diff --git a/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.8 b/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.8
index c4a090c4..afcb2c8d 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.8
+++ b/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.8
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ prints help message and quit
 .B \-P,\-\-preserve_tunables
 Preserve tunables in policy
 .TP
+.B \-p,\-\-path
+Use an alternate path for the policy root
+.TP
 .B  \-v,\-\-verbose     
 be verbose
 
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ $ semodule \-d alsa
 $ semodule \-X 100 \-i alsa.pp
 # List all modules.
 $ semodule \-l full
+# Set an alternate path for the policy root
+$ semodule \-B \-p "/tmp"
 .fi
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.c b/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.c
index 957f54fa..6b13ce1b 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.c
+++ b/policycoreutils/semodule/semodule.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"priority", required_argument, NULL, 'X'},
 		{"enable", required_argument, NULL, 'e'},
 		{"disable", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+		{"path", required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 	int i;
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 	create_store = 0;
 	priority = 400;
 	while ((i =
-		getopt_long(argc, argv, "s:b:hi:l::vqr:u:RnNBDPX:e:d:", opts,
+		getopt_long(argc, argv, "s:b:hi:l::vqr:u:RnNBDPX:e:d:p:", opts,
 			    NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (i) {
 		case 'b':
@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 's':
 			set_store(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'p':
+			semanage_set_root(optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'R':
 			reload = 1;
 			break;