diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index ffcddc7a..a666aa52 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Setting name (default value)                                            What doe
                                                                         These templates need to use ``DIRECT_TEMPLATES`` setting.
 `ASCIIDOC_OPTIONS` (``[]``)                                             A list of options to pass to AsciiDoc. See the `manpage
                                                                         <http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/manpage.html>`_
+`DRAFT_PATH` (``drafts``)                                               Path where drafts will be saved.
 =====================================================================   =====================================================================
 
 .. [#] Default is the system locale.
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index 0dc3667f..8b129c5c 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ class ArticlesGenerator(Generator):
     def generate_drafts(self, write):
         """Generate drafts pages."""
         for article in self.drafts:
-            write(os.path.join('drafts', '%s.html' % article.slug),
+            write(os.path.join(self.settings.get('DRAFT_PATH', 'drafts'),
+                               '%s.html' % article.slug),
                 self.get_template(article.template), self.context,
                 article=article, category=article.category,
                 all_articles=self.articles)