diff --git a/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_advanced.htm b/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_advanced.htm
index 3a634e13dd0dea4e704692fc8b876dd4facdcace..c938c2d2ae736784b2c0333febeb7378a8cb7de3 100644
--- a/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_advanced.htm
+++ b/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_advanced.htm
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="ctrlHolder apache">
                 <label for="apache_directives">{tmpl_var name='apache_directives_txt'}</label>
-                <textarea name="apache_directives" id="apache_directives" rows='10' cols='50' style="width:400px;">{tmpl_var name='apache_directives'}</textarea>&nbsp;<b>{tmpl_var name="available_apache_directive_snippets_txt"}</b><br><br>&nbsp;{tmpl_var name="apache_directive_snippets_txt"}
+                <textarea name="apache_directives" id="apache_directives" rows='10' cols='50' style="width:400px;">{tmpl_var name='apache_directives'}</textarea>&nbsp;<b>{tmpl_var name="available_apache_directive_snippets_txt"}</b><br><br>&nbsp;{tmpl_var name="apache_directive_snippets_txt"}<br>----<br><b>&nbsp;{tmpl_var name='variables_txt'}:</b> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="addPlaceholder">{DOCROOT}</a>
             </div>
             <div class="ctrlHolder nginx">
                 <label for="nginx_directives">{tmpl_var name='nginx_directives_txt'}</label>
diff --git a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
index 654c87a6de2695b174961913175c613b69cb8e6c..aec93b9bf96904d93b8cf4f08bbab4a94ac92773 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ class apache2_plugin {
 		// Make sure we only have Unix linebreaks
 		$vhost_data['apache_directives'] = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $vhost_data['apache_directives']);
 		$vhost_data['apache_directives'] = str_replace("\r", "\n", $vhost_data['apache_directives']);
+		$trans = array('{DOCROOT}' => $vhost_data['web_document_root_www']);
+		$vhost_data['apache_directives'] = strtr($vhost_data['apache_directives'], $trans);
 
 		// Check if a SSL cert exists
 		$ssl_dir = $data['new']['document_root'].'/ssl';