diff --git a/parser/apparmor_parser.pod b/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
index cff59d6d2..1a083de85 100644
--- a/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
+++ b/parser/apparmor_parser.pod
@@ -127,16 +127,21 @@ Perform no caching at all: disables -W, implies -T.
 
 =item -T, --skip-read-cache
 
-By default, if a profile's cache is found in /etc/apparmor.d/cache/ and
-the timestamp is newer than the profile, it will be loaded from the cache.
-This option disables this cache loading behavior.
+By default, if a profile's cache is found in the location specified by
+--cache-loc and the timestamp is newer than the profile, it will be loaded
+from the cache. This option disables this cache loading behavior.
 
 =item -W, --write-cache
 
-Write out cached profiles to /etc/apparmor.d/cache/.  Off by default.
-In cases where abstractions have been changed, and the parser is running
-with "--replace", it may make sense to also use "--skip-read-cache" with
-the "--write-cache" option.
+Write out cached profiles to the location specified in --cache-loc.  Off
+by default. In cases where abstractions have been changed, and the parser
+is running with "--replace", it may make sense to also use
+"--skip-read-cache" with the "--write-cache" option.
+
+=item -L, --cache-loc
+
+Set the location of the cache directory.  If not specified the cache location
+defaults to /etc/apparmor.d/cache
 
 =item -Q, --skip-kernel-load
 
diff --git a/parser/parser_main.c b/parser/parser_main.c
index 721582d6e..e98e1cf1c 100644
--- a/parser/parser_main.c
+++ b/parser/parser_main.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct timespec mru_tstamp;
 
 char *match_string = NULL;
 char *flags_string = NULL;
+char *cacheloc = NULL;
 
 /* per-profile settings */
 int force_complain = 0;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"skip-read-cache",	0, 0, 'T'},
 	{"write-cache",		0, 0, 'W'},
 	{"show-cache",		0, 0, 'k'},
+	{"cache-loc",		1, 0, 'L'},
 	{"debug",		0, 0, 'd'},
 	{"dump",		1, 0, 'D'},
 	{"Dump",		1, 0, 'D'},
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ static void display_usage(char *command)
 	       "-K, --skip-cache	Do not attempt to load or save cached profiles\n"
 	       "-T, --skip-read-cache	Do not attempt to load cached profiles\n"
 	       "-W, --write-cache	Save cached profile (force with -T)\n"
+	       "-L, --cache-loc n	Set the location of the profile cache\n"
 	       "-q, --quiet		Don't emit warnings\n"
 	       "-v, --verbose		Show profile names as they load\n"
 	       "-Q, --skip-kernel-load	Do everything except loading into kernel\n"
@@ -522,6 +525,9 @@ static int process_arg(int c, char *optarg)
 	case 'T':
 		skip_read_cache = 1;
 		break;
+	case 'L':
+		cacheloc = strdup(optarg);
+		break;
 	case 'Q':
 		kernel_load = 0;
 		break;
@@ -928,8 +934,14 @@ int process_profile(int option, char *profilename)
 	 */
 	if ((profilename && option != OPTION_REMOVE) && !force_complain &&
 	    !skip_cache) {
-		if (asprintf(&cachename, "%s/%s/%s", basedir, "cache", basename)<0) {
-			perror("asprintf");
+		if (cacheloc) {
+			cachename = strdup(cacheloc);
+			if (!cachename) {
+				PERROR(_("Memory allocation error."));
+				exit(1);
+			}
+		} else if (asprintf(&cachename, "%s/%s/%s", basedir, "cache", basename)<0) {
+			PERROR(_("Memory allocation error."));
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		/* Load a binary cache if it exists and is newest */