diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/App/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Start/App/CMakeLists.txt
index 992fad97de..ad27072f24 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/App/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/App/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ SET(Start_SRCS
         DisplayedFilesModel.h
         ExamplesModel.cpp
         ExamplesModel.h
+        CustomFolderModel.cpp
+        CustomFolderModel.h
         PreCompiled.cpp
         PreCompiled.h
         RecentFilesModel.cpp
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.cpp b/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd7036e2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+/****************************************************************************
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeCAD Project Association AISBL               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                          *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   FreeCAD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it     *
+ *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as            *
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the   *
+ *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but         *
+ *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of             *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU       *
+ *   Lesser General Public License for more details.                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public       *
+ *   License along with FreeCAD. If not, see                                *
+ *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                       *
+ *                                                                          *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+#include <QDir>
+#endif
+
+#include "CustomFolderModel.h"
+#include <App/Application.h>
+
+using namespace Start;
+
+
+CustomFolderModel::CustomFolderModel(QObject* parent)
+    : DisplayedFilesModel(parent)
+{
+
+    Base::Reference<ParameterGrp> parameterGroup = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath(
+        "User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start");
+
+    _customFolderDirectory =
+        QDir(QString::fromStdString(parameterGroup->GetASCII("CustomFolder", "")));
+}
+
+void CustomFolderModel::loadCustomFolder()
+{
+    beginResetModel();
+    clear();
+    if (!_customFolderDirectory.isReadable()) {
+        Base::Console().Warning(
+            "BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start/CustomFolder: cannot read custom folder %s\n",
+            _customFolderDirectory.absolutePath().toStdString().c_str());
+    }
+    auto entries = _customFolderDirectory.entryList(QDir::Filter::Files | QDir::Filter::Readable,
+                                                    QDir::SortFlag::Name);
+    for (const auto& entry : entries) {
+        addFile(_customFolderDirectory.filePath(entry));
+    }
+    endResetModel();
+}
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.h b/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4c132708d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/App/CustomFolderModel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+/****************************************************************************
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeCAD Project Association AISBL               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                          *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   FreeCAD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it     *
+ *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as            *
+ *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the   *
+ *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but         *
+ *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of             *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU       *
+ *   Lesser General Public License for more details.                        *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public       *
+ *   License along with FreeCAD. If not, see                                *
+ *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                       *
+ *                                                                          *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef FREECAD_START_CUSTOMFOLDERMODEL_H
+#define FREECAD_START_CUSTOMFOLDERMODEL_H
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <Base/Parameter.h>
+
+#include "DisplayedFilesModel.h"
+#include "../StartGlobal.h"
+
+namespace Start
+{
+
+/// A model for displaying a list of files including a thumbnail or icon, plus various file
+/// statistics.
+class StartExport CustomFolderModel: public DisplayedFilesModel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit CustomFolderModel(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+    void loadCustomFolder();
+
+private:
+    QDir _customFolderDirectory;
+};
+
+}  // namespace Start
+
+#endif  // FREECAD_START_CUSTOMFOLDERMODEL_H
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.cpp b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.cpp
index 0942ea80a2..e398c142ae 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ StartView::StartView(QWidget* parent)
     , _newFileLabel {nullptr}
     , _examplesLabel {nullptr}
     , _recentFilesLabel {nullptr}
+    , _customFolderLabel {nullptr}
     , _showOnStartupCheckBox {nullptr}
 {
     setObjectName(QLatin1String("StartView"));
@@ -193,6 +194,30 @@ StartView::StartView(QWidget* parent)
     auto cardSpacing = hGrp->GetInt("FileCardSpacing", 15);   // NOLINT
     auto showExamples = hGrp->GetBool("ShowExamples", true);  // NOLINT
 
+    // Migrate legacy property, can be removed in later releases
+    std::string legacyCustomFolder(hGrp->GetASCII("ShowCustomFolder", ""));
+    if (!legacyCustomFolder.empty()) {
+        hGrp->SetASCII("CustomFolder", legacyCustomFolder);
+        hGrp->RemoveASCII("ShowCustomFolder");
+        Base::Console().Message("v1.1: renamed ShowCustomFolder parameter to CustomFolder\n");
+    }
+    // End of migration code
+
+    // Verify that the folder specified in preferences is available before showing it
+    std::string customFolder(hGrp->GetASCII("CustomFolder", ""));
+    bool showCustomFolder = false;
+    if (!customFolder.empty()) {
+        auto customFolderDirectory = QDir(QString::fromStdString(customFolder));
+        if (customFolderDirectory.exists()) {
+            showCustomFolder = true;
+        }
+        else {
+            Base::Console().Warning(
+                "BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start/CustomFolder: '%s' does not exist\n",
+                customFolderDirectory.absolutePath().toStdString().c_str());
+        }
+    }
+
     // First start page
     auto firstStartScrollArea = gsl::owner<QScrollArea*>(new QScrollArea());
     auto firstStartScrollWidget = gsl::owner<QWidget*>(new QWidget(firstStartScrollArea));
@@ -245,6 +270,15 @@ StartView::StartView(QWidget* parent)
     connect(recentFilesListWidget, &QListView::clicked, this, &StartView::fileCardSelected);
     documentsContentLayout->addWidget(recentFilesListWidget);
 
+    auto customFolderListWidget = gsl::owner<FileCardView*>(new FileCardView(_contents));
+    customFolderListWidget->setVisible(showCustomFolder);
+    _customFolderLabel = gsl::owner<QLabel*>(new QLabel());
+    _customFolderLabel->setVisible(showCustomFolder);
+    documentsContentLayout->addWidget(_customFolderLabel);
+
+    connect(customFolderListWidget, &QListView::clicked, this, &StartView::fileCardSelected);
+    documentsContentLayout->addWidget(customFolderListWidget);
+
     auto examplesListWidget = gsl::owner<FileCardView*>(new FileCardView(_contents));
     examplesListWidget->setVisible(showExamples);
     _examplesLabel = gsl::owner<QLabel*>(new QLabel());
@@ -281,6 +315,7 @@ StartView::StartView(QWidget* parent)
     // Set startup widget according to the first start parameter
     auto firstStart = hGrp->GetBool("FirstStart2024", true);  // NOLINT
     _contents->setCurrentWidget(firstStart ? firstStartScrollArea : documentsWidget);
+    configureCustomFolderListWidget(customFolderListWidget);
     configureExamplesListWidget(examplesListWidget);
     configureRecentFilesListWidget(recentFilesListWidget, _recentFilesLabel);
 
@@ -370,6 +405,14 @@ void StartView::configureExamplesListWidget(QListView* examplesListWidget)
 }
 
 
+void StartView::configureCustomFolderListWidget(QListView* customFolderListWidget)
+{
+    _customFolderModel.loadCustomFolder();
+    customFolderListWidget->setModel(&_customFolderModel);
+    configureFileCardWidget(customFolderListWidget);
+}
+
+
 void StartView::newEmptyFile() const
 {
     Gui::Application::Instance->commandManager().runCommandByName("Std_New");
@@ -529,6 +572,7 @@ void StartView::retranslateUi()
     _newFileLabel->setText(h1Start + tr("New File") + h1End);
     _examplesLabel->setText(h1Start + tr("Examples") + h1End);
     _recentFilesLabel->setText(h1Start + tr("Recent Files") + h1End);
+    _customFolderLabel->setText(h1Start + tr("Custom Folder") + h1End);
 
     QString application = QString::fromUtf8(App::Application::Config()["ExeName"].c_str());
     _openFirstStart->setText(tr("Open first start setup"));
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.h b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.h
index 04f89c23c7..3530a5435b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/StartView.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "../App/DisplayedFilesModel.h"
 #include "../App/RecentFilesModel.h"
 #include "../App/ExamplesModel.h"
+#include "../App/CustomFolderModel.h"
 
 class QCheckBox;
 class QEvent;
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ protected:
     static void configureFileCardWidget(QListView* fileCardWidget);
     void configureRecentFilesListWidget(QListView* recentFilesListWidget, QLabel* recentFilesLabel);
     void configureExamplesListWidget(QListView* examplesListWidget);
+    void configureCustomFolderListWidget(QListView* customFolderListWidget);
 
     void postStart(PostStartBehavior behavior) const;
 
@@ -101,9 +103,11 @@ private:
     QStackedWidget* _contents = nullptr;
     Start::RecentFilesModel _recentFilesModel;
     Start::ExamplesModel _examplesModel;
+    Start::CustomFolderModel _customFolderModel;
     QLabel* _newFileLabel;
     QLabel* _examplesLabel;
     QLabel* _recentFilesLabel;
+    QLabel* _customFolderLabel;
     QPushButton* _openFirstStart;
     QCheckBox* _showOnStartupCheckBox;