diff --git a/tools/env/fw_env.h b/tools/env/fw_env.h
index 436eca9..05588ab 100644
--- a/tools/env/fw_env.h
+++ b/tools/env/fw_env.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #endif
 	int aes_flag; /* Is AES encryption used? */
 	uint8_t aes_key[AES_KEY_LENGTH];
+	char *lockname;
 };
 
 int parse_aes_key(char *key, uint8_t *bin_key);
diff --git a/tools/env/fw_env_main.c b/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
index 7a17b28..443de36 100644
--- a/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
+++ b/tools/env/fw_env_main.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 	{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
 	{"script", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
 	{"noheader", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
+	{"lock", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 		" -c, --config         configuration file, default:" CONFIG_FILE "\n"
 #endif
 		" -n, --noheader       do not repeat variable name in output\n"
+		" -l, --lock           lock node, default:/var/lock\n"
 		"\n");
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FILE
 		" -c, --config         configuration file, default:" CONFIG_FILE "\n"
 #endif
+		" -l, --lock           lock node, default:/var/lock\n"
 		" -s, --script         batch mode to minimize writes\n"
 		"\n"
 		"Examples:\n"
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@
 	env_opts.config_file = CONFIG_FILE;
 #endif
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":a:c:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":a:c:l:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
 	       EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'a':
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@
 			env_opts.config_file = optarg;
 			break;
 #endif
+		case 'l':
+			env_opts.lockname = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			do_printenv ? usage_printenv() : usage_setenv();
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
@@ -155,8 +161,8 @@
 
 	parse_common_args(argc, argv);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
-	       EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:l:h", long_options, NULL))
+		!= EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'n':
 			noheader = 1;
@@ -164,6 +170,7 @@
 		case 'a':
 		case 'c':
 		case 'h':
+		case 'l':
 			/* ignore common options */
 			break;
 		default: /* '?' */
@@ -181,8 +188,8 @@
 
 	parse_common_args(argc, argv);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
-	       EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:l:h", long_options, NULL))
+		!= EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 's':
 			script_file = optarg;
@@ -190,6 +197,7 @@
 		case 'a':
 		case 'c':
 		case 'h':
+		case 'l':
 			/* ignore common options */
 			break;
 		default: /* '?' */
@@ -203,7 +211,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	const char *lockname = "/var/lock/" CMD_PRINTENV ".lock";
+	char *lockname = "/var/lock/" CMD_PRINTENV ".lock";
 	int lockfd = -1;
 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	char *_cmdname;
@@ -235,6 +243,18 @@
 	argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 
+	if (env_opts.lockname) {
+		lockname = malloc(sizeof(env_opts.lockname) +
+				sizeof(CMD_PRINTENV) + 10);
+		if (!lockname) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Unable allocate memory");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		sprintf(lockname, "%s/%s.lock",
+			env_opts.lockname, CMD_PRINTENV);
+	}
+
 	lockfd = open(lockname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
 	if (-1 == lockfd) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error opening lock file %s\n", lockname);
@@ -260,6 +280,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (env_opts.lockname)
+		free(lockname);
+
 	flock(lockfd, LOCK_UN);
 	close(lockfd);
 	return retval;