diff --git a/services/ftp/config.json b/services/ftp/config.json
index e675943d..42d93a20 100644
--- a/services/ftp/config.json
+++ b/services/ftp/config.json
@@ -20,5 +20,13 @@
         "label": "FTP Server",
         "description": "An empty FTP server.",
         "conflicts_with": []
-    }
+    },
+    "parameters": [
+        {
+            "type": "file",
+            "value": "ftp_content",
+            "label": "FTP Content - Optional path or a base64 encoded string of a zip file containing the content for the ftp service",
+            "required": false
+        }
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/services/ftp/ftp_service.py b/services/ftp/ftp_service.py
index 1aa0f867..1b6a26a1 100644
--- a/services/ftp/ftp_service.py
+++ b/services/ftp/ftp_service.py
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import ftplib
+import base64
+import zipfile
+try:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from io import StringIO
 
 from pyftpdlib.handlers import FTPHandler
 from pyftpdlib.servers import FTPServer
@@ -167,6 +173,14 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def prepare_temp_dir(self):
         """Create a temp dir."""
         self.temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        content = self.service_args.get("ftp_content")
+        if content:
+            if os.path.exists(content):
+                file_obj = open(content, "r")
+            else:
+                file_obj = StringIO(base64.b64decode(content))
+            z = zipfile.ZipFile(file_obj, "r")
+            z.extractall(self.temp_dir)
 
     def delete_temp_dir(self):
         """Delete the temp dir that we created."""