFront project root
+
+You can also specify the path to `local_urls.py` using the
+`COLDFRONT_URLS` environment variable. For example:
+
+```
+COLDFRONT_URLS=/opt/coldfront/myurls.py
+```
+
 ## Simple Example
 
 Here's a very simple example demonstrating how to configure ColdFront using