diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69121edfb..6e14425b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add support for actix-web-macros methods routing [PR#289](https://github.com/wafflespeanut/paperclip/pull/289)
 - Actix plugin: add an empty impl for actix-web `ReqData<T>`
 - Add support for the `#[serde(skip)]` attribute in structs and enums.
+- Added new method `trim_base_path` to trim the api base path from all method paths.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/plugins/actix-web/src/lib.rs b/plugins/actix-web/src/lib.rs
index 8e44ea30c..031d2ed2d 100644
--- a/plugins/actix-web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/actix-web/src/lib.rs
@@ -286,6 +286,25 @@ where
         self.inner.expect("missing app?")
     }
 
+    /// Trim's the Api base path from the start of all method paths.
+    /// **NOTE:** much like `with_raw_json_spec` this only has the API spec built until
+    /// this function call. Any route handler added after this call won't have the base path trimmed.
+    /// So, it's important to call this function after adding all route handlers.
+    pub fn trim_base_path(self) -> Self {
+        {
+            let mut spec = self.spec.write();
+            let base_path = spec.base_path.clone().unwrap_or_default();
+            spec.paths = spec.paths.iter().fold(BTreeMap::new(), |mut i, (k, v)| {
+                i.insert(
+                    k.trim_start_matches(base_path.as_str()).to_string(),
+                    v.clone(),
+                );
+                i
+            });
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Updates the underlying spec with definitions and operations from the given factory.
     fn update_from_mountable<F>(&mut self, factory: &mut F)
     where
diff --git a/plugins/actix-web/src/web.rs b/plugins/actix-web/src/web.rs
index 65fc49511..c9576b450 100644
--- a/plugins/actix-web/src/web.rs
+++ b/plugins/actix-web/src/web.rs
@@ -774,4 +774,12 @@ impl<'a> ServiceConfig<'a> {
         self.inner.external_resource(name, url);
         self
     }
+
+    /// Proxy for [`actix_web::web::ServiceConfig::app_data`](https://docs.rs/actix-web/3.3.2/actix_web/web/struct.ServiceConfig.html#method.app_data).
+    ///
+    /// **NOTE:** This doesn't affect spec generation.
+    pub fn app_data<U: 'static>(&mut self, data: U) -> &mut Self {
+        self.inner.app_data(data);
+        self
+    }
 }