diff --git a/config/alfresco/slingshot-context.xml b/config/alfresco/slingshot-context.xml
index f5be8b754a..274be16aba 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/slingshot-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/slingshot-context.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
         <property name="protocol">
             <value>${vti.server.external.protocol}</value>
         </property>
+        <property name="contextPath">
+            <value>${vti.server.external.contextPath}</value>
+        </property>
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="doclibCustomGoogleDocs" class="org.alfresco.repo.jscript.app.GoogleDocsCustomResponse"/>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/app/VtiServerCustomResponse.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/app/VtiServerCustomResponse.java
index e4a63d6cf0..79f07aa823 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/app/VtiServerCustomResponse.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/jscript/app/VtiServerCustomResponse.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class VtiServerCustomResponse implements CustomResponse
     private int vtiServerPort = 0;
     private String vtiServerHost;
     private String vtiServerProtocol;
+    private String contextPath;
     private SysAdminParams sysAdminParams;
     private ScriptUtils scriptUtils;
 
@@ -94,6 +95,16 @@ public class VtiServerCustomResponse implements CustomResponse
     {
         this.vtiServerProtocol = vtiServerProtocol;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Setter for the vtiServer (external) context path.
+     * 
+     * @param contextPath
+     */
+    public void setContextPath(String contextPath)
+    {
+        this.contextPath = contextPath;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Populates the DocLib webscript response with custom metadata
@@ -123,6 +134,10 @@ public class VtiServerCustomResponse implements CustomResponse
             {
                 jsonObj.put("protocol", this.vtiServerProtocol);
             }
+            if (contextPath != null)
+            {                
+                jsonObj.put("contextPath", contextPath);
+            }
             return (Serializable)jsonObj;
         }
         catch (Exception e)