diff --git a/core-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfigBase.java b/core-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfigBase.java
index f9c3adb..c7dcda2 100644
--- a/core-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfigBase.java
+++ b/core-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/common/KylinConfigBase.java
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ abstract public class KylinConfigBase implements Serializable {
         return cachedHdfsWorkingDirectory;
     }
 
+    public String getZkBasePath() {
+        return getOptional("kylin.zk.base.path", "/kylin");
+    }
+
     /**
      * A comma separated list of host:port pairs, each corresponding to a ZooKeeper server
      */
diff --git a/core-common/src/main/resources/kylin-defaults.properties b/core-common/src/main/resources/kylin-defaults.properties
index cb511e7..7a411f3 100644
--- a/core-common/src/main/resources/kylin-defaults.properties
+++ b/core-common/src/main/resources/kylin-defaults.properties
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ kylin.env.hdfs-working-dir=/kylin
 # DEV|QA|PROD. DEV will turn on some dev features, QA and PROD has no difference in terms of functions.
 kylin.env=QA
 
+# kylin zk base path
+kylin.zk.base.path=/kylin
 
 ### SERVER | WEB ###
 
diff --git a/core-job/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/job/impl/threadpool/DistributedScheduler.java b/core-job/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/job/impl/threadpool/DistributedScheduler.java
index 9db9dbb..cf0c509 100644
--- a/core-job/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/job/impl/threadpool/DistributedScheduler.java
+++ b/core-job/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/job/impl/threadpool/DistributedScheduler.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class DistributedScheduler implements Scheduler<AbstractExecutable>, Conn
 
 
     private final static String SEGMENT_ID = "segmentId";
-    public static final String ZOOKEEPER_LOCK_PATH = "/job_engine/lock"; // note ZookeeperDistributedLock will ensure zk path prefix: /kylin/metadata
+    public static final String ZOOKEEPER_LOCK_PATH = "/job_engine/lock"; // note ZookeeperDistributedLock will ensure zk path prefix: /${kylin.zk.base.path}/metadata
 
     //only for it test
     public static DistributedScheduler getInstance(KylinConfig config) {
diff --git a/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/util/ZookeeperDistributedLock.java b/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/util/ZookeeperDistributedLock.java
index 63ffda0..de15ebd 100644
--- a/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/util/ZookeeperDistributedLock.java
+++ b/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/util/ZookeeperDistributedLock.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.PathChildrenCacheEvent;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.PathChildrenCacheListener;
 import org.apache.curator.retry.ExponentialBackoffRetry;
 import org.apache.kylin.common.KylinConfig;
+import org.apache.kylin.common.KylinConfigBase;
 import org.apache.kylin.common.lock.DistributedLock;
 import org.apache.kylin.common.lock.DistributedLockFactory;
 import org.apache.kylin.job.lock.JobLock;
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class ZookeeperDistributedLock implements DistributedLock, JobLock {
 
         public Factory(KylinConfig config) {
             this.curator = getZKClient(config);
-            this.zkPathBase = fixSlash("/kylin/" + KylinConfig.getInstanceFromEnv().getMetadataUrlPrefix());
+            this.zkPathBase = fixSlash(config.getZkBasePath() + KylinConfig.getInstanceFromEnv().getMetadataUrlPrefix());
         }
 
         @Override