diff --git a/site-generator b/site-generator
index 1ad2734..91e090b 100755
--- a/site-generator
+++ b/site-generator
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ sub main {
 		# from the generated list of pages.
 		@page_args= grep { $_ ne 'DBI' } @page_args;
 		@page_args= grep { $_ ne 'root_template' } @page_args;
+		@page_args= grep { $_ ne 'media_hostname' } @page_args;
+
 	};
 	foreach my $page_arg (@page_args) {
 		my %parsed_arg = parse_page_arg($page_arg);
@@ -142,6 +144,10 @@ sub main {
 				$page_config->{'baseurl'} = $config{root_template}{baseurl};
 			}
 
+			if (exists $config{root_template}{media_hostname}) {
+				$page_config->{'media_hostname'} = $config{root_template}{media_hostname};
+			}
+
 			if ($page_config->{'multipage'} && $page_config->{'multipage'} eq 'true') {
 				if (scalar @{$parsed_arg{'ids'}} == 1) {
 				  @{$parsed_arg{'ids'}} = get_ids_from_db($tt, \$page_config);	
diff --git a/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html b/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
index 677c053..460ca90 100644
--- a/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
+++ b/templates/shared-utils.tpl.html
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
 <!--% IF baseurl %-->./<!--% ELSE %-->/<!--% END %-->
 <!--% END %-->
 
+<!--% MACRO media_baseurl(baseurl, media_hostname) BLOCK %-->
+<!--% IF media_hostname %-->
+https://<!--% media_hostname %-->/<!--% ELSE %-->
+<!--% baseurl %--><!--% END %-->
+<!--% END %-->
+
 <!--% MACRO step_navigation(baseurl, links, folder) BLOCK %-->
 <!--% IF folder == "" %-->
 <!--% folder = hpr %-->