diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e671e2..bbe7ed3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cache
 chroot
 chroot.packages.install
 chroot.packages.live
+.mirror
 .stage
 .lock
 .build/
diff --git a/auto/config b/auto/config
index 2e7c019..9269bc3 100755
--- a/auto/config
+++ b/auto/config
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail # Bashism
 
-# You can put local mirrors here if you want
-kali_mirror=http://archive.kali.org/kali
+# You can put a local mirror here if you want (or you can set
+# it in .mirror)
+if [ -e .mirror ]; then
+    kali_mirror=$(cat .mirror)
+else
+    kali_mirror=http://archive.kali.org/kali
+fi
 
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