diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bca129da..c519f474 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ehthumbs.db
 Icon?
 Thumbs.db
+config/env/local.js
 
 # Node and related ecosystem
 # ==========================
diff --git a/config/config.js b/config/config.js
index ef4a4c2c..3a22a2cd 100644
--- a/config/config.js
+++ b/config/config.js
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 var _ = require('lodash'),
-	glob = require('glob');
+	glob = require('glob'),
+	fs = require('fs');
+
+/**
+ * Resolve environment configuration by extending each env configuration file,
+ * and lastly merge/override that with any local repository configuration that exists
+ * in local.js
+ */
+var resolvingConfig = function() {
+	var conf = {};
+
+	conf = _.extend(
+		require('./env/all'),
+		require('./env/' + process.env.NODE_ENV) || {}
+	);
+
+	return _.merge(conf, (fs.existsSync('./config/env/local.js') && require('./env/local.js')) || {});
+};
 
 /**
  * Load app configurations
  */
-module.exports = _.extend(
-	require('./env/all'),
-	require('./env/' + process.env.NODE_ENV) || {}
-);
+module.exports = resolvingConfig();
 
 /**
  * Get files by glob patterns
diff --git a/config/env/local.example.js b/config/env/local.example.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..824a2993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/env/local.example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Rename this file to local.js for having a local configuration variables that
+// will not get commited and pushed to remote repositories.
+// Use it for your API keys, passwords, etc.
+
+/* For example:
+
+module.exports = {
+	db: {
+		uri: 'mongodb://localhost/local-dev',
+		options: {
+			user: '',
+			pass: ''
+		}
+	},
+	facebook: {
+		clientID: process.env.FACEBOOK_ID || 'APP_ID',
+		clientSecret: process.env.FACEBOOK_SECRET || 'APP_SECRET',
+		callbackURL: '/auth/facebook/callback'
+	}
+};
+*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
index b45a9cd7..c028ff77 100644
--- a/gruntfile.js
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var fs = require('fs');
+
 module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	// Unified Watch Object
 	var watchFiles = {
@@ -143,6 +145,15 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 			unit: {
 				configFile: 'karma.conf.js'
 			}
+		},
+		copy: {
+		    localConfig: {
+	            src: 'config/env/local.example.js',
+	            dest: 'config/env/local.js',
+	            filter: function() {
+	            	return !fs.existsSync('config/env/local.js');
+	            }
+		    }
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -162,13 +173,13 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	});
 
 	// Default task(s).
-	grunt.registerTask('default', ['lint', 'concurrent:default']);
+	grunt.registerTask('default', ['lint', 'copy:localConfig', 'concurrent:default']);
 
 	// Debug task.
-	grunt.registerTask('debug', ['lint', 'concurrent:debug']);
+	grunt.registerTask('debug', ['lint', 'copy:localConfig', 'concurrent:debug']);
 
 	// Secure task(s).
-	grunt.registerTask('secure', ['env:secure', 'lint', 'concurrent:default']);
+	grunt.registerTask('secure', ['env:secure', 'lint', 'copy:localConfig', 'concurrent:default']);
 
 	// Lint task(s).
 	grunt.registerTask('lint', ['jshint', 'csslint']);
@@ -177,7 +188,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	grunt.registerTask('build', ['lint', 'loadConfig', 'ngAnnotate', 'uglify', 'cssmin']);
 
 	// Test task.
-	grunt.registerTask('test', ['test:server', 'test:client']);
+	grunt.registerTask('test', ['copy:localConfig', 'test:server', 'test:client']);
 	grunt.registerTask('test:server', ['env:test', 'mochaTest']);
 	grunt.registerTask('test:client', ['env:test', 'karma:unit']);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d2a05b9..091f2e12 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 		"grunt-mocha-test": "~0.12.1",
 		"grunt-karma": "~0.9.0",
 		"load-grunt-tasks": "~1.0.0",
+		"grunt-contrib-copy": "0.8",
 		"karma": "~0.12.0",
 		"karma-jasmine": "~0.2.1",
 		"karma-coverage": "~0.2.0",