diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7e9ccce..8c49531 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@
           shards: 1
           replicas: 0
 
+Setup shared repository for snapshots:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    elasticsearch:
+      server:
+        snapshot:
+          reponame:
+            path: /var/lib/glusterfs/repo
+            compress: true
+
 Cluster with manually defined members:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
diff --git a/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml b/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml
index 268b46c..df2cbc7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/elasticsearch/files/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@
 # Path to where plugins are installed:
 #
 # path.plugins: /path/to/plugins
+#
+{%- if server.snapshot is defined %}
+path.repo:
+  {%- for repo_name, repo in server.snapshot.iteritems() %}
+  - {{ repo.path }}
+  {%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
 
 
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