diff --git a/pandora/settings.py b/pandora/settings.py
index 69a76e0b..af028331 100644
--- a/pandora/settings.py
+++ b/pandora/settings.py
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 32 * 1024 * 1024
 #you can ignore things below this line
 #=========================================================================
 LOCAL_APPS = []
+LOCAL_URLPATTERNS = []
 #load installation specific settings from local_settings.py
 try:
     from local_settings import *
@@ -304,4 +305,3 @@ except NameError:
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = tuple(list(INSTALLED_APPS) + LOCAL_APPS)
 
-
diff --git a/pandora/urls.py b/pandora/urls.py
index cd241d66..5c7aad4d 100644
--- a/pandora/urls.py
+++ b/pandora/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
+import importlib
 
 from django.urls import path, re_path
 from oxdjango.http import HttpFileResponse
@@ -88,3 +89,17 @@ urlpatterns += [
     path(r'', app.views.index),
 ]
 
+if settings.LOCAL_URLPATTERNS:
+    patterns = []
+    for pattern, fn in settings.LOCAL_URLPATTERNS:
+        if isinstnace(fn, 'str'):
+            m, f = fn.rsplit('.', 1)
+            try:
+                m = importlib.import_module(m)
+            except ImportError:
+                logger.error('failed to import urllib module: %s', fn, exc_info=True)
+                continue
+            fn = getattr(m, f)
+            patterns.append(re_path(pattern, fn))
+    urlpatterns = patterns + urlpatterns
+