diff --git a/repo2html b/repo2html
index 0630b99..b674c55 100755
--- a/repo2html
+++ b/repo2html
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ while getopts t:d:c:e:l:f:o:C:ER:T: opt; do
     e) html_ext="$OPTARG";;
     l) license="$OPTARG";;
     f) msgfmt="$OPTARG";;
+    o)
+        # recognize both absolute and relative paths
+        if [ "${OPTARG:0:1}" == / ]; then
+          path_out="$OPTARG"
+        else
+          path_out="$path_out/$OPTARG"
+        fi
+        ;;
     C) html_external_css="$OPTARG";;
     E) html_ext=;;
     R) rss_count="$OPTARG";;