2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py b/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
index f0c5ff0aaf..4996bfffe7 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/wic/engine.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def wic_create(wks_file, rootfs_dir, bootimg_dir, kernel_dir,
     if not os.path.exists(options.outdir):
         os.makedirs(options.outdir)
 
-    pname = 'direct'
+    pname = options.imager
     plugin_class = PluginMgr.get_plugins('imager').get(pname)
     if not plugin_class:
         raise WicError('Unknown plugin: %s' % pname)
diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic
index 7392bc4e7f..37dfe2dc58 100755
--- a/scripts/wic
+++ b/scripts/wic
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ def wic_init_parser_create(subparser):
                            "bitbake variables")
     subparser.add_argument("-D", "--debug", dest="debug", action="store_true",
                       default=False, help="output debug information")
+    subparser.add_argument("-i", "--imager", dest="imager",
+                      default="direct", help="the wic imager plugin")
     return