diff --git a/src/Frozennode/Administrator/Config/Factory.php b/src/Frozennode/Administrator/Config/Factory.php
index f2319fb73..9ee447769 100644
--- a/src/Frozennode/Administrator/Config/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Frozennode/Administrator/Config/Factory.php
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ class Factory {
 	 */
 	protected $pagePrefix = 'page.';
 
+	/**
+	 * The route menu prefix
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $routePrefix = 'route.';
+
 	/**
 	 * The rules array
 	 *
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ public function make($name, $primary = false)
 		$options = $this->searchMenu($name);
 
 		//return the config object if the file/array was found, or false if it wasn't
-		$config = $options ? $this->getItemConfigObject($options) : ($this->type === 'page' ? true : false);
+		$config = $options ? $this->getItemConfigObject($options) : (($this->type === 'page' || $this->type === 'route' ) ? true : false);
 
 		//set the primary config
 		$this->config = $primary ? $config : $this->config;
@@ -176,6 +183,11 @@ public function parseType($name)
 		{
 			return $this->type = 'page';
 		}
+		//otherwise if the name is prefixed with the route prefix
+		elseif (strpos($name, $this->routePrefix) === 0)
+		{
+			return $this->type = 'route';
+		}
 		//otherwise it's a model
 		else
 		{
@@ -242,6 +254,14 @@ public function getPagePrefix()
 		return $this->pagePrefix;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets the prefix for the currently-searched item
+	 */
+	public function getRoutePrefix()
+	{
+		return $this->routePrefix;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets the prefix for the currently-searched item
 	 */
@@ -255,6 +275,10 @@ public function getPrefix()
 		{
 			return $this->pagePrefix;
 		}
+		else if ($this->type === 'route')
+		{
+			return $this->routePrefix;
+		}
 
 		return '';
 	}
diff --git a/src/config/administrator.php b/src/config/administrator.php
index 888dab320..940820e10 100644
--- a/src/config/administrator.php
+++ b/src/config/administrator.php
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 	/**
 	 * The menu structure of the site. For models, you should either supply the name of a model config file or an array of names of model config
 	 * files. The same applies to settings config files, except you must prepend 'settings.' to the settings config file name. You can also add
-	 * custom pages by prepending a view path with 'page.'. By providing an array of names, you can group certain models or settings pages
+	 * custom pages by prepending a view path with 'page.'. You can also add arbitrary named routes by prepending a route with '.route'. By providing an array of names, you can group certain models or settings pages
 	 * together. Each name needs to either have a config file in your model config path, settings config path with the same name, or a path to a
 	 * fully-qualified Laravel view. So 'users' would require a 'users.php' file in your model config path, 'settings.site' would require a
-	 * 'site.php' file in your settings config path, and 'page.foo.test' would require a 'test.php' or 'test.blade.php' file in a 'foo' directory
-	 * inside your view directory.
+	 * 'site.php' file in your settings config path, 'page.foo.test' would require a 'test.php' or 'test.blade.php' file in a 'foo' directory
+	 * inside your view directory, and 'route.tools' would require a named route 'tools' configured in your routes file.
 	 *
 	 * @type array
 	 *
diff --git a/src/viewComposers.php b/src/viewComposers.php
index c7c8ce8cd..ac6a8ff9f 100644
--- a/src/viewComposers.php
+++ b/src/viewComposers.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	$view->menu = app('admin_menu')->getMenu();
 	$view->settingsPrefix = app('admin_config_factory')->getSettingsPrefix();
 	$view->pagePrefix = app('admin_config_factory')->getPagePrefix();
+	$view->routePrefix = app('admin_config_factory')->getRoutePrefix();
 	$view->configType = app()->bound('itemconfig') ? app('itemconfig')->getType() : false;
 });
 
diff --git a/src/views/partials/menu_item.blade.php b/src/views/partials/menu_item.blade.php
index 1233a504a..e14f92480 100644
--- a/src/views/partials/menu_item.blade.php
+++ b/src/views/partials/menu_item.blade.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 					'item' => $subitem,
 					'key' => $k,
 					'settingsPrefix' => $settingsPrefix,
-					'pagePrefix' => $pagePrefix
+					'pagePrefix' => $pagePrefix,
+					'routePrefix' => $routePrefix
 				))?>
 			@endforeach
 		</ul>
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 			<a href="{{route('admin_settings', array(substr($key, strlen($settingsPrefix))))}}">{{$item}}</a>
 		@elseif (strpos($key, $pagePrefix) === 0)
 			<a href="{{route('admin_page', array(substr($key, strlen($pagePrefix))))}}">{{$item}}</a>
+		@elseif (strpos($key, $routePrefix) === 0)
+			<a href="{{route(substr($key, strlen($routePrefix)))}}">{{$item}}</a>
 		@else
 			<a href="{{route('admin_index', array($key))}}">{{$item}}</a>
 		@endif
diff --git a/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php b/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
index e890cbce1..2b94703a3 100644
--- a/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Config/ConfigFactoryTest.php
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ public function testParseTypeSettings()
 		$this->assertEquals($factory->getType(), 'settings');
 	}
 
+	public function testParseTypeRoute()
+	{
+		$factory = new Factory($this->validator, $this->validator, array());
+		$factory->parseType('route.something');
+		$this->assertEquals($factory->getType(), 'route');
+	}
+
 	public function testModelInMenu()
 	{
 		$name = 'some_model';