diff --git a/nova/conf/vnc.py b/nova/conf/vnc.py
index 11d262ab900e..fef2497353e6 100644
--- a/nova/conf/vnc.py
+++ b/nova/conf/vnc.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ instance and, by extension, the VNC sessions.
 If using noVNC >= 1.0.0, you should use ``vnc_lite.html`` instead of
 ``vnc_auto.html``.
 
+You can also supply extra request arguments which will be passed to
+the backend. This might be useful to move console URL to subpath, for example:
+``http://127.0.0.1/novnc/vnc_auto.html?path=novnc``
+
 Related options:
 
 * novncproxy_host
diff --git a/nova/objects/console_auth_token.py b/nova/objects/console_auth_token.py
index 281d95549871..3be2f8f08241 100644
--- a/nova/objects/console_auth_token.py
+++ b/nova/objects/console_auth_token.py
@@ -75,9 +75,13 @@ class ConsoleAuthToken(base.NovaTimestampObject, base.NovaObject):
                 # top-level 'token' query parameter was removed. The 'path'
                 # parameter is supported in older noVNC versions, so it is
                 # backward compatible.
-                qparams = {'path': '?token=%s' % self.token}
-                return '%s?%s' % (self.access_url_base,
-                                  urlparse.urlencode(qparams))
+                parsed_base_url = urlparse.urlparse(self.access_url_base)
+                qparams = urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_base_url.query)
+                qpath = '%s?token=%s' % (qparams.get('path', [''])[0],
+                                         self.token)
+                qparams.update({'path': qpath})
+                return parsed_base_url._replace(
+                    query=urlparse.urlencode(qparams, doseq=True)).geturl()
             else:
                 return '%s?token=%s' % (self.access_url_base, self.token)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_console_auth_token.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_console_auth_token.py
index 4fe906c41384..d7103d752cb3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_console_auth_token.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_console_auth_token.py
@@ -99,6 +99,41 @@ class _TestConsoleAuthToken(object):
     def test_authorize_novnc(self):
         self._test_authorize('novnc')
 
+    @mock.patch('nova.db.main.api.console_auth_token_create')
+    def _test_access_novnc_custom_request(
+            self, url_base, url_expected, mock_create):
+        ttl = 10
+        expires = timeutils.utcnow_ts() + ttl
+        db_dict = copy.deepcopy(fakes.fake_token_dict)
+        db_dict['access_url_base'] = url_base
+        db_dict['expires'] = expires
+        db_dict['console_type'] = 'novnc'
+        mock_create.return_value = db_dict
+
+        obj = token_obj.ConsoleAuthToken(
+            context=self.context,
+            console_type=db_dict['console_type'],
+            host=fakes.fake_token_dict['host'],
+            port=fakes.fake_token_dict['port'],
+            instance_uuid=fakes.fake_token_dict['instance_uuid'],
+            access_url_base=url_base,
+        )
+
+        with mock.patch('uuid.uuid4', return_value=fakes.fake_token):
+            obj.authorize(ttl)
+        token_req = urlparse.quote_plus('token=%s' % fakes.fake_token)
+        expected_url = '%3F'.join([url_expected, token_req])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_url, obj.access_url)
+
+    def test_access_novnc_custom_path(self):
+        base_url = 'http://fake.url.fake/novnc/root.html?path=novnc'
+        self._test_access_novnc_custom_request(base_url, base_url)
+
+    def test_access_novnc_random_req(self):
+        base_url = 'http://fake.url.fake/novnc/root.html?noop=true'
+        expected_url = 'http://fake.url.fake/novnc/root.html?noop=true&path='
+        self._test_access_novnc_custom_request(base_url, expected_url)
+
     @mock.patch('nova.db.main.api.console_auth_token_create')
     def test_authorize_duplicate_token(self, mock_create):
         mock_create.side_effect = DBDuplicateEntry()
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/novnc_respect_query-5a670b25a44e7fdc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/novnc_respect_query-5a670b25a44e7fdc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05152a3f8a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/novnc_respect_query-5a670b25a44e7fdc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Option ``novncproxy_base_url`` does now respect supplied custom query
+    which might be used to move NoVNC to a subdirectory or pass an extra
+    argument to NoVNC.