--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"test", 0, 0, ARGS_OPT_NOACTION},
 	{"tmp-dir", 1, 0, 't'},
 	{"tmp_dir", 1, 0, 't'},
+	{"lists-dir", 1, 0, 'l'},
+	{"lists_dir", 1, 0, 'l'},
 	{"verbosity", 2, 0, 'V'},
 	{"version", 0, 0, 'v'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *tuple, *targ;
 
 	while (1) {
-		c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:ino:p:t:vV::",
+		c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "Ad:f:ino:p:l:t:vV::",
 				long_options, &option_index);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 't':
 			conf->tmp_dir = xstrdup(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'l':
+			conf->lists_dir = xstrdup(optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'v':
 			printf("opkg version %s\n", VERSION);
 			exit(0);
@@ -316,6 +321,8 @@ usage()
 	printf("\t			automatically to satisfy dependencies\n");
 	printf("\t-t			Specify tmp-dir.\n");
 	printf("\t--tmp-dir		Specify tmp-dir.\n");
+	printf("\t-l			Specify lists-dir.\n");
+	printf("\t--lists-dir		Specify lists-dir.\n");
 
 	printf("\n");
 
