diff --git a/bash_completion/cekit b/bash_completion/cekit
index e1465c3..ec29995 100755
--- a/bash_completion/cekit
+++ b/bash_completion/cekit
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ _cekit_global_options()
     options+='--overrides '
     options+='--target '
     options+='--descriptor '
+    options+='--work-dir '
     echo "$options"
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ _cekit_complete()
 	_filedir -d
 	return
 
+    elif [[ '--work-dir' == $prev ]]; then
+	_filedir -d
+	return
+
     elif [[ 'build generate' =~ .*$prev.* ]]; then
 	local options
 	options+=$(_cekit_global_options)
diff --git a/cekit/cli.py b/cekit/cli.py
index 55f9dd6..922d488 100644
--- a/cekit/cli.py
+++ b/cekit/cli.py
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class Cekit(object):
                             action='store_true',
                             help='Set default options for Red Hat internal infrasructure.')
 
+        parser.add_argument('--work-dir',
+                            dest='work_dir',
+                            help="Location of cekit working directory, it's "
+                            "used to store dist-git repos.")
+
         test_group = parser.add_argument_group('test',
                                                "Arguments valid for the 'test' target")
 
@@ -165,6 +170,8 @@ class Cekit(object):
 
             if self.args.redhat:
                 tools.cfg['common']['redhat'] = True
+            if self.args.work_dir:
+                tools.cfg['common']['work_dir'] = self.args.work_dir
 
             # We need to construct Generator first, because we need overrides
             # merged in
diff --git a/docs/build.rst b/docs/build.rst
index 78d1f6d..1a466e6 100644
--- a/docs/build.rst
+++ b/docs/build.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ You can execute an container image build by running:
 
 * ``--tag`` -- an image tag used to build image (can be specified multiple times)
 * ``--redhat`` -- build image using Red Hat defaults. See :ref:`Configuration section for Red Hat specific options<redhat_config>` for additional details.
+* ``--work-dir`` -- sets Cekit works directory where dist_git repositories are cloned into See :ref:`Configuration section for work_dir<workdir_config>`
 * ``--build-engine`` -- a builder engine to use ``osbs``, ``buildah`` or ``docker`` [#f1]_
 * ``--build-pull`` -- ask a builder engine to check and fetch latest base image
 * ``--build-osbs-stage`` -- use ``rhpkg-stage`` tool instead of ``rhpkg``
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index dc1a6ca..645cc78 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -18,12 +18,20 @@ Below you can find description of available sections together with options descr
 ``common``
 ------------
 
+.. _workdir_config:
+
 ``work_dir``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Contains location of Cekit working directory, which is used to store some persistent data like
 dist_git repositories.
 
+.. code:: yaml
+
+    [common]
+    work_dir=/tmp
+
+
 ``ssl_verify``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

diff --git a/tests/test_unit_args.py b/tests/test_unit_args.py
index fdb2042..6c5a555 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit_args.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit_args.py
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ def test_args_config_default(mocker):
     assert Cekit().parse().args.config == '~/.cekit/config'
 
 
+def test_args_workd_dir(mocker):
+    mocker.patch.object(sys, 'argv', ['cekit',
+                                      'generate',
+                                      '--work-dir',
+                                      'foo'])
+
+    assert Cekit().parse().args.work_dir == 'foo'
+
+
 def test_args_config(mocker):
     mocker.patch.object(sys, 'argv', ['cekit',
                                       '--config',

Make it possible to specify where dist-git repositories should be cloned
It is important so we do not reuse the same directories when running in parallel.
tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_workd_dir
tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_command[generate] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_command[build] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_command[test] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_not_valid_command tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_tags[tags0-build_tags0-expected0] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_tags[tags1-build_tags1-expected1] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_tags[tags2-build_tags2-expected2] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_tags[tags3-build_tags3-expected3] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_build_pull tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_build_engine[osbs] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_build_engine[docker] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_build_engine[buildah] tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_osbs_stage tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_osbs_stage_false tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_invalid_build_engine tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_osbs_user tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_config_default tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_config tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_target tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_redhat tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_redhat_default tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_osbs_nowait tests/test_unit_args.py::test_args_osbs_no_nowait