diff --git a/jellyfin_kodi/helper/api.py b/jellyfin_kodi/helper/api.py
index 0174c3edb..56df8dc88 100644
--- a/jellyfin_kodi/helper/api.py
+++ b/jellyfin_kodi/helper/api.py
@@ -206,6 +206,16 @@ def get_file_path(self, path=None):
         if not path:
             return ""
 
+        replace = settings("directPathReplace")
+        replace_with = settings("directPathReplaceWith")
+        if (
+            settings("useDirectPaths") == "1"
+            and replace
+            and replace_with
+            and path.startswith(replace)
+        ):
+            path = path.replace(replace, replace_with, 1)
+
         if path.startswith("\\\\"):
             path = (
                 path.replace("\\\\", "smb://", 1)
diff --git a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
index d44a37b1e..0645cae28 100644
--- a/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
+++ b/resources/language/resource.language.en_gb/strings.po
@@ -996,3 +996,11 @@ msgstr "Max artwork resolution"
 msgctxt "#33202"
 msgid "Transcode H265/HEVC RExt"
 msgstr "Transcode H265/HEVC RExt"
+
+msgctxt "#33203"
+msgid "Native path to replace"
+msgstr "Native path to replace"
+
+msgctxt "#33204"
+msgid "Native path to replace with"
+msgstr "Native path replace with"
diff --git a/resources/settings.xml b/resources/settings.xml
index 91bc5f83e..2d7a8e2ea 100644
--- a/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/resources/settings.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 		<setting label="30536" id="dbSyncScreensaver" type="bool" default="true" />
 		<setting label="33111" type="lsep" />
 		<setting label="30511" id="useDirectPaths" type="enum" lvalues="33036|33037" default="1" />
+		<setting label="33203" id="directPathReplace" type="text" default="" />
+		<setting label="33204" id="directPathReplaceWith" type="folder" source="" default="" />
 
 		<setting label="33175" type="lsep" />
 		<setting label="30515" id="limitIndex" type="slider" default="15" range="1, 1, 100" option="int" />