diff --git a/poky/scripts/wic b/poky/scripts/wic
index 24700f3..a741aed 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/wic
+++ b/poky/scripts/wic
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@
 
     subparser.add_argument("-o", "--outdir", dest="outdir", default='.',
                       help="name of directory to create image in")
+    subparser.add_argument("-w", "--workdir",
+                      help="temporary workdir to use for intermediate files")
     subparser.add_argument("-e", "--image-name", dest="image_name",
                       help="name of the image to use the artifacts from "
                            "e.g. core-image-sato")