diff --git a/docs/en/watcher/actions/jira.asciidoc b/docs/en/watcher/actions/jira.asciidoc
index 68097e6ace6..38c95fe71cb 100644
--- a/docs/en/watcher/actions/jira.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/en/watcher/actions/jira.asciidoc
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ reject `url` settings like `http://internal-jira.elastic.co` that are based on
 plain text HTTP protocol. This default behavior can be disabled with the explicit
  `allow_http setting`:
 
+NOTE: The `url` field can also contain a path, that is used to create an issue. By
+default this is `/rest/api/2/issue`. If you set this as well, make sure that this
+path is the full path to the endpoint to create an issue.
+
 [source,yaml]
 --------------------------------------------------
 xpack.notification.jira:
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccount.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccount.java
index e6eab2a87ec..a95be5f291a 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccount.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccount.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class JiraAccount {
         HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.builder(url.getHost(), url.getPort())
                 .scheme(Scheme.parse(url.getScheme()))
                 .method(HttpMethod.POST)
-                .path(DEFAULT_PATH)
+                .path(url.getPath().isEmpty() || url.getPath().equals("/") ? DEFAULT_PATH : url.getPath())
                 .jsonBody((builder, params) -> builder.field("fields", fields))
                 .auth(new BasicAuth(user, password.toCharArray()))
                 .proxy(proxy)
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccountTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccountTests.java
index 3c98660037f..067b9e6ac8f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccountTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/notification/jira/JiraAccountTests.java
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsException;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.common.http.HttpClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.common.http.HttpProxy;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.common.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.common.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.common.http.Scheme;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -28,11 +30,14 @@ import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple.tuple;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.isOneOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 public class JiraAccountTests extends ESTestCase {
@@ -207,6 +212,31 @@ public class JiraAccountTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(sentRequest.body(), notNullValue());
     }
 
+    public void testCustomUrls() throws Exception {
+        assertCustomUrl(Settings.builder().put("url", "https://localhost/foo").build(), "/foo");
+        assertCustomUrl(Settings.builder().put("url", "https://localhost/foo/").build(), "/foo/");
+        // this ensures we retain backwards compatibility
+        assertCustomUrl(Settings.builder().put("url", "https://localhost/").build(), JiraAccount.DEFAULT_PATH);
+        assertCustomUrl(Settings.builder().put("url", "https://localhost").build(), JiraAccount.DEFAULT_PATH);
+    }
+
+    private void assertCustomUrl(Settings urlSettings, String expectedPath) throws IOException {
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(urlSettings).put("user", "foo").put("password", "bar").build();
+        HttpClient client = mock(HttpClient.class);
+
+        HttpResponse response = new HttpResponse(200);
+        when(client.execute(any())).thenReturn(response);
+
+        JiraAccount jiraAccount = new JiraAccount("test", settings, client);
+        jiraAccount.createIssue(Collections.emptyMap(), HttpProxy.NO_PROXY);
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<HttpRequest> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(HttpRequest.class);
+        verify(client, times(1)).execute(captor.capture());
+        assertThat(captor.getAllValues(), hasSize(1));
+        HttpRequest request = captor.getValue();
+        assertThat(request.path(), is(expectedPath));
+    }
+
     private void addAccountSettings(String name, Settings.Builder builder) {
         builder.put("xpack.notification.jira.account." + name + "." + JiraAccount.URL_SETTING, "https://internal-jira.elastic.co:443");
         builder.put("xpack.notification.jira.account." + name + "." + JiraAccount.USER_SETTING, randomAlphaOfLength(10));