diff --git a/client/api.c b/client/api.c
index c75a2edf..f698b796 100644
--- a/client/api.c
+++ b/client/api.c
@@ -700,10 +700,18 @@ TDNFOpenHandle(
                   pTdnf->pArgs->pszInstallRoot);
     BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
 
-    if(!pArgs->nAllDeps)
-    {
+    if(!pArgs->nAllDeps) {
         dwError = SolvReadInstalledRpms(pSack->pPool->installed, pszCacheDir);
         BAIL_ON_TDNF_LIBSOLV_ERROR(dwError);
+    } else if (pArgs->nInstallToDir) {
+        if (pArgs->nDownloadOnly && !IsNullOrEmptyString(pArgs->pszDownloadDir)) {
+            dwError = SolvReadRpmsFromDirectory(pSack->pPool->installed, pArgs->pszDownloadDir);
+            BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
+        } else {
+            pr_err("--installtodir requires --downloadonly and --downloaddir");
+            dwError = ERROR_TDNF_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+            BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
+        }
     }
 
     dwError = TDNFLoadRepoData(
diff --git a/client/init.c b/client/init.c
index 7053e9ca..d0acc9ef 100644
--- a/client/init.c
+++ b/client/init.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ TDNFCloneCmdArgs(
     pCmdArgs->nSkipBroken    = pCmdArgsIn->nSkipBroken;
     pCmdArgs->nSource        = pCmdArgsIn->nSource;
     pCmdArgs->nBuildDeps     = pCmdArgsIn->nBuildDeps;
+    pCmdArgs->nInstallToDir  = pCmdArgsIn->nInstallToDir;
 
     pCmdArgs->nArgc = pCmdArgsIn->nArgc;
     pCmdArgs->ppszArgv = pCmdArgsIn->ppszArgv;
diff --git a/include/tdnftypes.h b/include/tdnftypes.h
index 2d9e8005..c02d6465 100644
--- a/include/tdnftypes.h
+++ b/include/tdnftypes.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ typedef struct _TDNF_CMD_ARGS
     int nSkipBroken;
     int nSource;
     int nBuildDeps;
+    int nInstallToDir;
     char* pszDownloadDir;  //directory for download, if nDownloadOnly is set
     char* pszInstallRoot;  //set install root
     char* pszConfFile;     //set conf file location
diff --git a/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c b/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
index ccda8571..905cd9f9 100644
--- a/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
+++ b/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static struct option pstOptions[] =
     {"exclude",       required_argument, 0, 0},            //--exclude
     {"help",          no_argument, 0, 'h'},                //-h --help
     {"installroot",   required_argument, 0, 'i'},          //--installroot
+    {"installtodir",  no_argument, &_opt.nInstallToDir, 1},
     {"json",          no_argument, &_opt.nJsonOutput, 1},
     {"noautoremove",  no_argument, &_opt.nNoAutoRemove, 1},
     {"nodeps",        no_argument, &_opt.nNoDeps, 1},
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ TDNFCopyOptions(
     pArgs->nSkipBroken    = pOptionArgs->nSkipBroken;
     pArgs->nSource        = pOptionArgs->nSource;
     pArgs->nBuildDeps     = pOptionArgs->nBuildDeps;
+    pArgs->nInstallToDir  = pOptionArgs->nInstallToDir;
 
 cleanup:
     return dwError;