diff --git a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
index 8acee8597..2d7f78b56 100644
--- a/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/blueprints/config/system.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ form:
                     show_root: false
                     help: PLUGIN_ADMIN.HOME_PAGE_HELP
 
+                home.hide_in_urls:
+                      type: toggle
+                      label: PLUGIN_ADMIN.HIDE_HOME_IN_URLS
+                      help: PLUGIN_ADMIN.HIDE_HOME_IN_URLS_HELP
+                      highlight: 0
+                      options:
+                          1: PLUGIN_ADMIN.YES
+                          0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.NO
+                      validate:
+                          type: bool
+
+
                 pages.theme:
                     type: themeselect
                     classes: fancy
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index 3dfaa1c3b..4b0bdb486 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ languages:
 
 home:
   alias: '/home'                            # Default path for home, ie /
+  hide_in_urls: false                       # Hide the home route in URLs
 
 pages:
   theme: antimatter                         # Default theme (defaults to "antimatter" theme)
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index 20e450a60..4cf61791d 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class Page
     protected $markdown_extra;
     protected $etag;
     protected $last_modified;
+    protected $home_route;
+    protected $hide_home_route;
 
     /**
      * @var Page Unmodified (original) version of the page. Used for copying and moving the page.
@@ -118,6 +120,10 @@ class Page
      */
     public function init(\SplFileInfo $file, $extension = null)
     {
+        $config = self::getGrav()['config'];
+
+        $this->hide_home_route = $config->get('system.home.hide_in_urls', false);
+        $this->home_route = $config->get('system.home.alias');
         $this->filePath($file->getPathName());
         $this->modified($file->getMTime());
         $this->id($this->modified().md5($this->filePath()));
@@ -132,6 +138,8 @@ class Page
         $this->published();
         $this->urlExtension();
 
+
+
         // some extension logic
         if (empty($extension)) {
             $this->extension('.'.$file->getExtension());
@@ -1295,8 +1303,18 @@ class Page
         }
 
         if (empty($this->route)) {
+            $baseRoute = null;
+
             // calculate route based on parent slugs
-            $baseRoute = $this->parent ? (string) $this->parent()->route() : null;
+            $parent = $this->parent();
+            if (isset($parent)) {
+                if ($this->hide_home_route && $parent->route() == $this->home_route) {
+                    $baseRoute = '';
+                } else {
+                    $baseRoute = (string) $parent->route();
+                }
+            }
+
             $this->route = isset($baseRoute) ? $baseRoute . '/'. $this->slug() : null;
 
             if (!empty($this->routes) && isset($this->routes['default'])) {
@@ -1690,6 +1708,31 @@ class Page
         return $pages->get($this->parent);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the top parent object for this page
+     *
+     * @return Page|null the top parent page object if it exists.
+     */
+    public function topParent()
+    {
+        $topParent = $this->parent();
+
+        if (!$topParent) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        while (true) {
+            $theParent = $topParent->parent();
+            if ($theParent != null && $theParent->parent() !== null) {
+                $topParent = $theParent;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $topParent;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns children of this page.
      *