diff --git a/web_cluster/hosting_web_cluster.service.inc b/web_cluster/hosting_web_cluster.service.inc
index f6ed625..8061dc1 100644
--- a/web_cluster/hosting_web_cluster.service.inc
+++ b/web_cluster/hosting_web_cluster.service.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
       '#title' => t('Web servers'),
       '#markup' => theme('item_list', array('items' => array_map('_hosting_node_link', array_intersect_key($this->web_servers, hosting_get_servers('http'))))),
     );
+    if ($this->cluster_file_authority) {
+      $render['cluster_file_authority'] = [
+        '#type' => 'item',
+        '#title' => t('Site files authority is cluster'),
+        '#markup' => t('Yes'),
+      ];
+    }
   }
 
   function form(&$form) {
@@ -32,6 +39,13 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
       '#options' => $servers,
       '#default_value' => isset($this->web_servers) ? $this->web_servers : array(),
     );
+
+    $form['cluster_file_authority'] = array(
+      '#title' => t('Site files authority is cluster'),
+      '#description' => t('Delegates files/ and private/ folder authority to the cluster itself. Only select this option if you have arranged for synchronization of the files/ and private/ folder among all cluster members, and the hostmaster is NOT a cluster member.'),
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#default_value' => isset($this->cluster_file_authority) ? $this->cluster_file_authority : FALSE,
+    );
   }
 
   function load() {
@@ -46,9 +60,10 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
       $server = node_load($web_server->web_server_nid);
       $ssl_enabled = $ssl_enabled && $server->services['http']->ssl_enabled;
     }
+    $cluster_file_authority = variable_get('cluster_file_authority_' . $this->server->nid, FALSE);
 
     $this->ssl_enabled = $ssl_enabled;
-    $this->setValues(array('web_servers' => drupal_map_assoc($web_servers)));
+    $this->setValues(array('web_servers' => drupal_map_assoc($web_servers), 'cluster_file_authority' => $cluster_file_authority));
   }
 
   function insert() {
@@ -61,6 +76,7 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
       );
       drupal_write_record('hosting_web_cluster', $record);
     }
+    variable_set('cluster_file_authority_' . $this->server->nid, $this->cluster_file_authority);
   }
 
   function delete() {
@@ -68,6 +84,7 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
     db_delete('hosting_web_cluster')
       ->condition('nid', $this->server->nid)
       ->execute();
+    variable_del('cluster_file_authority_' . $this->server->nid);
   }
 
   function delete_revision() {
@@ -81,5 +98,6 @@ class hostingService_http_cluster extends hostingService_http {
     parent::context_options($task_type, $ref_type, $task);
 
     $task->context_options['cluster_web_servers'] = implode(',', array_values(array_map('hosting_context_name', array_intersect_key($this->web_servers, hosting_get_servers('http')))));
+    $task->context_options['cluster_file_authority'] = $this->cluster_file_authority;
   }
 }