diff --git a/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/driver.dart b/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/driver.dart
index fa4c91aa072..ee9347675bf 100644
--- a/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/driver.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/driver.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:dartfix/listener/bad_message_listener.dart';
 import 'package:dartfix/src/context.dart';
 import 'package:dartfix/src/options.dart';
 import 'package:dartfix/src/util.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 import 'package:pub_semver/pub_semver.dart';
 
 class Driver {
@@ -127,6 +128,14 @@ class Driver {
     if (options.pedanticFixes) {
       params.includePedanticFixes = true;
     }
+    String dir = options.outputDir;
+    if (dir != null) {
+      if (!path.isAbsolute(dir)) {
+        dir = path.absolute(dir);
+      }
+      dir = path.canonicalize(dir);
+      params.outputDir = dir;
+    }
     Map<String, dynamic> json =
         await server.send(EDIT_REQUEST_DARTFIX, params.toJson());
 
diff --git a/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/options.dart b/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/options.dart
index 545196a9bb1..02bcf3a2a82 100644
--- a/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/options.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartfix/lib/src/options.dart
@@ -9,19 +9,20 @@ import 'package:cli_util/cli_logging.dart';
 import 'package:dartfix/src/context.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
+const excludeFixOption = 'excludeFix';
 const forceOption = 'force';
 const includeFixOption = 'fix';
-const excludeFixOption = 'excludeFix';
+const outputDirOption = 'outputDir';
 const overwriteOption = 'overwrite';
 const pedanticOption = 'pedantic';
 const requiredOption = 'required';
 
 const _binaryName = 'dartfix';
 const _colorOption = 'color';
-const _serverSnapshot = 'server';
+const _helpOption = 'help';
 
 // options only supported by server 1.22.2 and greater
-const _helpOption = 'help';
+const _serverSnapshot = 'server';
 const _verboseOption = 'verbose';
 
 /// Command line options for `dartfix`.
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class Options {
 
   final bool force;
   final bool showHelp;
+  final String outputDir;
   final bool overwrite;
   final bool useColor;
   final bool verbose;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ class Options {
       : force = results[forceOption] as bool,
         includeFixes = (results[includeFixOption] as List ?? []).cast<String>(),
         excludeFixes = (results[excludeFixOption] as List ?? []).cast<String>(),
+        outputDir = results[outputDirOption] as String,
         overwrite = results[overwriteOption] as bool,
         pedanticFixes = results[pedanticOption] as bool,
         requiredFixes = results[requiredOption] as bool,
@@ -104,7 +107,12 @@ class Options {
           negatable: false)
       ..addFlag(_colorOption,
           help: 'Use ansi colors when printing messages.',
-          defaultsTo: Ansi.terminalSupportsAnsi);
+          defaultsTo: Ansi.terminalSupportsAnsi)
+      //
+      // Hidden options.
+      //
+      ..addOption(outputDirOption,
+          help: 'Path to the output directory', hide: true);
 
     context ??= Context();
 
diff --git a/pkg/dartfix/test/src/options_test.dart b/pkg/dartfix/test/src/options_test.dart
index c6c87edad73..beb90d0230d 100644
--- a/pkg/dartfix/test/src/options_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/dartfix/test/src/options_test.dart
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ main() {
     String normalOut,
     bool pedanticFixes = false,
     bool requiredFixes = false,
+    String outputDir,
     bool overwrite = false,
     String serverSnapshot,
     List<String> targetSuffixes,
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ main() {
     expect(options.force, force);
     expect(options.pedanticFixes, pedanticFixes);
     expect(options.requiredFixes, requiredFixes);
+    expect(options.outputDir, outputDir);
     expect(options.overwrite, overwrite);
     expect(options.serverSnapshot, serverSnapshot);
     expect(options.showHelp, showHelp);
@@ -115,6 +117,10 @@ main() {
         errorOut: 'Expected directory, but found', exitCode: 21);
   });
 
+  test('outputDir', () {
+    parse(['--outputDir=bar', 'foo'], outputDir: 'bar');
+  });
+
   test('overwrite', () {
     parse(['--overwrite', 'foo'], overwrite: true, targetSuffixes: ['foo']);
   });
@@ -145,12 +151,6 @@ main() {
   });
 }
 
-void expectOneFileTarget(Options options, String fileName) {
-  expect(options.targets, hasLength(1));
-  final target = options.targets[0];
-  expect(target.endsWith(fileName), isTrue);
-}
-
 void expectContains(Iterable<String> collection, String suffix) {
   for (String elem in collection) {
     if (elem.endsWith(suffix)) {
@@ -159,3 +159,9 @@ void expectContains(Iterable<String> collection, String suffix) {
   }
   fail('Expected one of $collection\n  to end with "$suffix"');
 }
+
+void expectOneFileTarget(Options options, String fileName) {
+  expect(options.targets, hasLength(1));
+  final target = options.targets[0];
+  expect(target.endsWith(fileName), isTrue);
+}