diff --git a/docs/staticfiles.md b/docs/staticfiles.md
index d8786af4d..3591b4f9f 100644
--- a/docs/staticfiles.md
+++ b/docs/staticfiles.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Starlette also includes a `StaticFiles` class for serving files in a given direc
 Signature: `StaticFiles(directory=None, packages=None, check_dir=True)`
 
 * `directory` - A string or [os.Pathlike][pathlike] denoting a directory path.
-* `packages` - A list of strings of python packages.
+* `packages` - A list of strings or list of tuples of strings of python packages.
 * `html` - Run in HTML mode. Automatically loads `index.html` for directories if such file exist.
 * `check_dir` - Ensure that the directory exists upon instantiation. Defaults to `True`.
 
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ routes=[
 app = Starlette(routes=routes)
 ```
 
+By default `StaticFiles` will look for `statics` directory in each package,
+you can change the default directory by specifying a tuple of strings.
+
+```python
+routes=[
+    ...
+    Mount('/static', app=StaticFiles(packages=[('bootstrap4', 'static')]), name="static"),
+]
+```
+
 You may prefer to include static files directly inside the "static" directory
 rather than using Python packaging to include static files, but it can be useful
 for bundling up reusable components.
diff --git a/starlette/staticfiles.py b/starlette/staticfiles.py
index f7057539f..76e435310 100644
--- a/starlette/staticfiles.py
+++ b/starlette/staticfiles.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         directory: PathLike = None,
-        packages: typing.List[str] = None,
+        packages: typing.List[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, str]]] = None,
         html: bool = False,
         check_dir: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ def __init__(
             raise RuntimeError(f"Directory '{directory}' does not exist")
 
     def get_directories(
-        self, directory: PathLike = None, packages: typing.List[str] = None
+        self,
+        directory: PathLike = None,
+        packages: typing.List[typing.Union[str, typing.Tuple[str, str]]] = None,
     ) -> typing.List[PathLike]:
         """
         Given `directory` and `packages` arguments, return a list of all the
@@ -64,17 +66,19 @@ def get_directories(
             directories.append(directory)
 
         for package in packages or []:
+            if isinstance(package, tuple):
+                package, statics_dir = package
+            else:
+                statics_dir = "statics"
             spec = importlib.util.find_spec(package)
             assert spec is not None, f"Package {package!r} could not be found."
-            assert (
-                spec.origin is not None
-            ), f"Directory 'statics' in package {package!r} could not be found."
+            assert spec.origin is not None, f"Package {package!r} could not be found."
             package_directory = os.path.normpath(
-                os.path.join(spec.origin, "..", "statics")
+                os.path.join(spec.origin, "..", statics_dir)
             )
             assert os.path.isdir(
                 package_directory
-            ), f"Directory 'statics' in package {package!r} could not be found."
+            ), f"Directory '{statics_dir!r}' in package {package!r} could not be found."
             directories.append(package_directory)
 
         return directories
diff --git a/tests/test_staticfiles.py b/tests/test_staticfiles.py
index 8057af689..bd7e0de02 100644
--- a/tests/test_staticfiles.py
+++ b/tests/test_staticfiles.py
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def test_staticfiles_with_package(test_client_factory):
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.text == "123\n"
 
+    app = StaticFiles(packages=[("tests", "statics")])
+    client = test_client_factory(app)
+    response = client.get("/example.txt")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.text == "123\n"
+
 
 def test_staticfiles_post(tmpdir, test_client_factory):
     path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "example.txt")