diff --git a/manifests/server.pp b/manifests/server.pp
index 720e9e3..10f65aa 100644
--- a/manifests/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/server.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class lpmqtt::server (
   $imap_hostname,
   $imap_password,
   $imap_use_ssl = true,
+  $imap_folder = 'INBOX',
   $mqtt_hostname = 'firehose01.openstack.org',
   $topic = 'launchpad',
   $mqtt_username = 'infra',
diff --git a/templates/lpmqtt.conf.erb b/templates/lpmqtt.conf.erb
index 4e1ad9c..c693c2d 100644
--- a/templates/lpmqtt.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/lpmqtt.conf.erb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ hostname = <%= @imap_hostname %>
 username = <%= @imap_username %>
 password = <%= @imap_password %>
 use_ssl = <%= @imap_use_ssl %>
+folder = <%= @imap_folder %>
 
 [mqtt]
 hostname = <%= @mqtt_hostname %>