diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 6b98ca2..e825a7f 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml"
 ## used used by the coop-cloud monitoring stack
 #METRICS_ENABLED=1
 
+#####################################################################
+# File provider directory configuration                             #
+# (Route bare metal and non-docker services on the machine!)        #
+#####################################################################
+#FILE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_ENABLED=1
+
 #####################################################################
 # Additional services                                               #
 #####################################################################
diff --git a/abra.sh b/abra.sh
index e8308fb..2b21995 100644
--- a/abra.sh
+++ b/abra.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export TRAEFIK_YML_VERSION=v15
-export FILE_PROVIDER_YML_VERSION=v6
+export FILE_PROVIDER_YML_VERSION=v7
 export ENTRYPOINT_VERSION=v2
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 8790f10..4f4f206 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
       - "letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt"
+      - "file-providers:/etc/traefik/file-providers"
     configs:
       - source: traefik_yml
         target: /etc/traefik/traefik.yml
@@ -69,3 +70,4 @@ configs:
 
 volumes:
   letsencrypt:
+  file-providers:
diff --git a/traefik.yml.tmpl b/traefik.yml.tmpl
index 84926fb..59e7c39 100644
--- a/traefik.yml.tmpl
+++ b/traefik.yml.tmpl
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ providers:
     exposedByDefault: false
     network: proxy
     swarmMode: true
+  {{ if eq (env "FILE_PROVIDER_DIRECTORY_ENABLED") "1" }}
+  file:
+    directory: /etc/traefik/file-providers
+    watch: true
+  {{ else }}
   file:
     filename: /etc/traefik/file-provider.yml
+  {{ end }}
 
 api:
   dashboard: {{ env "DASHBOARD_ENABLED" }}