diff --git a/trunk/wscript b/trunk/wscript
index a20a54a..8a016f3 100644
--- a/trunk/wscript
+++ b/trunk/wscript
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ def set_options(opt):
                     type='string',
                     help='LADSPA plugin directory [Default: <prefix>/lib/ladspa]')
 
+    lv2 = opt.add_option_group("LV2 Options")
+
+    lv2.add_option('--lv2dir',
+                    type='string',
+                    help='LV2 plugin directory [Default: <prefix>/lib/lv2]')
+
     opt.recurse('pygxw')
     opt.recurse('glade-gxw')
 
@@ -570,7 +576,10 @@ def configure(conf):
 
     conf.env['LV2'] =  opt.build_lv2
     if opt.build_lv2:
-        conf.define('LV2DIR', os.path.normpath(os.path.join(conf.env['LIBDIR'], 'lv2')) )
+        if opt.lv2dir:
+            conf.define('LV2DIR', opt.lv2dir)
+        else:
+            conf.define('LV2DIR', os.path.normpath(os.path.join(conf.env['LIBDIR'], 'lv2')) )
 
 
     conf.env['NEW_LADSPA'] = not opt.no_ladspa and not opt.no_new_ladspa