diff --git a/app/views/home/_content.html.haml b/app/views/home/_content.html.haml
index d96a1e088e120ceacf45a23349f8ea1605a4f053..936e05db46ef8c466fb8c12c2d609a036d8521d2 100644
--- a/app/views/home/_content.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/_content.html.haml
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 .row-fluid
   = home_page_buttons
 
-  - if Rails.env == 'development'
-    .row-fluid
-      %hr
-      %p
-        = link_to "make donation", new_payment_path if APP_CONFIG[:payment].present?
+.row-fluid
+  = render 'home/provider_message'
+
+- if Rails.env == 'development'
+  .row-fluid
+    %hr
+    %p
+      = link_to "make donation", new_payment_path if APP_CONFIG[:payment].present?
diff --git a/app/views/home/_provider_message.html.haml b/app/views/home/_provider_message.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..928215ad8441da0dbcbe86b7327b2784ee6eb3b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/home/_provider_message.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-# please overwrite me in your customization files at
+-# config/customization/views/home/_provider_message.html.haml