Index: api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/editor/plugins/linkpicker/LinkPickerDialogConfig.java
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--- api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/editor/plugins/linkpicker/LinkPickerDialogConfig.java	(revision 54123)
+++ api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/editor/plugins/linkpicker/LinkPickerDialogConfig.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 
 import javax.jcr.Node;
 import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
+import javax.jcr.Session;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.hippoecm.frontend.model.JcrItemModel;
 import org.hippoecm.frontend.model.properties.JcrPropertyValueModel;
 import org.hippoecm.frontend.plugin.config.IPluginConfig;
 import org.hippoecm.frontend.plugin.config.impl.JavaPluginConfig;
 import org.hippoecm.frontend.plugins.standards.picker.NodePickerControllerSettings;
+import org.hippoecm.frontend.session.UserSession;
 import org.hippoecm.repository.api.HippoNodeType;
 import org.hippoecm.repository.translation.HippoTranslationNodeType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -53,8 +56,31 @@
     }
 
     private static String getPickerBaseUuid(IPluginConfig config, final JcrPropertyValueModel model) {
+        String baseUuid = null;
+
         if (config.containsKey(NodePickerControllerSettings.BASE_UUID)) {
-            return config.getString(NodePickerControllerSettings.BASE_UUID);
+            baseUuid = config.getString(NodePickerControllerSettings.BASE_UUID);
+        }
+
+        // if base.uuid is blank but base.path is set, try to find the base.uuid from the base.path config.
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(baseUuid) && config.containsKey(NodePickerControllerSettings.BASE_PATH)) {
+            final String basePath = config.getString(NodePickerControllerSettings.BASE_PATH);
+
+            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(basePath)) {
+                try {
+                    final Session session = UserSession.get().getJcrSession();
+                    if (session.nodeExists(basePath)) {
+                        final Node baseNode = session.getNode(basePath);
+                        baseUuid = baseNode.getIdentifier();
+                    }
+                } catch (RepositoryException e) {
+                    log.error("Failed to retrieve node identifier from the configured base.path, '{}'.", basePath, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(baseUuid)) {
+            return baseUuid;
         } else if (isLanguageContextAware(config)) {
             try {
                 return getTranslatedBaseUuid(model);
Index: api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/plugins/standards/picker/NodePickerControllerSettings.java
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--- api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/plugins/standards/picker/NodePickerControllerSettings.java	(revision 54123)
+++ api/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/frontend/plugins/standards/picker/NodePickerControllerSettings.java	(working copy)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     private static final String FOLDER_SERVICE_KEY      = "model.folder";
 
     public static final String BASE_UUID                = "base.uuid";
+    public static final String BASE_PATH                = "base.path";
     public static final String SELECTABLE_NODETYPES     = "nodetypes";
 
     public static final String LAST_VISITED_KEY         = "last.visited.key";
Index: editor/repository/src/main/resources/namespace-hippo.xml
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--- editor/repository/src/main/resources/namespace-hippo.xml	(revision 54123)
+++ editor/repository/src/main/resources/namespace-hippo.xml	(working copy)
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@
           <sv:value>cluster.name</sv:value>
           <sv:value>nodetypes</sv:value>
           <sv:value>base.uuid</sv:value>
+          <sv:value>base.path</sv:value>
           <sv:value>last.visited.key</sv:value>
           <sv:value>last.visited.enabled</sv:value>
           <sv:value>last.visited.nodetypes</sv:value>