diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7bf69f..15f5fcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The following role variables are relevant:
 * `sftp_group_name`: The name of the Unix group to which all SFTP users must belong.  Defaults to "sftpusers".
 * `sftp_directories`: A list of directories that need to be created automatically by default for all SFTP user. Defaults to a blank list (i.e. "[]").
   * Values can be plain strings, or dictionaries containing `name` and (optionally) `mode` key/value pairs.
+* `sftp_start_directory`: A directory that need to be part of sftp_directories values and that is the start directory of new sftp connection. Disable by default with an empty string value.
 * `sftp_allow_passwords`: Whether or not to allow password authentication for SFTP. Defaults to False.
 * `sftp_enable_selinux_support`: Whether or not to explicitly enable SELinux support. Defaults to False.
 * `sftp_enable_logging`: Enable logging. Auth logs will be written to `/var/log/sftp/auth.log`, and SFTP activity logs will be written to `/var/log/sftp/verbose.log`. Defaults to False.
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 30fcca3..ef6e45d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 sftp_home_partition: /home
 sftp_group_name: sftpusers
 sftp_directories: []
+sftp_start_directory: ''
 sftp_allow_passwords: False
 sftp_enable_selinux_support: False
 sftp_enable_logging: False
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ad8241d..4d5d8dd 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           ChrootDirectory %h
           AllowTCPForwarding no
           X11Forwarding no
-          ForceCommand internal-sftp {{ sftp_enable_logging | ternary('-l VERBOSE', '') }}
+          ForceCommand internal-sftp {{ sftp_enable_logging | ternary('-l VERBOSE', '') }} {{ (sftp_start_directory in sftp_directories) | ternary('-d /' + sftp_start_directory, '') }}
           PasswordAuthentication {{ sftp_allow_passwords | ternary('yes', 'no') }}
   notify: SFTP-Server | Restart sshd
 
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index d5020ae..3f774f4 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     sftp_directories:
       - test1
       - test2
+    sftp_start_directory: test1
     sftp_users:
       - name: user1
         password: ""