diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index d428019..a87f245 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ static void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *va
 		repo->logo = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "logo-link") && value != NULL)
 		repo->logo_link = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "agefile") && value != NULL)
+		repo->agefile = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "hide"))
 		repo->hide = atoi(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "ignore"))
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index f0d25d6..b6994a3 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct cgit_repo {
 	char *section;
 	char *clone_url;
 	char *namespace;
+	char *agefile;
 	char *logo;
 	char *logo_link;
 	int snapshots;
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index 30915df..6b1afb6 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
 		*mtime = repo->mtime;
 		return 1;
 	}
-	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/%s", repo->path, ctx.cfg.agefile);
+	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/%s", repo->path,
+	            repo->agefile ? repo->agefile : ctx.cfg.agefile);
 	if (stat(path.buf, &s) == 0) {
 		*mtime = read_agefile(path.buf);
 		if (*mtime) {