diff --git a/frontend/src/components/main-side-nav.js b/frontend/src/components/main-side-nav.js
index 713dd1762f..2a3b57d5cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/main-side-nav.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/main-side-nav.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Utils } from '../utils/utils';
 import toaster from './toast';
 import Group from '../models/group';
 
-import { canViewOrg, isDocs, isPro } from '../utils/constants';
+import { canViewOrg, isDocs, isPro, customNavItems } from '../utils/constants';
 
 const propTypes = {
   currentTab: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.number]).isRequired,
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ class MainSideNav extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
+  renderCustomNavItems() {
+    return (
+      customNavItems.map((item, idx) => {
+        return (
+          <li key={idx} className="nav-item">
+            <a href={item.link} className="nav-link ellipsis" title={item.desc}>
+              <span className={item.icon} aria-hidden="true"></span>
+              <span className="nav-text">{item.desc}</span>
+            </a>
+          </li>
+        );
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
   render() {
     let showActivity = isDocs || isPro; 
     return (
@@ -255,6 +270,7 @@ class MainSideNav extends React.Component {
               </a>
               {this.renderSharedAdmin()}
             </li>
+            {customNavItems && this.renderCustomNavItems()}
           </ul>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
index 3fdd4606b3..e303f42ee4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const repoPasswordMinLength = window.app.pageOptions.repoPasswordMinLengt
 export const canAddPublicRepo = window.app.pageOptions.canAddPublicRepo;
 export const canInvitePeople = window.app.pageOptions.canInvitePeople;
 export const canLockUnlockFile = window.app.pageOptions.canLockUnlockFile;
+export const customNavItems = window.app.pageOptions.customNavItems;
 
 export const curNoteMsg = window.app.pageOptions.curNoteMsg;
 export const curNoteID = window.app.pageOptions.curNoteID;
diff --git a/seahub/settings.py b/seahub/settings.py
index 9fcf9b9527..ab8b6afee5 100644
--- a/seahub/settings.py
+++ b/seahub/settings.py
@@ -913,3 +913,14 @@ if ENABLE_REMOTE_USER_AUTHENTICATION:
 
 if ENABLE_OAUTH or ENABLE_WORK_WEIXIN:
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS += ('seahub.oauth.backends.OauthRemoteUserBackend',)
+
+#####################
+# Custom Nav Items  #
+#####################
+# an example:
+# CUSTOM_NAV_ITEMS = [
+#     {'icon': 'sf2-icon-star',
+#      'desc': 'test custom name',
+#      'link': 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/shared-libs/',
+#      },
+# ]
diff --git a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
index 2d0ae6f856..356c2cddb9 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/base_for_react.html
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
             repoPasswordMinLength: {{repo_password_min_length}},
             canAddPublicRepo: {% if can_add_public_repo %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
             canInvitePeople: {% if enable_guest_invitation and user.permissions.can_invite_guest %} true {% else %} false {% endif %},
+            customNavItems: JSON.parse('{{ custom_nav_items | escapejs }}'),
 
             {% if request.user.is_authenticated and request.cur_note %}
             curNoteMsg: '{{ request.cur_note.message|urlize }}',
diff --git a/seahub/views/__init__.py b/seahub/views/__init__.py
index cd2ccd6f72..5280842601 100644
--- a/seahub/views/__init__.py
+++ b/seahub/views/__init__.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ from seahub.onlyoffice.settings import ENABLE_ONLYOFFICE
 from seahub.constants import HASH_URLS, PERMISSION_READ
 
 LIBRARY_TEMPLATES = getattr(settings, 'LIBRARY_TEMPLATES', {})
+CUSTOM_NAV_ITEMS = getattr(settings, 'CUSTOM_NAV_ITEMS', '')
 
 from constance import config
 
@@ -1267,5 +1268,6 @@ def react_fake_view(request, **kwargs):
         'is_email_configured': IS_EMAIL_CONFIGURED,
         'can_add_public_repo': request.user.permissions.can_add_public_repo(),
         'folder_perm_enabled': folder_perm_enabled,
-        'file_audit_enabled' : FILE_AUDIT_ENABLED
+        'file_audit_enabled' : FILE_AUDIT_ENABLED,
+        'custom_nav_items' : json.dumps(CUSTOM_NAV_ITEMS),
     })