diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a248fd4c..98be2e01 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /webarchive
 ENV INIT_COLLECTION ''
 
 ENV VOLUME_DIR /webarchive
+ENV UWSGI_MOUNT '/=/pywb/pywb/apps/wayback.py'
 
 #USER archivist
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh ./
@@ -31,4 +32,3 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["uwsgi", "/uwsgi/uwsgi.ini"]
-
diff --git a/docs/manual/usage.rst b/docs/manual/usage.rst
index ca1119d0..762a1a14 100644
--- a/docs/manual/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/manual/usage.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ For example, to deploy pywb under the ``/wayback`` subdirectory, the ``uwsgi.ini
     mount = /wayback=./pywb/apps/wayback.py
     manage-script-name = true
 
+Alternatively this can also be achieved using the `UWSGI_MOUNT` environment variable, e.g. with the value `/wayback=/pywb/pywb/apps/wayback.py`.
+This is specifically handy on the docker image.
 
 .. _example-deploy:
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
index a1347690..b30e2e0a 100644
--- a/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -22,4 +22,13 @@ env = GEVENT_MONKEY_PATCH=1
 
 # specify config file here
 env = PYWB_CONFIG_FILE=config.yaml
+
+if-not-env = UWSGI_MOUNT
 wsgi = pywb.apps.wayback
+endif =
+
+# Set the path to which pywb should be mounted
+if-env = UWSGI_MOUNT
+mount = %(_)
+manage-script-name = true
+endif =