diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df3ba7e5..e9dd854d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ You can use forever to run any kind of script continuously (whether it is writte
                      eg. forever start --uid "production" app.js
                          forever stop production
     --sourceDir      The source directory for which SCRIPT is relative to
+    --workingDir     The working directory in which SCRIPT will execute
     --minUptime      Minimum uptime (millis) for a script to not be considered "spinning"
     --spinSleepTime  Time to wait (millis) between launches of a spinning script.
     --colors         --no-colors will disable output coloring
diff --git a/lib/forever/cli.js b/lib/forever/cli.js
index c0935ee7..721b95d2 100644
--- a/lib/forever/cli.js
+++ b/lib/forever/cli.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var help = [
   '                   eg. forever start --uid "production" app.js',
   '                       forever stop production',
   '  --sourceDir      The source directory for which SCRIPT is relative to',
+  '  --workingDir     The working directory in which SCRIPT will execute',
   '  --minUptime      Minimum uptime (millis) for a script to not be considered "spinning"',
   '  --spinSleepTime  Time to wait (millis) between launches of a spinning script.',
   '  --colors         --no-colors will disable output coloring',
@@ -210,8 +211,8 @@ var getOptions = cli.getOptions = function (file) {
   [
     'pidFile', 'logFile', 'errFile', 'watch', 'minUptime', 'append',
     'silent', 'outFile', 'max', 'command', 'path', 'spinSleepTime',
-    'sourceDir', 'uid', 'watchDirectory', 'watchIgnore', 'killTree', 'killSignal',
-    'id'
+    'sourceDir', 'workingDir', 'uid', 'watchDirectory', 'watchIgnore',
+    'killTree', 'killSignal', 'id'
   ].forEach(function (key) {
     options[key] = app.config.get(key);
   });
@@ -235,9 +236,8 @@ var getOptions = cli.getOptions = function (file) {
   }
 
   options.sourceDir = options.sourceDir || (file && file[0] !== '/' ? process.cwd() : '/');
-  if (options.sourceDir) {
-    options.spawnWith = {cwd: options.sourceDir};
-  }
+  options.workingDir = options.workingDir || options.sourceDir;
+  options.spawnWith = {cwd: options.workingDir};
 
   return options;
 }