diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ca039ae3..c6a17a05f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -372,10 +372,13 @@ from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
 
 mcp = FastMCP("My App")
 
+# Customize a mount path 
+mcp_mount_path = '/mcp'
+
 # Mount the SSE server to the existing ASGI server
 app = Starlette(
     routes=[
-        Mount('/', app=mcp.sse_app()),
+        Mount(mcp_mount_path, app=mcp.sse_app(mcp_mount_path=mcp_mount_path)),
     ]
 )
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py b/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
index f3bb2586a..2e61f1fdb 100644
--- a/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
+++ b/src/mcp/server/fastmcp/server.py
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ async def run_sse_async(self) -> None:
         server = uvicorn.Server(config)
         await server.serve()
 
-    def sse_app(self) -> Starlette:
+    def sse_app(self, mcp_mount_path: str = '') -> Starlette:
         """Return an instance of the SSE server app."""
-        sse = SseServerTransport(self.settings.message_path)
+        sse = SseServerTransport(mcp_mount_path + self.settings.message_path)
 
         async def handle_sse(request: Request) -> None:
             async with sse.connect_sse(