diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zoneminder.py b/homeassistant/components/zoneminder.py
index 3f43ae01904ba3a4a8255dd3659906440207797b..0ed985fb427500099b634f3fc78e6875fd208acb 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zoneminder.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zoneminder.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import voluptuous as vol
 
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.const import (
-    CONF_URL, CONF_HOST, CONF_PASSWORD, CONF_USERNAME)
+    CONF_PATH, CONF_HOST, CONF_PASSWORD, CONF_USERNAME)
 
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DOMAIN = 'zoneminder'
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
     DOMAIN: vol.Schema({
         vol.Required(CONF_HOST): cv.string,
-        vol.Optional(CONF_URL, default="/zm/"): cv.string,
+        vol.Optional(CONF_PATH, default="/zm/"): cv.string,
         vol.Optional(CONF_USERNAME): cv.string,
         vol.Optional(CONF_PASSWORD): cv.string
     })
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def setup(hass, config):
     ZM = {}
 
     conf = config[DOMAIN]
-    url = urljoin("http://" + conf[CONF_HOST], conf[CONF_URL])
+    url = urljoin("http://" + conf[CONF_HOST], conf[CONF_PATH])
     username = conf.get(CONF_USERNAME, None)
     password = conf.get(CONF_PASSWORD, None)
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index e2670d2b08f9d4814d6a3790316de6702229ef77..763d3639b6807d88d710d5f4bcae1c06ee16ff99 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ CONF_NAME = 'name'
 CONF_OFFSET = 'offset'
 CONF_OPTIMISTIC = 'optimistic'
 CONF_PASSWORD = 'password'
+CONF_PATH = 'path'
 CONF_PAYLOAD = 'payload'
 CONF_PAYLOAD_OFF = 'payload_off'
 CONF_PAYLOAD_ON = 'payload_on'