diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbfc1a28..79784a60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ PHPCI/Model/Migration.php
 PHPCI/Model/Base/MigrationBase.php
 PHPCI/Store/MigrationStore.php
 PHPCI/Store/Base/MigrationStoreBase.php
+local_vars.php
diff --git a/bootstrap.php b/bootstrap.php
index 89d7c95b..b15a7e59 100755
--- a/bootstrap.php
+++ b/bootstrap.php
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ if (file_exists($configFile)) {
     $config->loadYaml($configFile);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Allow to modify PHPCI configuration without modify versioned code.
+ * Dameons should be killed to apply changes in the file.
+ *
+ * @ticket 781
+ */
+$localVarsFile = dirname(__FILE__) . '/local_vars.php';
+if (is_readable($localVarsFile)) {
+    require_once $localVarsFile;
+}
+
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/vars.php');
 
 \PHPCI\Helper\Lang::init($config);