diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ coreconfigitem('hooks', '.*',
     default=dynamicdefault,
     generic=True,
 )
+coreconfigitem('hgweb-paths', '.*',
+    default=list,
+    generic=True,
+)
 coreconfigitem('hostfingerprints', '.*',
     default=list,
     generic=True,