diff --git a/code/controllers/RootURLController.php b/code/controllers/RootURLController.php
index 5d01e32d..56aef850 100644
--- a/code/controllers/RootURLController.php
+++ b/code/controllers/RootURLController.php
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ class RootURLController extends Controller {
 		return self::$cached_homepage_link;
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Set the URL Segment used for your homepage when it is created by dev/build.
+	 * This allows you to use home page URLs other than the default "home".
+	 *
+	 * @param string $urlsegment the URL segment for your home page
+	 */
+	public static function set_default_homepage_link($urlsegment = "home") {
+		self::$default_homepage_link = $urlsegment;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the link that denotes the homepage if there is not one explicitly defined for this HTTP_HOST value.
 	 *
diff --git a/code/model/SiteTree.php b/code/model/SiteTree.php
index c6cc9c9f..94ef9062 100644
--- a/code/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1328,11 +1328,11 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 		
 		// default pages
 		if($this->class == 'SiteTree' && self::get_create_default_pages()) {
-			if(!SiteTree::get_by_link('home')) {
+			if(!SiteTree::get_by_link(RootURLController::get_default_homepage_link())) {
 				$homepage = new Page();
 				$homepage->Title = _t('SiteTree.DEFAULTHOMETITLE', 'Home');
 				$homepage->Content = _t('SiteTree.DEFAULTHOMECONTENT', '<p>Welcome to SilverStripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>. You can now access the <a href="http://doc.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>, or begin <a href="http://doc.silverstripe.org/doku.php?id=tutorials">the tutorials.</a></p>');
-				$homepage->URLSegment = 'home';
+				$homepage->URLSegment = RootURLController::get_default_homepage_link();
 				$homepage->Sort = 1;
 				$homepage->write();
 				$homepage->publish('Stage', 'Live');