diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 405fddc141964eef7932887933ea6b1b6dbdc21e..40ad9d5a0df186a8fdd6059f86453d79e0ba18c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "test": "npm run lint-errors && npm run just-test-in-node",
     "test-in-node": "npm run lint-errors && npm run just-test-in-node",
     "just-test": "karma start --config karma.conf.js",
-    "just-test-in-node": "mocha --recursive --compilers js:babel-core/register test/core test/components test/bugs"
+    "just-test-in-node": "mocha --recursive --compilers js:babel-core/register test/core test/components test/bugs test/swagger-ui-dist-package"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.23.0",
diff --git a/swagger-ui-dist-package/README.md b/swagger-ui-dist-package/README.md
index eff7655ca4241fefdfe0631631cc6d46eb04f5ae..662842270a5e876f886b93608b5ad957ffa409b9 100644
--- a/swagger-ui-dist-package/README.md
+++ b/swagger-ui-dist-package/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
-This module, `swagger-ui-dist`, exposes Swagger-UI's entire dist folder as a dependency-free npm module. Use `swagger-ui` instead, if you'd like to have npm install dependencies for you.
+# Swagger UI Dist
+[![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/swagger-ui-dist.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/swagger-ui-dist)
+
+# API
+
+This module, `swagger-ui-dist`, exposes Swagger-UI's entire dist folder as a dependency-free npm module.
+Use `swagger-ui` instead, if you'd like to have npm install dependencies for you.
 
 `SwaggerUIBundle` and `SwaggerUIStandalonePreset` can be imported:
 ```javascript
-  import { SwaggerUIBundle, SwaggerUIStandalonePreset } from 'swagger-ui-dist'
+  import { SwaggerUIBundle, SwaggerUIStandalonePreset } from "swagger-ui-dist"
+```
+
+To get an absolute path to this directory for static file serving, use the exported `getAbsoluteFSPath` method:
+
+```javascript
+const swaggerUiAssetPath = require("swagger-ui-dist").getAbsoluteFSPath()
+
+// then instantiate server that serves files from the swaggerUiAssetPath
 ```
 
 For anything else, check the [Swagger-UI](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui) repository.
diff --git a/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js b/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26a3cc01a1e0d74f87ba545b1e228f90cdb1fb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * getAbsoluteFSPath
+ * @return {string} When run in NodeJS env, returns the absolute path to the current directory
+ *                  When run outside of NodeJS, will return an error message
+ */
+const getAbsoluteFSPath = () => {
+  // detect whether we are running in a browser or nodejs
+  if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
+    return require("path").resolve(__dirname)
+  }
+  throw new Error('getAbsoluteFSPath can only be called within a Nodejs environment');
+}
+
+module.exports = getAbsoluteFSPath
diff --git a/swagger-ui-dist-package/index.js b/swagger-ui-dist-package/index.js
index f8b7191ca4797f56680ce822eff5ea5c783ea3c1..018196a9d34df5941a75cb65ef79b13e4a4dd937 100644
--- a/swagger-ui-dist-package/index.js
+++ b/swagger-ui-dist-package/index.js
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-module.exports.SwaggerUIBundle = require('./swagger-ui-bundle.js')
-module.exports.SwaggerUIStandalonePreset = require('./swagger-ui-standalone-preset.js')
+module.exports.SwaggerUIBundle = require("./swagger-ui-bundle.js")
+module.exports.SwaggerUIStandalonePreset = require("./swagger-ui-standalone-preset.js")
+module.exports.absolutePath = require("./.absolute-path.js")
+
diff --git a/test/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js b/test/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..252a298ab4ecf9da2f45f6cc7ff69c868c9ee6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+import expect from "expect"
+import path from "path"
+import getAbsoluteFSPath from "../../swagger-ui-dist-package/absolute-path"
+
+describe("swagger-ui-dist", function(){
+  describe("getAbsoluteFSPath", function(){
+    it("returns absolute path", function(){
+      const expectedPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../swagger-ui-dist-package")
+      expect(getAbsoluteFSPath()).toEqual(expectedPath)
+    })
+  })
+})