diff --git a/src/mibew/libs/common.php b/src/mibew/libs/common.php
index 2d046317..a96a2c2e 100644
--- a/src/mibew/libs/common.php
+++ b/src/mibew/libs/common.php
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-// Prevent Mibew from access to files outside the installation
-@ini_set('open_basedir', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
-
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/converter.php');
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/config.php');
 
+if (isset($use_open_basedir_protection) && $use_open_basedir_protection) {
+// Prevent Mibew from access to files outside the installation
+    @ini_set('open_basedir', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
+}
+
 // Sanitize path to application and remove extra slashes
 $mibewroot = join("/", array_map("urlencode", preg_split('/\//', preg_replace('/\/+$/', '', preg_replace('/\/{2,}/', '/', '/' . $mibewroot)))));
 
diff --git a/src/mibew/libs/config.php b/src/mibew/libs/config.php
index d61bc744..3b45e7b3 100644
--- a/src/mibew/libs/config.php
+++ b/src/mibew/libs/config.php
@@ -49,4 +49,9 @@ $mail_encoding = "utf-8";
 $home_locale = "en"; /* native name will be used in this locale */
 $default_locale = "en"; /* if user does not provide known lang */
 
+/*
+ * Additional protection using open_basedir
+ */
+$use_open_basedir_protection = false;
+
 ?>
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