diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
index 8c65726e236..03629a10d77 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ export namespace Config {
           },
         ),
       instructions: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Additional instruction files or patterns to include"),
+      skills: z.array(z.string()).optional().describe("Additional skill directories to scan for SKILL.md files"),
       layout: Layout.optional().describe("@deprecated Always uses stretch layout."),
       permission: Permission.optional(),
       tools: z.record(z.string(), z.boolean()).optional(),
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/skill/skill.ts b/packages/opencode/src/skill/skill.ts
index 12fc9ee90c7..dad756e969d 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/skill/skill.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/skill/skill.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import z from "zod"
 import path from "path"
+import os from "os"
 import { Config } from "../config/config"
 import { Instance } from "../project/instance"
 import { NamedError } from "@opencode-ai/util/error"
@@ -122,6 +123,36 @@ export namespace Skill {
       }
     }
 
+    // Scan custom skill directories from config
+    const config = await Config.get()
+    if (config.skills) {
+      for (const skillPath of config.skills) {
+        const resolvedPath = (() => {
+          if (skillPath.startsWith("~/")) {
+            return path.join(os.homedir(), skillPath.slice(2))
+          }
+          if (path.isAbsolute(skillPath)) {
+            return skillPath
+          }
+          return path.resolve(Instance.directory, skillPath)
+        })()
+
+        if (!(await Filesystem.isDir(resolvedPath))) {
+          log.warn("custom skill directory not found", { path: resolvedPath })
+          continue
+        }
+
+        for await (const match of new Bun.Glob("**/SKILL.md").scan({
+          cwd: resolvedPath,
+          absolute: true,
+          onlyFiles: true,
+          followSymlinks: true,
+        })) {
+          await addSkill(match)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return skills
   })