diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index d8bd5a6a8e..f370c9f4cc 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Enhance\sthe\s"rbu"\scommand\sline\sutility\sa\sbit.
-D 2018-04-20T20:37:25.557
+C Add\sthe\s-dDIRECTORY\scommand-line\soption\sto\sLEMON.
+D 2018-04-20T20:47:49.473
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in 5ce9343cba9c189046f1afe6d2bcc1f68079439febc05267b98aec6ecc752439
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ F tool/genfkey.README cf68fddd4643bbe3ff8e31b8b6d8b0a1b85e20f4
 F tool/genfkey.test 4196a8928b78f51d54ef58e99e99401ab2f0a7e5
 F tool/getlock.c f4c39b651370156cae979501a7b156bdba50e7ce
 F tool/kvtest-speed.sh 4761a9c4b3530907562314d7757995787f7aef8f
-F tool/lemon.c 3b5fb488c6b27e7cc4e3191cc1014af6d6250786dcae02991fb0df0d598fc5df
+F tool/lemon.c 56eb42d92187547c58646482a49686e114eb4c0e8363820c70b5134bd6bb954f
 F tool/lempar.c 468a155e8729cfbccfe1d85bf60d064f1dab76167a51149ec5c7928a2de63953
 F tool/libvers.c caafc3b689638a1d88d44bc5f526c2278760d9b9
 F tool/loadfts.c c3c64e4d5e90e8ba41159232c2189dba4be7b862
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P d2ab24f59d92527fe503fa7dc2128078fbc4dd2d2c1148effa9ea1957ab19940
-R 0a01952ab5e7062b6ef99418ce0e1189
-U dan
-Z 04ee3d5e6c96c9d55fb19cc03ce1ab7e
+P 61eb516f83d1a7fe44f72bebe2a2745ab904a02e06e38fb6d932348c49607976
+R 2e3699916a271d97bd14586c4c2b85d2
+U drh
+Z 1b705604071ba48d495987879b565b84
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 84aab461c1..a8768f13cc 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-61eb516f83d1a7fe44f72bebe2a2745ab904a02e06e38fb6d932348c49607976
\ No newline at end of file
+9cd20475ff3b2ca1a58e441194c921780d25bdb9b9c744a6b4541b888194efb8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tool/lemon.c b/tool/lemon.c
index d42584d107..12c3c8fb8b 100644
--- a/tool/lemon.c
+++ b/tool/lemon.c
@@ -1535,6 +1535,18 @@ static void handle_D_option(char *z){
   *z = 0;
 }
 
+/* Rember the name of the output directory 
+*/
+static char *outputDir = NULL;
+static void handle_d_option(char *z){
+  outputDir = (char *) malloc( lemonStrlen(z)+1 );
+  if( outputDir==0 ){
+    fprintf(stderr,"out of memory\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  lemon_strcpy(outputDir, z);
+}
+
 static char *user_templatename = NULL;
 static void handle_T_option(char *z){
   user_templatename = (char *) malloc( lemonStrlen(z)+1 );
@@ -1616,9 +1628,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   static int mhflag = 0;
   static int nolinenosflag = 0;
   static int noResort = 0;
+  
   static struct s_options options[] = {
     {OPT_FLAG, "b", (char*)&basisflag, "Print only the basis in report."},
     {OPT_FLAG, "c", (char*)&compress, "Don't compress the action table."},
+    {OPT_FSTR, "d", (char*)&handle_d_option, "Output directory.  Default '.'"},
     {OPT_FSTR, "D", (char*)handle_D_option, "Define an %ifdef macro."},
     {OPT_FSTR, "f", 0, "Ignored.  (Placeholder for -f compiler options.)"},
     {OPT_FLAG, "g", (char*)&rpflag, "Print grammar without actions."},
@@ -3025,13 +3039,28 @@ PRIVATE char *file_makename(struct lemon *lemp, const char *suffix)
 {
   char *name;
   char *cp;
+  char *filename = lemp->filename;
+  int sz;
 
-  name = (char*)malloc( lemonStrlen(lemp->filename) + lemonStrlen(suffix) + 5 );
+  if( outputDir ){
+    cp = strrchr(filename, '/');
+    if( cp ) filename = cp + 1;
+  }
+  sz = lemonStrlen(filename);
+  sz += lemonStrlen(suffix);
+  if( outputDir ) sz += lemonStrlen(outputDir) + 1;
+  sz += 5;
+  name = (char*)malloc( sz );
   if( name==0 ){
     fprintf(stderr,"Can't allocate space for a filename.\n");
     exit(1);
   }
-  lemon_strcpy(name,lemp->filename);
+  name[0] = 0;
+  if( outputDir ){
+    lemon_strcpy(name, outputDir);
+    lemon_strcat(name, "/");
+  }
+  lemon_strcat(name,filename);
   cp = strrchr(name,'.');
   if( cp ) *cp = 0;
   lemon_strcat(name,suffix);