diff --git a/docs/admin.rst b/docs/admin.rst
index 9e43d3b..df979bf 100644
--- a/docs/admin.rst
+++ b/docs/admin.rst
@@ -216,6 +216,29 @@ Note: it is advised that you keep local customizations to a minimum as if you
 override builtin templates with your customized copies, you will have to keep
 your copies in sync with future changes we make to the builtin ones.
 
+Custom templates
+----------------
+
+If you need to add some simple views, just showing some simple templates (like
+e.g. if you have some footer links that link to these views to show some site-
+specific content, some legalese, ...), do it like that:
+
+* have a footer and a custom template directory like described in previous
+  section
+* add files like main/custom/foo.html to that directory::
+
+    {% extends "base.html" %}
+    {% load bootstrap %}
+    {% block content %}
+    This is content rendered from template "foo.html".
+    {% endblock %}
+
+* link to the view made from that template like this::
+
+    <a href="{% url 'custom' template='foo.html' %}">
+        link to custom foo.html view
+    </a>
+
 
 Maintenance
 ===========
diff --git a/nsupdate/main/urls.py b/nsupdate/main/urls.py
index 87c1569..ade4206 100644
--- a/nsupdate/main/urls.py
+++ b/nsupdate/main/urls.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from .views import (
     HomeView, OverviewView, HostView, DeleteHostView, AboutView, GenerateSecretView, GenerateNSSecretView,
     RobotsTxtView, DomainOverviewView, DomainView, DeleteDomainView, StatusView, JsUpdateView,
-    UpdaterHostConfigOverviewView, UpdaterHostConfigView, DeleteUpdaterHostConfigView)
+    UpdaterHostConfigOverviewView, UpdaterHostConfigView, DeleteUpdaterHostConfigView, CustomTemplateView)
 from ..api.views import (
     myip_view, DetectIpView, AjaxGetIps, NicUpdateView, AuthorizedNicUpdateView,
     NicDeleteView, AuthorizedNicDeleteView)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns(
     # interactive web ui
     url(r'^$', HomeView.as_view(), name="home"),
     url(r'^about/$', AboutView.as_view(), name="about"),
+    url(r'^custom/(?P<template>[\w.]+)$', CustomTemplateView.as_view(), name="custom"),
     url(r'^update$', JsUpdateView.as_view(), name='update'),
     url(r'^overview/$', OverviewView.as_view(), name='overview'),
     url(r'^host/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', HostView.as_view(), name='host_view'),
diff --git a/nsupdate/main/views.py b/nsupdate/main/views.py
index eea6deb..6c8cd78 100644
--- a/nsupdate/main/views.py
+++ b/nsupdate/main/views.py
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ class AboutView(TemplateView):
         return context
 
 
+class CustomTemplateView(TemplateView):
+    # template_name is set in dispatch method
+
+    def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.template_name = 'main/custom/%s' % kwargs.get('template')
+        return super(CustomTemplateView, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
 class HomeView(TemplateView):
     template_name = "main/home.html"