diff --git a/config-raw.json b/config-raw.json
index 68b8767c3..4df3590d4 100644
--- a/config-raw.json
+++ b/config-raw.json
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@
                     "key": "gravatarexpiration",
                     "default_value": "3600",
                     "comment": "When using gravatar, this is the duration in seconds until a cached gravatar user avatar expires"
+                },
+                {
+                    "key": "gravatarbaseurl",
+                    "default_value": "https://www.gravatar.com",
+                    "comment": "If you use a Gravatar-compatible service other than gravatar.com, you may configure the base URL for the service here.\nFor instance, gravatarbaseurl: 'https://libravatar.org'. The default is https://www.gravatar.com."
                 }
             ]
         },
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index d778f0bab..64e931893 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ const (
 	CorsMaxAge  Key = `cors.maxage`
 
 	AvatarGravaterExpiration Key = `avatar.gravatarexpiration`
+	AvatarGravatarBaseURL    Key = `avatar.gravatarbaseurl`
 
 	BackgroundsEnabled               Key = `backgrounds.enabled`
 	BackgroundsUploadEnabled         Key = `backgrounds.providers.upload.enabled`
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ func InitDefaultConfig() {
 	MigrationMicrosoftTodoEnable.setDefault(false)
 	// Avatar
 	AvatarGravaterExpiration.setDefault(3600)
+	AvatarGravatarBaseURL.setDefault("https://www.gravatar.com")
 	// Project Backgrounds
 	BackgroundsEnabled.setDefault(true)
 	BackgroundsUploadEnabled.setDefault(true)
@@ -605,6 +607,12 @@ func InitConfig() {
 
 	readConfigValuesFromFiles()
 
+	if _, err := url.ParseRequestURI(AvatarGravatarBaseURL.GetString()); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not parse gravatarbaseurl: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	AvatarGravatarBaseURL.Set(strings.TrimRight(AvatarGravatarBaseURL.GetString(), "/"))
+
 	if RateLimitStore.GetString() == "keyvalue" {
 		RateLimitStore.Set(KeyvalueType.GetString())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/modules/avatar/gravatar/gravatar.go b/pkg/modules/avatar/gravatar/gravatar.go
index 8f459e7b6..6912677d3 100644
--- a/pkg/modules/avatar/gravatar/gravatar.go
+++ b/pkg/modules/avatar/gravatar/gravatar.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (g *Provider) GetAvatar(user *user.User, size int64) ([]byte, string, error
 		}
 
 		log.Debugf("Gravatar for user %d with size %d not cached, requesting from gravatar...", user.ID, size)
-		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/"+utils.Md5String(strings.ToLower(user.Email))+"?s="+sizeString+"&d=mp", nil)
+		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, config.AvatarGravatarBaseURL.GetString()+"/avatar/"+utils.Md5String(strings.ToLower(user.Email))+"?s="+sizeString+"&d=mp", nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}