2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
index 0ca67b77d5..b329568c7a 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class DirectPlugin(ImagerPlugin):
 
         self.name = "%s-%s" % (os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(wks_file))[0],
                                strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M"))
-        self.workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.outdir, prefix='tmp.wic.')
+        self.workdir = options.workdir or tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=self.outdir, prefix='tmp.wic.')
         self._image = None
         self.ptable_format = self.ks.bootloader.ptable
         self.parts = self.ks.partitions
diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic
index 24700f380f..a741aed364 100755
--- a/scripts/wic
+++ b/scripts/wic
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ def wic_init_parser_create(subparser):
 
     subparser.add_argument("-o", "--outdir", dest="outdir", default='.',
                       help="name of directory to create image in")
+    subparser.add_argument("-w", "--workdir",
+                      help="temporary workdir to use for intermediate files")
     subparser.add_argument("-e", "--image-name", dest="image_name",
                       help="name of the image to use the artifacts from "
                            "e.g. core-image-sato")