diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 4ea9b0e..ae25848 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,25 @@ suites:
     multipath:
       storage_type: "purestorage"
       aliases: [ "mysql:3624a937017bcaa64842651bf00015fea" ]
+- name: customized
+  run_list:
+    - recipe[multipath::default]
+  attributes:
+    multipath:
+      storage_type: "customized"
+      defaults:
+        queue_without_daemon: "no"
+        max_fds: "max"
+      devices:
+        OPEN-d*:
+          vendor: "\"HP\""
+          path_grouping_policy: "multibus"
+          rr_min_io: 1000
+        HSV200:
+          vendor: "\"HP\""
+          path_grouping_policy: "group_by_prio"
+          rr_min_io: 100
+        Invista:
+          vendor: "\"EMC\""
+          path_grouping_policy: "multibus"
+          product_blacklist: "\"LUNZ\""
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 501d334..e0bb588 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   This cookbook provides provides the ability to configure Device Mapper
 Multipath MPIO for Fibre-Channel and iSCSI storage attached systems.
 
-  A generic template, as well as four vendor-specific templates are included
+  A generic template, a customizable template, as well as four vendor-specific templates are included
 within this cookbook.  Included vendor-specific templates are for
 Equallogic iSCSI, EMC Clariion, Dell Powervault MDxxxx and PureStorage
 storage arrays.
@@ -25,7 +25,42 @@ storage arrays.
     - ["blacklist_regex"]: An array of regular expressions to blacklist. Default '^sd[a]$'
     - ["blacklist_wwid"]: An array of World-Wide Identifiers (WWID) to blacklist.  Default empty.
     - ["aliases"]: A colon separated mapping of WWID to assign a friendly name.  Default empty.
-    - ["storage_type"]: Select a vendor-specific multipath template (equallogic, powervault, clariion, default)
+    - ["storage_type"]: Select a vendor-specific multipath template (equallogic, powervault, clariion, default, customized)
+
+#### Using the "customized" storage_type
+
+When setting ["storage_type"] = "customized", the following attributes come into play for the multipath.conf template:
+
+Default Attributes
+
+   * multipath (namespace)
+     - ["defaults"]["user_friendly_names"] = "yes"  
+        - use the bindings file  to assign a persistent and unique alias to the multipath)
+     - ["defaults"]["find_multipaths"] =  "yes"   
+        - multipath will only create a device if conditions are met. See multipath man page for more detail)
+
+Additional custom attributes can be added to the default and devices sections with the following format:
+
+   * multipath (namespace)
+     - ["defaults"]["parameter"]: Adds multipath parameter  to defaults section of multipath.conf
+     - ["devices"]["product name"]["parameter"]: Adds multipath parameter to devices section of multipath.conf
+
+Note: A valid device entry requires a product value, a vendor value, and one multipath parameter.  (The product value in the below example is "HSV200")
+
+Example:
+
+```json
+"normal": {
+  "multipath": {
+    "default": {
+    	"queue_without_daemon": "no"
    },
+    "devices": {
+      "HSV200": {
+        "vendor": "\"HP\"",
+        "path_grouping_policy": "multibus"
+      }
    }
  }
+}
+```
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/attributes/customized-multipath.rb b/attributes/customized-multipath.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7afdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/attributes/customized-multipath.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+default['multipath']['defaults']['user_friendly_names'] = "yes"
+default['multipath']['defaults']['find_multipaths'] =  "yes"
diff --git a/templates/default/customized-multipath.conf.erb b/templates/default/customized-multipath.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7519e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/customized-multipath.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Template dropped by Chef for <%= node["fqdn"] %>
+# Local modifications will be overwritten
+
+defaults {
+  <% node["multipath"]["defaults"].each do |param,param_value| -%>
+  <%= param %> <%= param_value %>
+  <% end -%>
+}
+
+blacklist {
+  <% node["multipath"]["blacklist_wwid"].each do |bl_wwid| -%>
+  wwid <%= bl_wwid %>
+  <% end -%>
+  <% node["multipath"]["blacklist_regex"].each do |bl_device| -%>
+  devnode "<%= bl_device %>"
+  <% end -%>
+  devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
+  devnode "^hd[a-z][[0-9]*]"
+  devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*[p[0-9]*]"
+}
+
+<% unless node["multipath"]["aliases"].empty? -%>
+multipaths {
+<% node["multipath"]["aliases"].each do |alias_def| -%>
+  <% alias_arr = alias_def.split(/:/) -%>
+  multipath {
+    wwid <%= alias_arr[1] %>
+    alias <%= alias_arr[0] %>
+  }
+<% end -%>
+}
+<% end -%>
+
+devices {
+  <% node["multipath"]["devices"].each do |product,parameters| %>
+  device {
+    product "<%= product %>"
+    <% parameters.each do |param,param_value| %>
+    <%= param %> <%= param_value %>
+    <% end -%>
+  }
+  <% end -%>
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/customized/bats/default.bats b/test/integration/customized/bats/default.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce6dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/customized/bats/default.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets default user_friendly_names to yes' {
+    grep -A 1 "defaults {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "user_friendly_names yes"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets default find_multipaths to yes' {
+    grep -A 2 "defaults {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "find_multipaths yes"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets default queue_without_daemon to no' {
+    grep -A 3 "defaults {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "queue_without_daemon no"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets default max_fds to max' {
+    grep -A 4 "defaults {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "max_fds max"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets device product to OPEN-d*' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]OPEN-d"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets OPEN-d* device vendor to HP' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 1 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]OPEN-d" |grep "vendor[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HP"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets OPEN-d* device path_grouping_policy to multibus' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 2 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]OPEN-d" |grep "path_grouping_policy[[:space:]]multibus"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets OPEN-d* device rr_min_io to 1000' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 3 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]OPEN-d" |grep "rr_min_io[[:space:]]1000\>"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets device product to HSV200' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HSV200"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets HSV200 device vendor to HP' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 1 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HSV200" |grep "vendor[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HP"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets HSV200 device path_grouping_policy to group_by_prio' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 2 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HSV200" |grep "path_grouping_policy[[:space:]]group_by_prio"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets HSV200 device rr_min_io to 1000' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 3 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]HSV200" |grep "rr_min_io[[:space:]]100\>"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets device product to Invista' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]Invista"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets Invista device vendor to EMC' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 1 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]Invista" |grep "vendor[[:space:]][[:punct:]]EMC"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets Invista device path_grouping_policy to multibus' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 2 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]Invista" |grep "path_grouping_policy[[:space:]]multibus"
+}
+
+@test 'multipath configuration sets Invista device product_blacklist to LUNZ' {
+    grep -A 4 "device {" /etc/multipath.conf |grep -A 3 "product[[:space:]][[:punct:]]Invista" |grep "product_blacklist[[:space:]][[:punct:]]LUNZ\>"
+}