diff --git a/toolkit/components/enterprisepolicies/EnterprisePolicies.js b/toolkit/components/enterprisepolicies/EnterprisePolicies.js
index b4742ee123..87556bd43a 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/enterprisepolicies/EnterprisePolicies.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/enterprisepolicies/EnterprisePolicies.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ const POLICIES_FILENAME = "policies.json";
 // When true browser policy is loaded per-user from
 // /run/user/$UID/appname
 const PREF_PER_USER_DIR = "toolkit.policies.perUserDir";
+// used to specify where to load the policies from.
+// value of `1` means to use the dir `/run/user/$UID/appname`, whereas
+// a value of `2` will use the profile dir, to load the `policies.json`.
+// `/etc/firefox/policies/policies.json` overrides everything else.
+const PREF_POLICIES_LOADFROM_DIR = "toolkit.policies.loadFrom";
 // For easy testing, modify the helpers/sample.json file,
 // and set PREF_ALTERNATE_PATH in firefox.js as:
 // /your/repo/browser/components/enterprisepolicies/helpers/sample.json
@@ -490,8 +495,11 @@ class JSONPoliciesProvider {

     try {
       let perUserPath = Services.prefs.getBoolPref(PREF_PER_USER_DIR, false);
-      if (perUserPath) {
+      let loadFromDir = Services.prefs.getIntPref(PREF_POLICIES_LOADFROM_DIR, 0);
+      if (perUserPath || loadFromDir == 1) {
         configFile = Services.dirsvc.get("XREUserRunTimeDir", Ci.nsIFile);
+      } else if (loadFromDir == 2) {
+        configFile = Services.dirsvc.get("ProfD", Ci.nsIFile);
       } else {
         configFile = Services.dirsvc.get("XREAppDist", Ci.nsIFile);
       }