diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 394deb1..e074faf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,23 @@ You should think carefully about how you name your metrics, because later on,
 these names will enable you to easily combine metrics (like load1) across
 various sources (like all webservers).
 
+Using metric_base_path to add a universal prefix
+------------------------------------------------
+
+In an environment where multiple things are feeding metrics into your backend
+service, it can be handy to differentiate by source. Normally, you would need
+to prepend the graphiteprefix to all services and hosts, but in some cases, this
+isn't possible or feasible. 
+
+When you want everything to be prepended with the same string, use the
+metric_base_path setting: 
+
+	metric_base_path	= mycorp.nagios
+	
+Note that quotes will be preserved. Also, _graphiteprefix and _graphitepostfix 
+will be applied in addition to this string, so if you are already adding 
+mycorp.nagios to your prefix, you will end up with mycorp.nagios.mycorp.nagios.metricname
+
 A few words on Naming things for Librato
 ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/graphios.cfg b/graphios.cfg
index aba3604..6c981f6 100644
--- a/graphios.cfg
+++ b/graphios.cfg
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ replace_hostname = True
 # tld.company.datacenter.host
 reverse_hostname = False
 
+# This string will be universally pre-pended to metrics, regardless of whether
+# or not _graphiteprefix is set. 
+# metric_base_path = mycorp.nagios
+
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 # Carbon Details (comment out if not using carbon)
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