diff --git a/system/modules/core/config/config.php b/system/modules/core/config/config.php
index 78916ea969..5902eb23eb 100644
--- a/system/modules/core/config/config.php
+++ b/system/modules/core/config/config.php
@@ -471,6 +471,11 @@
 	'SLIMBOX'      => '1.8'
 );
 
+/**
+ * Register LESS/SCSS import paths
+ */
+ $GLOBALS['TL_SCSSLESS_PATHS'] = array();
+
 
 /**
  * Other global arrays
diff --git a/system/modules/core/library/Contao/Combiner.php b/system/modules/core/library/Contao/Combiner.php
index ae7bcf6b06..276aae2351 100644
--- a/system/modules/core/library/Contao/Combiner.php
+++ b/system/modules/core/library/Contao/Combiner.php
@@ -340,6 +340,12 @@ protected function handleScssLess($content, $arrFile)
 				TL_ROOT . '/vendor/contao-components/compass/css'
 			));
 
+			foreach ($GLOBALS['TL_SCSSLESS_PATHS'] as $strScssLessPath)
+			{
+				$strImportPath = ltrim($strScssLessPath, '/\\');
+				$objCompiler->addImportPath(TL_ROOT . '/' . $strImportPath);
+			}
+
 			$objCompiler->setFormatter((\Config::get('debugMode') ? 'Leafo\ScssPhp\Formatter\Expanded' : 'Leafo\ScssPhp\Formatter\Compressed'));
 
 			return $this->fixPaths($objCompiler->compile($content), $arrFile);
@@ -354,6 +360,12 @@ protected function handleScssLess($content, $arrFile)
 				'import_dirs' => array(TL_ROOT . '/' . $strPath => $strPath)
 			);
 
+			foreach ($GLOBALS['TL_SCSSLESS_PATHS'] as $strScssLessPath)
+			{
+				$strImportPath = ltrim($strScssLessPath, '/\\');
+				$arrOptions['import_dirs'][] = array(TL_ROOT . '/' . $strImportPath => $strImportPath);
+			}
+
 			$objParser = new \Less_Parser($arrOptions);
 			$objParser->parse($content);