diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
index dfe30aa62a..0d5d8fc749 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <item row="2" column="1">
        <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="fileChooser_3">
         <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>An optional custom folder to be displayed at the bottom of the first page</string>
+         <string>An optional custom folder to be displayed at the bottom of the first page. By using ";;" to separate paths, you can add several folders here</string>
         </property>
         <property name="mode">
          <enum>Gui::FileChooser::Directory</enum>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
index 5bf80211f6..deed16cce9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadCustom.py
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ if sys.version_info.major < 3:
 else:
     from urllib.parse import unquote
 # filename will be given before this script is run
-cfolder = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("ShowCustomFolder","")
-if cfolder:
+cfolders = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("ShowCustomFolder","")
+if cfolders:
+    dirnumber = int(filename[0])
+    filename = filename[2:]
+    cfolder = cfolders.split(";;")[dirnumber]
     if not os.path.isdir(cfolder):
         cfolder = os.path.dirname(cfolder)
     f = unquote(filename).replace("+"," ")
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index 48c2b946ea..d93ca0725c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -402,18 +402,21 @@ def handle():
     # build SECTION_CUSTOM
 
     SECTION_CUSTOM = encode("")
-    cfolder = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("ShowCustomFolder","")
-    if cfolder:
-        if not os.path.isdir(cfolder):
-            cfolder = os.path.dirname(cfolder)
-        SECTION_CUSTOM = encode("<h2>"+os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(cfolder))+"</h2>")
-        SECTION_CUSTOM += "<ul>"
-        for basename in os.listdir(cfolder):
-            filename = os.path.join(cfolder,basename)
-            SECTION_CUSTOM += encode(buildCard(filename,method="LoadCustom.py?filename="))
-        SECTION_CUSTOM += "</ul>"
-        # hide the custom section tooltip if custom section is set (users know about it if they enabled it)
-        HTML = HTML.replace("id=\"customtip\"","id=\"customtip\" style=\"display:none;\"")
+    cfolders = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("ShowCustomFolder","")
+    if cfolders:
+        dn = 0
+        for cfolder in cfolders.split(";;"): # allow several paths separated by ;;
+            if not os.path.isdir(cfolder):
+                cfolder = os.path.dirname(cfolder)
+            SECTION_CUSTOM += encode("<h2>"+os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(cfolder))+"</h2>")
+            SECTION_CUSTOM += "<ul>"
+            for basename in os.listdir(cfolder):
+                filename = os.path.join(cfolder,basename)
+                SECTION_CUSTOM += encode(buildCard(filename,method="LoadCustom.py?filename="+str(dn)+"_"))
+            SECTION_CUSTOM += "</ul>"
+            # hide the custom section tooltip if custom section is set (users know about it if they enabled it)
+            HTML = HTML.replace("id=\"customtip\"","id=\"customtip\" style=\"display:none;\"")
+            dn += 1
     HTML = HTML.replace("SECTION_CUSTOM",SECTION_CUSTOM)
 
     # build IMAGE_SRC paths