diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
index 8170070d..4949a6c7 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ class WpTarget < WebSite
     fail "The target is responding with a 403, this might be due to a WAF or a plugin.\n" \
           'You should try to supply a valid user-agent via the --user-agent option or use the --random-agent option' if response.code == 403
 
-    if response.body =~ /["'][^"']*\/wp-content\/[^"']*["']/i
+    if wp_content_dir
+      dir = wp_content_dir
+    else
+      dir = 'wp-content'
+    end
+
+    if response.body =~ /["'][^"']*\/#{Regexp.escape(dir)}\/[^"']*["']/i
       wordpress = true
     else
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb b/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
index f191a1e4..bf6fc933 100644
--- a/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/wpscan_helper')
 
 describe WpTarget do
   subject(:wp_target) { WpTarget.new(target_url, options) }
+  subject(:wp_target_custom) { WpTarget.new(target_url, options_custom) }
   let(:target_url)    { 'http://example.localhost/' }
   let(:fixtures_dir)  { SPEC_FIXTURES_WPSCAN_WP_TARGET_DIR }
   let(:login_url)     { wp_target.uri.merge('wp-login.php').to_s }
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ describe WpTarget do
       wp_plugins_dir: 'wp-content/plugins'
     }
   }
+  let(:options_custom)       {
+    {
+      config_file:    SPEC_FIXTURES_CONF_DIR + '/browser.conf.json',
+      cache_ttl:      0,
+      wp_content_dir: 'custom-content',
+      wp_plugins_dir: 'custom-content/plugins'
+    }
+  }
 
   before { Browser::reset }
 
@@ -69,6 +78,11 @@ describe WpTarget do
       expect(wp_target).to be_wordpress
     end
 
+    it 'returns true if a custom content directory is detected' do
+      stub_request_to_fixture(url: wp_target_custom.url, fixture: fixtures_dir + '/wp_content_dir/wordpress-3.4.1-custom.htm')
+      expect(wp_target_custom).to be_wordpress
+    end
+
     it 'returns true if the xmlrpc is found' do
       stub_request(:get, wp_target.xml_rpc_url).
         to_return(status: 200, body: File.new(fixtures_dir + '/xmlrpc.php'))