diff --git a/config/default.php b/config/default.php
index 5ce28776e..e5e57b786 100644
--- a/config/default.php
+++ b/config/default.php
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@
             'dir' => 'components', // components directory
             'ext' => 'twig', // components files extension
         ],
+        //'sections' => [ // override layout name of sections (optional)
+        //    '<section>' => '<layout>',
+        //]
     ],
     'themes' => [
         'dir' => 'themes', // where themes are stored
diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index edaa88287..cfd86ebb7 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -238,6 +238,18 @@ public function getLayoutsInternalPath(): string
         return Util::joinPath(__DIR__, '..', (string) $this->get('layouts.internal.dir'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the layout for a section.
+     */
+    public function getLayoutSection(?string $section): ?string
+    {
+        if ($layout = $this->get('layouts.sections')[$section] ?? null) {
+            return $layout;
+        }
+
+        return $section;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the path of translations directory.
      */
diff --git a/src/Renderer/Layout.php b/src/Renderer/Layout.php
index c3c38f6ee..fe274e0ec 100644
--- a/src/Renderer/Layout.php
+++ b/src/Renderer/Layout.php
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ protected static function lookup(CollectionPage $page, string $format, \Cecil\Co
 
         // remove potential redundant extension
         $layout = str_replace(".$ext", '', (string) $page->getVariable('layout'));
+        // page section or layout mapping
+        $section = $config->getLayoutSection($page->getSection());
 
         switch ($page->getType()) {
             case PageType::HOMEPAGE->value:
@@ -112,9 +114,9 @@ protected static function lookup(CollectionPage $page, string $format, \Cecil\Co
                     "_default/list.$format.$ext",
                 ];
                 if ($page->getPath()) {
-                    $layouts = array_merge(["section/{$page->getSection()}.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
-                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$page->getSection()}/list.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
-                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$page->getSection()}/index.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
+                    $layouts = array_merge(["section/{$section}.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
+                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$section}/list.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
+                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$section}/index.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
                 }
                 if ($page->hasVariable('layout')) {
                     $layouts = array_merge(["$layout.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
@@ -156,13 +158,13 @@ protected static function lookup(CollectionPage $page, string $format, \Cecil\Co
                 if ($page->hasVariable('layout')) {
                     $layouts = array_merge(["_default/$layout.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
                 }
-                if ($page->getSection()) {
-                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$page->getSection()}/page.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
+                if ($section) {
+                    $layouts = array_merge(["{$section}/page.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
                 }
                 if ($page->hasVariable('layout')) {
                     $layouts = array_merge(["$layout.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
-                    if ($page->getSection()) {
-                        $layouts = array_merge(["{$page->getSection()}/$layout.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
+                    if ($section) {
+                        $layouts = array_merge(["{$section}/$layout.$format.$ext"], $layouts);
                     }
                 }
         }