diff --git a/command/command.go b/command/command.go
index f2e6347..88401f7 100644
--- a/command/command.go
+++ b/command/command.go
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ type GlobalArgs struct {
 
 // GlobalState contains common to all commands.
 type GlobalState struct {
-	GlobalArgs       *GlobalArgs
-	Component        string
-	Commit           string
-	CodeDir          string
-	Manifest         *manifest.Manifest
-	InputStream      io.Reader
-	OutputStream     io.Writer
-	ErrorStream      io.Writer
-	DockerClient     docker.Iface
-	MonitoringClient *monitoring.DatadogClient
+	GlobalArgs        *GlobalArgs
+	ConfigFilesFolder string
+	Component         string
+	Commit            string
+	CodeDir           string
+	Manifest          *manifest.Manifest
+	InputStream       io.Reader
+	OutputStream      io.Writer
+	ErrorStream       io.Writer
+	DockerClient      docker.Iface
+	MonitoringClient  *monitoring.DatadogClient
 }
 
 // GetGlobalState collects info common to every command.
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ func GetGlobalState(globalArgs *GlobalArgs, repoShouldExist bool) (*GlobalState,
 			return nil, errors.New("cdflow.yaml version must be 2 for cdflow2")
 		}
 
+		if state.Manifest.ConfigFilesFolder == "" {
+			state.ConfigFilesFolder = "config/"
+		} else {
+			state.ConfigFilesFolder = state.Manifest.ConfigFilesFolder
+		}
+
 		if globalArgs.Component == "" {
 			state.Component, err = GetComponentFromGit()
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/deploy/command.go b/deploy/command.go
index 0c6bb12..ff1b338 100644
--- a/deploy/command.go
+++ b/deploy/command.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mergermarket/cdflow2/command"
@@ -152,12 +153,12 @@ func RunCommand(state *command.GlobalState, args *CommandArgs, env map[string]st
 		"-var-file=/build/release-metadata.json",
 	}
 
-	commonConfigFile := "config/common.json"
+	commonConfigFile := path.Join(state.ConfigFilesFolder, "common.json")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(commonConfigFile); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		planCommand = append(planCommand, "-var-file=../"+commonConfigFile)
 	}
 
-	envConfigFilename := "config/" + args.EnvName + ".json"
+	envConfigFilename := path.Join(state.ConfigFilesFolder, args.EnvName+".json")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(envConfigFilename); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		planCommand = append(planCommand, "-var-file=../"+envConfigFilename)
 	}
diff --git a/destroy/command.go b/destroy/command.go
index b4b61b2..1d21293 100644
--- a/destroy/command.go
+++ b/destroy/command.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mergermarket/cdflow2/command"
@@ -153,13 +154,13 @@ func RunCommand(state *command.GlobalState, args *CommandArgs, env map[string]st
 		)
 	}
 
-	commonConfigFile := "config/common.json"
+	commonConfigFile := path.Join(state.ConfigFilesFolder, "common.json")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(commonConfigFile); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		planCommand = append(planCommand, "-var-file=../"+commonConfigFile)
 		destroyCommand = append(destroyCommand, "-var-file=../"+commonConfigFile)
 	}
 
-	envConfigFilename := "config/" + args.EnvName + ".json"
+	envConfigFilename := path.Join(state.ConfigFilesFolder, args.EnvName+".json")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(envConfigFilename); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		planCommand = append(planCommand, "-var-file=../"+envConfigFilename)
 		destroyCommand = append(destroyCommand, "-var-file=../"+envConfigFilename)
diff --git a/docs/src/cdflow-yaml-reference.md b/docs/src/cdflow-yaml-reference.md
index 6330b7b..ed4dbe4 100644
--- a/docs/src/cdflow-yaml-reference.md
+++ b/docs/src/cdflow-yaml-reference.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ controlling how cdflow2 builds and deploys your code.
 # required - always "2" for cdflow2
 version: 2
 
+# optional - default is set to "config/"
+config_files_folder: "config/"
+
 # required - descibed below
 config:
   image: mergermarket/cdflow2-config-aws-simple
@@ -50,6 +53,13 @@ prevent you accidentally using the wrong version. For example:
 version: 2
 ```
 
+### `config_files_folder` (optional)
+Folder where the enviroment specific configuration files and common.json are stored. Default is `config/`
+
+```yaml
+config_files_folder: "infra_config/"
+```
+
 ### `config` (required)
 
 Config is used to select and configure the container that sets up the
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.go b/manifest/manifest.go
index 4705258..d3b2042 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.go
+++ b/manifest/manifest.go
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ import (
 
 // Manifest represents the data in the cdflow.yaml file before it is canonicalised.
 type Manifest struct {
-	Version   int8                       `yaml:"version"`
-	Config    ImageWithParams            `yaml:"config"`
-	Builds    map[string]ImageWithParams `yaml:"builds"`
-	Terraform Terraform                  `yaml:"terraform"`
+	Version           int8                       `yaml:"version"`
+	ConfigFilesFolder string                     `yaml:"config_files_folder"`
+	Config            ImageWithParams            `yaml:"config"`
+	Builds            map[string]ImageWithParams `yaml:"builds"`
+	Terraform         Terraform                  `yaml:"terraform"`
 }
 
 // ImageWithParams represents either the config or a build key in cdflow.yaml.