diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index eee16bb32..5fa5205cf 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -303,3 +303,4 @@ suggestions:
   bjonnh
   OKOMper
   eldios
+  Eli
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a48df6064..99061de8e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
           (thanks to E. Manuel Cerr'on Angeles)
 - TW-1857 Change Task::get call to the more efficient Task::has
           (thanks to Zachary Manning).
+- TW-1873 Specify different path to extensions/hooks directory
+          (thanks to Eli).
 - Added 'juhannus' as a synonym for 'midsommarafton'
           (thanks to Lynoure Braakman).
 - Deprecated the 'DUETODAY' virtual tag, which is a synonym for the 'TODAY'
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 28c149701..3a708e496 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ shell meta character, which will be properly expanded.
 
 Note that the TASKDATA environment variable overrides this setting.
 
+.TP
+.B hooks.location=$HOME/.task/hooks
+This is a path to the hook scripts directory. By default it is ~/.task/hooks.
+
 .TP
 .B locking=1
 Determines whether to use file locking when accessing the pending.data and
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 6d904e5d8..7969b90fe 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -532,7 +532,11 @@ void Config::createDefaultData (const std::string& data)
 
     d.create ();
 
-    d += "hooks";
+    if (has ("hooks.location"))
+      d = Directory (get ("hooks.location"));
+    else
+      d += "hooks";
+
     d.create ();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Hooks.cpp b/src/Hooks.cpp
index f779b6b59..1ef6abbde 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.cpp
+++ b/src/Hooks.cpp
@@ -54,9 +54,19 @@ void Hooks::initialize ()
 {
   _debug = context.config.getInteger ("debug.hooks");
 
-  // Scan <rc.data.location>/hooks
-  Directory d (context.config.get ("data.location"));
-  d += "hooks";
+  // Scan <rc.hooks.location>
+  //      <rc.data.location>/hooks
+  Directory d;
+  if (context.config.has ("hooks.location"))
+  {
+    d = Directory (context.config.get ("hooks.location"));
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    d = Directory (context.config.get ("data.location"));
+    d += "hooks";
+  }
+
   if (d.is_directory () &&
       d.readable ())
   {
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDiagnostics.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDiagnostics.cpp
index 15362bf99..0e9789f64 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDiagnostics.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDiagnostics.cpp
@@ -307,8 +307,16 @@ int CmdDiagnostics::execute (std::string& output)
       << "\n\n";
 
   // Display hook status.
-  Path hookLocation (context.config.get ("data.location"));
-  hookLocation += "hooks";
+  Path hookLocation;
+  if (context.config.has ("hooks.location"))
+  {
+    hookLocation = Path (context.config.get ("hooks.location"));
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    hookLocation = Path (context.config.get ("data.location"));
+    hookLocation += "hooks";
+  }
 
   out << bold.colorize (STRING_CMD_DIAG_HOOKS)
       << '\n'