diff --git a/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/microsite.py b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/microsite.py
index 05409fe9e4..390aba6c5c 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/microsite.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/microsite.py
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ def get_value(val_name, default=None):
     return configuration.get(val_name, default)
 
 
+def has_override_value(val_name):
+    """
+    Returns True/False whether a Microsite has a definition for the
+    specified named value
+    """
+    configuration = get_configuration()
+    return val_name in configuration
+
+
 def get_template_path(relative_path):
     """
     Returns a path (string) to a Mako template, which can either be in
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/middleware.py
index f9e1e0ba15..b6ca090c37 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/middleware.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/middleware.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ A microsite enables the following features:
 2) Present a landing page with a listing of courses that are specific to the 'brand'
 3) Ability to swap out some branding elements in the website
 """
+
+from django.conf import settings
 from microsite_configuration import microsite
 
 
@@ -34,3 +36,50 @@ class MicrositeMiddleware(object):
         """
         microsite.clear()
         return response
+
+
+class MicrositeSessionCookieDomainMiddleware():
+    """
+    Special case middleware which should be at the very end of the MIDDLEWARE list (so that it runs first
+    on the process_response chain). This middleware will define a wrapper function for the set_cookie() function
+    on the HttpResponse object, if the request is running in a middleware.
+
+    This wrapped set_cookie will change the SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN setting so that the cookie can be bound to a
+    fully customized URL.
+    """
+
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        """
+        Standard Middleware entry point
+        """
+
+        # See if we are running in a Microsite *AND* we have a custom SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN defined
+        # in configuration
+        if microsite.has_override_value('SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN'):
+
+            # define wrapper function for the standard set_cookie()
+            def _set_cookie_wrapper(key, value='', max_age=None, expires=None, path='/', domain=None, secure=None, httponly=False):
+
+                # only override if we are setting the cookie name to be the one the Django Session Middleware uses
+                # as defined in settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME
+                if key == settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME:
+                    domain = microsite.get_value('SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN', domain)
+
+                # then call down into the normal Django set_cookie method
+                return response.set_cookie_wrapped_func(
+                    key,
+                    value,
+                    max_age=max_age,
+                    expires=expires,
+                    path=path,
+                    domain=domain,
+                    secure=secure,
+                    httponly=httponly
+                )
+
+            # then point the HttpResponse.set_cookie to point to the wrapper and keep
+            # the original around
+            response.set_cookie_wrapped_func = response.set_cookie
+            response.set_cookie = _set_cookie_wrapper
+
+        return response
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/tests/test_middleware.py b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/tests/test_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cf65b1199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/djangoapps/microsite_configuration/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Test Microsite middleware.
+"""
+from mock import patch
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
+import unittest
+
+
+# NOTE: We set SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST to True in order to make sure
+# Sessions are always started on every request
+@override_settings(SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST=True)
+@unittest.skipUnless(settings.ROOT_URLCONF == 'lms.urls', 'Test only valid in lms')
+class MicroSiteSessionCookieTests(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests regarding the session cookie management in the middlware for MicroSites
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # create a test client
+        self.client = Client()
+
+    def test_session_cookie_domain_no_microsite(self):
+        """
+        Tests that non-microsite behaves according to default behavior
+        """
+
+        response = self.client.get('/')
+        self.assertNotIn('test_microsite.localhost', str(getattr(response, 'cookies')['sessionid']))
+        self.assertNotIn('Domain', str(getattr(response, 'cookies')['sessionid']))
+
+    def test_session_cookie_domain(self):
+        """
+        Makes sure that the cookie being set in a Microsite
+        is the one specially overridden in configuration,
+        in this case in test.py
+        """
+
+        response = self.client.get('/', HTTP_HOST=settings.MICROSITE_TEST_HOSTNAME)
+        self.assertIn('test_microsite.localhost', str(getattr(response, 'cookies')['sessionid']))
+
+    @patch.dict("django.conf.settings.MICROSITE_CONFIGURATION", {'test_microsite': {'SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN': None}})
+    def test_microsite_none_cookie_domain(self):
+        """
+        Tests to make sure that a Microsite that specifies None for 'SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN' does not
+        set a domain on the session cookie
+        """
+
+        response = self.client.get('/', HTTP_HOST=settings.MICROSITE_TEST_HOSTNAME)
+        self.assertNotIn('test_microsite.localhost', str(getattr(response, 'cookies')['sessionid']))
+        self.assertNotIn('Domain', str(getattr(response, 'cookies')['sessionid']))
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 5d3f1fe9a4..342e4c2805 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -983,6 +983,9 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'courseware.middleware.RedirectUnenrolledMiddleware',
 
     'course_wiki.middleware.WikiAccessMiddleware',
+
+    # This must be last
+    'microsite_configuration.middleware.MicrositeSessionCookieDomainMiddleware',
 )
 
 # Clickjacking protection can be enabled by setting this to 'DENY'
diff --git a/lms/envs/test.py b/lms/envs/test.py
index 7f1e751c4d..2f801e278b 100644
--- a/lms/envs/test.py
+++ b/lms/envs/test.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ MICROSITE_CONFIGURATION = {
         "COURSE_ABOUT_VISIBILITY_PERMISSION": "see_about_page",
         "ENABLE_SHOPPING_CART": True,
         "ENABLE_PAID_COURSE_REGISTRATION": True,
+        "SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIN": "test_microsite.localhost",
     },
     "default": {
         "university": "default_university",