diff --git a/lib/app/store.js b/lib/app/store.js
index 94c398254e..831e87f664 100644
--- a/lib/app/store.js
+++ b/lib/app/store.js
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import Vuex from 'vuex'
 
 Vue.use(Vuex)
 
-// Recursive find files in {srcDir}/store
-const files = require.context('@/store', true, /^\.\/(?!<%= ignorePrefix %>).*\.(<%= extensions %>)$/)
+// Recursive find files in {srcDir}/{dir.store}
+const files = require.context('@/<%= dir.store %>', true, /^\.\/(?!<%= ignorePrefix %>).*\.(<%= extensions %>)$/)
 const filenames = files.keys()
 
 // Store
 let storeData = {}
 
-// Check if store/index.js exists
+// Check if {dir.store}/index.js exists
 let indexFilename
 filenames.forEach((filename) => {
   if (filename.indexOf('./index.') !== -1) {
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ function getModule (filename) {
   const file = files(filename)
   const module = file.default || file
   if (module.commit) {
-    throw new Error('[nuxt] store/' + filename.replace('./', '') + ' should export a method which returns a Vuex instance.')
+    throw new Error('[nuxt] <%= dir.store %>/' + filename.replace('./', '') + ' should export a method which returns a Vuex instance.')
   }
   if (module.state && typeof module.state !== 'function') {
-    throw new Error('[nuxt] state should be a function in store/' + filename.replace('./', ''))
+    throw new Error('[nuxt] state should be a function in <%= dir.store %>/' + filename.replace('./', ''))
   }
   return module
 }
diff --git a/lib/builder/builder.js b/lib/builder/builder.js
index 4c9d47c821..67f0217765 100644
--- a/lib/builder/builder.js
+++ b/lib/builder/builder.js
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ module.exports = class Builder {
     const src = this.options.srcDir
     let patterns = [
       r(src, this.options.dir.layouts),
-      r(src, 'store'),
+      r(src, this.options.dir.store),
       r(src, this.options.dir.middleware),
       r(src, `${this.options.dir.layouts}/*.{vue,js}`),
       r(src, `${this.options.dir.layouts}/**/*.{vue,js}`)
diff --git a/lib/common/options.js b/lib/common/options.js
index 5fdbe71133..6c5fab4a6b 100755
--- a/lib/common/options.js
+++ b/lib/common/options.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Options.from = function (_options) {
   }
 
   // If store defined, update store options to true unless explicitly disabled
-  if (options.store !== false && existsSync(join(options.srcDir, 'store'))) {
+  if (options.store !== false && existsSync(join(options.srcDir, options.dir.store))) {
     options.store = true
   }
 
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ Options.defaults = {
     layouts: 'layouts',
     middleware: 'middleware',
     pages: 'pages',
-    static: 'static'
+    static: 'static',
+    store: 'store'
   },
   router: {
     mode: 'history',
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-store/index.js b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-store/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eb99f46e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/custom-store/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Vue from 'vue'
+import Vuex from 'vuex'
+
+Vue.use(Vuex)
+
+const store = () => new Vuex.Store({
+  state: {
+    counter: 0
+  },
+  mutations: {
+    increment(state) {
+      state.counter++
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+export default store
diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js
index b98932dad7..f150701a46 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom-dirs/nuxt.config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module.exports = {
     layouts: 'custom-layouts',
     middleware: 'custom-middleware',
     pages: 'custom-pages',
-    static: 'custom-static'
+    static: 'custom-static',
+    store: 'custom-store'
   }
 }