diff --git a/templates/default/publish.js b/templates/default/publish.js
index 0bee626f..bd7338ed 100644
--- a/templates/default/publish.js
+++ b/templates/default/publish.js
@@ -380,15 +380,37 @@ exports.publish = function(taffyData, opts, tutorials) {
     }
     fs.mkPath(outdir);
 
-    // copy static files to outdir
-    var fromDir = path.join(templatePath, 'static'),
-        staticFiles = fs.ls(fromDir, 3);
-        
+    // copy the template's static files to outdir
+    var fromDir = path.join(templatePath, 'static');
+    var staticFiles = fs.ls(fromDir, 3);
+
     staticFiles.forEach(function(fileName) {
         var toDir = fs.toDir( fileName.replace(fromDir, outdir) );
         fs.mkPath(toDir);
         fs.copyFileSync(fileName, toDir);
     });
+
+    // copy user-specified static files to outdir
+    var staticFilePaths;
+    var staticFileFilter;
+    var staticFileScanner;
+    if (conf['default'].staticFiles) {
+        staticFilePaths = conf['default'].staticFiles.paths || [];
+        staticFileFilter = new (require('jsdoc/src/filter')).Filter(conf['default'].staticFiles);
+        staticFileScanner = new (require('jsdoc/src/scanner')).Scanner();
+
+        staticFilePaths.forEach(function(filePath) {
+            var extraStaticFiles = staticFileScanner.scan([filePath], 10, staticFileFilter);
+
+            extraStaticFiles.forEach(function(fileName) {
+                var sourcePath = fs.statSync(filePath).isDirectory() ? filePath :
+                    path.dirname(filePath);
+                var toDir = fs.toDir( fileName.replace(sourcePath, outdir) );
+                fs.mkPath(toDir);
+                fs.copyFileSync(fileName, toDir);
+            });
+        });
+    }
     
     if (sourceFilePaths.length) {
         sourceFiles = shortenPaths( sourceFiles, path.commonPrefix(sourceFilePaths) );