diff --git a/config/config.sample.php b/config/config.sample.php
index 36429492bf686..5bbfa21b90995 100644
--- a/config/config.sample.php
+++ b/config/config.sample.php
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
  */
 'passwordsalt' => '',
 
+/**
+  * The adminitsrator email provides a place to personalize a support email to 
+  * display in all messages errors
+  *
+  * 'administrator_email' => 'support@nextcloud.com',
+ */
+'administrator_email' => 'your administrator email',
+
 /**
  * Your list of trusted domains that users can log into. Specifying trusted
  * domains prevents host header poisoning. Do not remove this, as it performs
diff --git a/lib/private/SystemConfig.php b/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
index 444e5842437a4..1ed3826e9e9f0 100644
--- a/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/SystemConfig.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class SystemConfig {
 		'mail_smtpname' => true,
 		'mail_smtppassword' => true,
 		'passwordsalt' => true,
+		'administrator_email' => true,
 		'secret' => true,
 		'updater.secret' => true,
 		'trusted_proxies' => true,