diff --git a/compressor/cache.py b/compressor/cache.py
index d04a9246..61523571 100644
--- a/compressor/cache.py
+++ b/compressor/cache.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from django.utils.functional import SimpleLazyObject
 
 from compressor.conf import settings
-from compressor.storage import default_storage
+from compressor.storage import default_offline_manifest_storage
 from compressor.utils import get_mod_func
 
 _cachekey_func = None
@@ -66,20 +66,15 @@ def get_offline_cachekey(source):
     return get_cachekey("offline.%s" % get_offline_hexdigest(source))
 
 
-def get_offline_manifest_filename():
-    output_dir = settings.COMPRESS_OUTPUT_DIR.strip('/')
-    return os.path.join(output_dir, settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST)
-
-
 _offline_manifest = None
 
 
 def get_offline_manifest():
     global _offline_manifest
     if _offline_manifest is None:
-        filename = get_offline_manifest_filename()
-        if default_storage.exists(filename):
-            with default_storage.open(filename) as fp:
+        filename = settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST
+        if default_offline_manifest_storage.exists(filename):
+            with default_offline_manifest_storage.open(filename) as fp:
                 _offline_manifest = json.loads(fp.read().decode('utf8'))
         else:
             _offline_manifest = {}
@@ -92,9 +87,8 @@ def flush_offline_manifest():
 
 
 def write_offline_manifest(manifest):
-    filename = get_offline_manifest_filename()
     content = json.dumps(manifest, indent=2).encode('utf8')
-    default_storage.save(filename, ContentFile(content))
+    default_offline_manifest_storage.save(settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST, ContentFile(content))
     flush_offline_manifest()
 
 
diff --git a/compressor/conf.py b/compressor/conf.py
index 9a2d158a..7ebdbaee 100644
--- a/compressor/conf.py
+++ b/compressor/conf.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class CompressorConf(AppConf):
     OFFLINE_CONTEXT = {}
     # The name of the manifest file (e.g. filename.ext)
     OFFLINE_MANIFEST = 'manifest.json'
+    OFFLINE_MANIFEST_STORAGE = 'compressor.storage.OfflineManifestFileStorage'
     # The Context to be used when TemplateFilter is used
     TEMPLATE_FILTER_CONTEXT = {}
     # Placeholder to be used instead of settings.COMPRESS_URL during offline compression.
diff --git a/compressor/storage.py b/compressor/storage.py
index 5d12eb8c..1bf58ddf 100644
--- a/compressor/storage.py
+++ b/compressor/storage.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
 import time
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
 from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage, get_storage_class
 from django.utils.functional import LazyObject, SimpleLazyObject
@@ -110,3 +111,20 @@ def _setup(self):
 
 
 default_storage = DefaultStorage()
+
+
+class OfflineManifestFileStorage(CompressorFileStorage):
+    def __init__(self, location=None, base_url=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if location is None:
+            location = os.path.join(settings.COMPRESS_ROOT, settings.COMPRESS_OUTPUT_DIR)
+        if base_url is None:
+            base_url = urljoin(settings.COMPRESS_URL, settings.COMPRESS_OUTPUT_DIR)
+        super().__init__(location, base_url, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class DefaultOfflineManifestStorage(LazyObject):
+    def _setup(self):
+        self._wrapped = get_storage_class(settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST_STORAGE)()
+
+
+default_offline_manifest_storage = DefaultOfflineManifestStorage()
diff --git a/compressor/tests/test_offline.py b/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
index 69363775..b7ff0fac 100644
--- a/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
+++ b/compressor/tests/test_offline.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from compressor.cache import flush_offline_manifest, get_offline_manifest
 from compressor.exceptions import OfflineGenerationError
 from compressor.management.commands.compress import Command as CompressCommand
-from compressor.storage import default_storage
+from compressor.storage import default_offline_manifest_storage
 from compressor.utils import get_mod_func
 
 
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ def setUp(self):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.override_settings.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
-        manifest_path = os.path.join('CACHE', 'manifest.json')
-        if default_storage.exists(manifest_path):
-            default_storage.delete(manifest_path)
+        manifest_filename = 'manifest.json'
+        if default_offline_manifest_storage.exists(manifest_filename):
+            default_offline_manifest_storage.delete(manifest_filename)
 
     def _prepare_contexts(self, engine):
         contexts = settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_CONTEXT
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ def test_rendering_without_manifest_raises_exception_jinja2(self):
     def _test_deleting_manifest_does_not_affect_rendering(self, engine):
         count, result = CompressCommand().handle_inner(engines=[engine], verbosity=0)
         get_offline_manifest()
-        manifest_path = os.path.join('CACHE', 'manifest.json')
-        if default_storage.exists(manifest_path):
-            default_storage.delete(manifest_path)
+        manifest_filename = 'manifest.json'
+        if default_offline_manifest_storage.exists(manifest_filename):
+            default_offline_manifest_storage.delete(manifest_filename)
         self.assertEqual(1, count)
         self.assertEqual([self._render_script(self.expected_hash)], result)
         rendered_template = self._render_template(engine)
diff --git a/compressor/tests/test_storages.py b/compressor/tests/test_storages.py
index 9168510f..112c250a 100644
--- a/compressor/tests/test_storages.py
+++ b/compressor/tests/test_storages.py
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ def test_duplicate_save_overwrites_same_file(self):
         filename2 = self.default_storage.save('test.txt', ContentFile('yeah yeah'))
         self.assertEqual(filename1, filename2)
         self.assertNotIn("_", filename2)
+
+    def test_offline_manifest_storage(self):
+        storage.default_offline_manifest_storage.save('test.txt', ContentFile('yeah yeah'))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(settings.COMPRESS_ROOT, 'CACHE', 'test.txt')))
+        # Check that the file is stored at the same default location as before the new manifest storage.
+        self.assertTrue(self.default_storage.exists(os.path.join('CACHE', 'test.txt')))
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 0f1a4477..420906fd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
+- New setting ``COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST_STORAGE`` to customize the offline manifest's file storage (#1112)
+
+  With this change the function ``compressor.cache.get_offline_manifest_filename()`` has been removed.
+  You can now use the new file storage ``compressor.storage.default_offline_manifest_storage`` to access the
+  location of the manifest.
+
+
 v4.0 (2022-03-23)
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 7b65b668..c2ab0482 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -541,3 +541,26 @@ Offline settings
 
     The name of the file to be used for saving the names of the files
     compressed offline.
+
+.. attribute:: COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST_STORAGE
+
+    :Default: ``compressor.storage.OfflineManifestFileStorage``
+
+    The dotted path to a Django Storage backend to be used to save the
+    offline manifest.
+
+    By default, the file configured with
+    :attr:`~django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_OFFLINE_MANIFEST` will be stored
+    into :attr:`~django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_OUTPUT_DIR`.
+
+    An example to output the manifest into the project's root directory::
+
+        # project/settings.py:
+        COMPRESS_STORAGE = 'project.module.PrivateOfflineManifestFileStorage'
+
+        # project/module.py:
+        from compressor.storage import OfflineManifestFileStorage
+        from django.conf import settings
+        class PrivateOfflineManifestFileStorage(OfflineManifestFileStorage):
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                super().__init__(settings.BASE_DIR, None, *args, **kwargs)