diff --git a/runner/configuration/environment-config.ts b/runner/configuration/environment-config.ts
index f255a2b..303ba6a 100644
--- a/runner/configuration/environment-config.ts
+++ b/runner/configuration/environment-config.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ export const environmentConfigSchema = z.object({
   fullStackFramework: z.string().optional(),
   /** Path to the prompt to use when rating code. */
   codeRatingPrompt: z.string().optional(),
+  /** Path to the prompt to use when rating screenshots. */
+  visualRatingPrompt: z.string().optional(),
   /** When enabled, the system prompts for this environment won't be included in the report. */
   classifyPrompts: z.boolean().optional(),
   /**
diff --git a/runner/configuration/environment.ts b/runner/configuration/environment.ts
index 0b967f2..4af69f0 100644
--- a/runner/configuration/environment.ts
+++ b/runner/configuration/environment.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export class Environment {
   readonly clientSideFramework: FrameworkInfo;
   /** Path from which to read the code rating prompt. */
   readonly codeRatingPromptPath: string | null;
+  /** Path from which to read the visual rating prompt. */
+  readonly visualRatingPromptPath: string | null;
   /** Whether the prompts should be removed from the final report. */
   readonly classifyPrompts: boolean;
   /** Whether this is one of the built-in environment that come with the runner. */
@@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ export class Environment {
     this.codeRatingPromptPath = config.codeRatingPrompt
       ? join(rootPath, config.codeRatingPrompt)
       : null;
+    this.visualRatingPromptPath = config.visualRatingPrompt
+      ? join(rootPath, config.visualRatingPrompt)
+      : null;
     this.classifyPrompts = config.classifyPrompts ?? false;
     this.isBuiltIn = rootPath.includes('node_modules');
     this.executor = config.executor;
diff --git a/runner/ratings/autoraters/visuals-rater.ts b/runner/ratings/autoraters/visuals-rater.ts
index 4dc5a76..c66ec3b 100644
--- a/runner/ratings/autoraters/visuals-rater.ts
+++ b/runner/ratings/autoraters/visuals-rater.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import {Environment} from '../../configuration/environment.js';
 import {screenshotUrlToPngBuffer} from '../../utils/screenshots.js';
 import {Usage} from '../../shared-interfaces.js';
 import {AiSdkRunner} from '../../codegen/ai-sdk/ai-sdk-runner.js';
+import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
+
+/** Cache for visual rating prompts that have been read from disk. */
+const CACHED_VISUAL_RATING_PROMPTS: Record<string, string> = {};
 
 /**
  * Automatically rate the appearance of a screenshot using an LLM.
@@ -32,7 +36,18 @@ export async function autoRateAppearance(
   screenshotPngUrl: string,
   label: string,
 ): Promise<AutoRateResult> {
-  const prompt = environment.renderPrompt(defaultVisualRaterPrompt, null, {
+  let promptText: string;
+  if (environment.visualRatingPromptPath) {
+    CACHED_VISUAL_RATING_PROMPTS[environment.visualRatingPromptPath] ??= readFileSync(
+      environment.visualRatingPromptPath,
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    promptText = CACHED_VISUAL_RATING_PROMPTS[environment.visualRatingPromptPath];
+  } else {
+    promptText = defaultVisualRaterPrompt;
+  }
+
+  const prompt = environment.renderPrompt(promptText, environment.visualRatingPromptPath, {
     APP_PROMPT: appPrompt,
   }).result;