diff --git a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
index c28d2116a..38c6bfdd2 100644
--- a/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
+++ b/etc/WebGUI.conf.original
@@ -1091,6 +1091,9 @@
 #Admin settings, then the mobile style will be used for these browsers.
    "siteIndex" : {
       "showHiddenPages" : 0
-   }
+   },
+
+#The complete path to the maintenance page.
+   "maintenancePage" : "/data/WebGUI/www/maintenance.html"
 
 }
diff --git a/var/upgrades/upgrade_7.9.3-8.0.0.pl b/var/upgrades/upgrade_7.9.3-8.0.0.pl
index ef8bf701b..6a2875b52 100644
--- a/var/upgrades/upgrade_7.9.3-8.0.0.pl
+++ b/var/upgrades/upgrade_7.9.3-8.0.0.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ my $session = start(); # this line required
 moveMaintenance($session);
 migrateToNewCache($session);
 moveFileLocations($session);
+addMaintenancePageToConfig($session);
 
 finish($session); # this line required
 
@@ -66,6 +67,14 @@ sub moveMaintenance {
     print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
 }
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub addMaintenancePageToConfig {
+    my $session = shift;
+    print "\tAdd maintenance page entry to the config file " unless $quiet;
+    $session->config->set('maintenancePage', '/data/WebGUI/var/www/maintenance.html');
+    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
+}
+
 sub moveFileLocations {
     my $session = shift;
     print "\tMoving preload files " unless $quiet;