diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index eac066e..dd7811e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	AllowGroups     StringSet
 	BasicAuth       string
 	Whitelist       string
+	WhitelistPrefix string
 	UsernameHeader  string
 	GroupsHeader    string
 	Timeout         time.Duration
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func ParseConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	c.AllowGroups = NewStringSet(*rc.AllowGroups)
 	c.BasicAuth = *rc.BasicAuth
 	c.Whitelist = *rc.Whitelist
+	c.WhitelistPrefix = *rc.WhitelistPrefix
 	c.UsernameHeader = *rc.UsernameHeader
 	c.GroupsHeader = *rc.GroupsHeader
 	c.Timeout = time.Duration(*rc.Timeout) * time.Second
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ type rawConfig struct {
 	AllowGroups     *string
 	BasicAuth       *string
 	Whitelist       *string
+	WhitelistPrefix *string
 	UsernameHeader  *string
 	GroupsHeader    *string
 	Timeout         *int
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ func parseRawConfig() *rawConfig {
 		AllowGroups:     flag.String("allow-groups", "", "Allow users belonging to the specified groups, comma delimited (default: no groups are allowed)"),
 		BasicAuth:       flag.String("basic-auth", "", "HTTP Basic authentication credentials to let through directly"),
 		Whitelist:       flag.String("whitelist", "", "Path which does not require authorization"),
+		WhitelistPrefix: flag.String("whitelist-prefix", "", "Prefix for paths which do not require authorization"),
 		UsernameHeader:  flag.String("username-header", "Discourse-User-Name", "Request header to pass authenticated username into"),
 		GroupsHeader:    flag.String("groups-header", "Discourse-User-Groups", "Request header to pass authenticated groups into"),
 		Timeout:         flag.Int("timeout", 10, "Read/write timeout (seconds)"),
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1b1dc28..d625d14 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -128,12 +128,22 @@ func checkAuthorizationHeader(handler http.Handler, r *http.Request, w http.Resp
 	return false
 }
 
-func checkWhitelist(handler http.Handler, r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) bool {
-	if config.Whitelist == "" {
+func allowedByWhiteList(c *Config, p string) bool {
+	if c.Whitelist == "" && c.WhitelistPrefix == "" {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if r.URL.Path == config.Whitelist {
+	prefixAllowed := len(c.WhitelistPrefix) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(p, c.WhitelistPrefix)
+
+	if p == c.Whitelist || prefixAllowed {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func checkWhitelist(handler http.Handler, r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter) bool {
+	if allowedByWhiteList(config, r.URL.Path) {
 		handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 32d3ebd..86d0794 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func NewTestConfig() Config {
 		AllowGroups:     NewStringSet(""),
 		BasicAuth:       "",
 		Whitelist:       "",
+		WhitelistPrefix: "",
 		UsernameHeader:  "username-header",
 		GroupsHeader:    "groups-header",
 		Timeout:         10,
@@ -201,3 +202,27 @@ func TestValidPayload(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, username, "user")
 	assert.Equal(t, group, "group")
 }
+
+func TestNotWhitelistedPath(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewTestConfig()
+	c.Whitelist = ""
+	res := allowedByWhiteList(&c, "/some_path")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, false, res)
+}
+
+func TestWhitelistedPath(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewTestConfig()
+	c.Whitelist = "/some_path"
+	res := allowedByWhiteList(&c, "/some_path")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, true, res)
+}
+
+func TestWhitelistedPrefixPath(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewTestConfig()
+	c.WhitelistPrefix = "/prefix/"
+	res := allowedByWhiteList(&c, "/prefix/some_path")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, true, res)
+}