diff --git a/src/config-schema.js b/src/config-schema.js
index 39f0585..24ee2de 100644
--- a/src/config-schema.js
+++ b/src/config-schema.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ const configSchema = {
   core: {
     type: 'object',
     properties: {
+      apmPath: {
+        type: 'string',
+        "default": '{{ATOM_PREFIX}}/usr/bin/apm{{ATOM_SUFFIX}}',
+        description: 'Path to apm executable.'
+      },
       ignoredNames: {
         type: 'array',
         default: ['.git', '.hg', '.svn', '.DS_Store', '._*', 'Thumbs.db', 'desktop.ini'],