diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index fd11638c..4bf2ab9b 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ func (c *Context) Destroy() {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetSearchPaths sets the paths PROJ should be exploring to find the PROJ Data files.
+func (c *Context) SetSearchPaths(paths []string) {
+	c.Lock()
+	defer c.Unlock()
+	cPaths := make([]*C.char, len(paths))
+	var pathPtr unsafe.Pointer
+	for i, path := range paths {
+		cPaths[i] = C.CString(path)
+		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cPaths[i]))
+	}
+	if len(paths) > 0 {
+		pathPtr = unsafe.Pointer(&cPaths[0])
+	}
+	C.proj_context_set_search_paths(c.pjContext, C.int(len(cPaths)), (**C.char)(pathPtr))
+}
+
 func (c *Context) Lock() {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
 }
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
index e9595793..34467d25 100644
--- a/context_test.go
+++ b/context_test.go
@@ -139,3 +139,18 @@ func TestContext_NewFromArgs(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestContext_SetSearchPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	defer runtime.GC()
+
+	context := proj.NewContext()
+	assert.NotZero(t, context)
+
+	// The C function does not return any error so we only validate
+	// that executing the SetSearchPaths function call
+	// does not panic considering various boundary conditions
+	context.SetSearchPaths(nil)
+	context.SetSearchPaths([]string{})
+	context.SetSearchPaths([]string{"/tmp/data"})
+	context.SetSearchPaths([]string{"/tmp/data", "/tmp/data2"})
+}