diff --git a/config/gateway.go b/config/gateway.go
index 07bc9aad2..a8ba70590 100644
--- a/config/gateway.go
+++ b/config/gateway.go
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ type Gateway struct {
 	HTTPHeaders  map[string][]string // HTTP headers to return with the gateway
 	RootRedirect string
 	Writable     bool
+	PathPrefixes []string
 }
diff --git a/config/init.go b/config/init.go
index 1cbc9f495..3dbc1b3f5 100644
--- a/config/init.go
+++ b/config/init.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func Init(out io.Writer, nBitsForKeypair int) (*Config, error) {
 		Gateway: Gateway{
 			RootRedirect: "",
 			Writable:     false,
+			PathPrefixes: []string{},
 		},
 	}