diff --git a/backend/box/box.go b/backend/box/box.go
index 6d687361c..e6691ac4f 100644
--- a/backend/box/box.go
+++ b/backend/box/box.go
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ const (
 	rcloneEncryptedClientSecret = "sYbJYm99WB8jzeaLPU0OPDMJKIkZvD2qOn3SyEMfiJr03RdtDt3xcZEIudRhbIDL"
 	minSleep                    = 10 * time.Millisecond
 	maxSleep                    = 2 * time.Second
-	decayConstant               = 2   // bigger for slower decay, exponential
-	rootID                      = "0" // ID of root folder is always this
+	decayConstant               = 2 // bigger for slower decay, exponential
 	rootURL                     = "https://api.box.com/2.0"
 	uploadURL                   = "https://upload.box.com/api/2.0"
 	listChunks                  = 1000     // chunk size to read directory listings
@@ -106,6 +105,11 @@ func init() {
 		}, {
 			Name: config.ConfigClientSecret,
 			Help: "Box App Client Secret\nLeave blank normally.",
+		}, {
+			Name:     "root_folder_id",
+			Help:     "Fill in for rclone to use a non root folder as its starting point.",
+			Default:  "0",
+			Advanced: true,
 		}, {
 			Name: "box_config_file",
 			Help: "Box App config.json location\nLeave blank normally.",
@@ -241,6 +245,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	UploadCutoff  fs.SizeSuffix        `config:"upload_cutoff"`
 	CommitRetries int                  `config:"commit_retries"`
 	Enc           encoder.MultiEncoder `config:"encoding"`
+	RootFolderID  string               `config:"root_folder_id"`
 }
 
 // Fs represents a remote box
@@ -417,7 +422,8 @@ func NewFs(name, root string, m configmap.Mapper) (fs.Fs, error) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	// Get rootID
+	// Get rootFolderID
+	rootID := f.opt.RootFolderID
 	f.dirCache = dircache.New(root, rootID, f)
 
 	// Find the current root
diff --git a/docs/content/box.md b/docs/content/box.md
index dcdcf0968..855520466 100644
--- a/docs/content/box.md
+++ b/docs/content/box.md
@@ -227,6 +227,28 @@ normally 8MB so increasing `--transfers` will increase memory use.
 Depending on the enterprise settings for your user, the item will
 either be actually deleted from Box or moved to the trash.
 
+### Root folder ID ###
+
+You can set the `root_folder_id` for rclone.  This is the directory
+(identified by its `Folder ID`) that rclone considers to be the root
+of your Box drive.
+
+Normally you will leave this blank and rclone will determine the
+correct root to use itself.
+
+However you can set this to restrict rclone to a specific folder
+hierarchy.
+
+In order to do this you will have to find the `Folder ID` of the
+directory you wish rclone to display.  This will be the last segment
+of the URL when you open the relevant folder in the Box web
+interface.
+
+So if the folder you want rclone to use has a URL which looks like
+`https://app.box.com/folder/11xxxxxxxxx8`
+in the browser, then you use `11xxxxxxxxx8` as
+the `root_folder_id` in the config.
+
 <!--- autogenerated options start - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit fs.RegInfo in backend/box/box.go then run make backenddocs -->
 ### Standard Options
 
@@ -280,6 +302,15 @@ Leave blank normally.
 
 Here are the advanced options specific to box (Box).
 
+#### --box-root-folder-id
+
+Fill in for rclone to use a non root folder as its starting point.
+
+- Config:      root_folder_id
+- Env Var:     RCLONE_BOX_ROOT_FOLDER_ID
+- Type:        string
+- Default:     "0"
+
 #### --box-upload-cutoff
 
 Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (>= 50MB).