diff --git a/src/app/app.cpp b/src/app/app.cpp
index c245838d..cf509f91 100644
--- a/src/app/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app/app.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ ParseArgsStatus CApplication::ParseArguments(int argc, char *argv[])
         OPT_LOGLEVEL,
         OPT_LANGUAGE,
         OPT_LANGDIR,
-        OPT_VBO
+        OPT_VBO,
+        OPT_MOD
     };
 
     option options[] =
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ ParseArgsStatus CApplication::ParseArguments(int argc, char *argv[])
         { "language", required_argument, nullptr, OPT_LANGUAGE },
         { "langdir", required_argument, nullptr, OPT_LANGDIR },
         { "vbo", required_argument, nullptr, OPT_VBO },
+        { "mod", required_argument, nullptr, OPT_MOD },
         { nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
     };
 
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ ParseArgsStatus CApplication::ParseArguments(int argc, char *argv[])
                 GetLogger()->Message("  -language lang      set language (one of: en, de, fr, pl, ru)\n");
                 GetLogger()->Message("  -langdir path       set custom language directory path\n");
                 GetLogger()->Message("  -vbo mode           set OpenGL VBO mode (one of: auto, enable, disable)\n");
+                GetLogger()->Message("  -mod path           load datadir mod from given path\n");
                 return PARSE_ARGS_HELP;
             }
             case OPT_DEBUG:
@@ -338,6 +341,13 @@ ParseArgsStatus CApplication::ParseArguments(int argc, char *argv[])
 
                 break;
             }
+            case OPT_MOD:
+            {
+                GetLogger()->Info("Loading mod from \"%s\"\n", optarg);
+                CResourceManager::AddLocation(optarg, true);
+                
+                break;
+            }
             default:
                 assert(false); // should never get here
         }
diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 324acc2b..6ba8da2a 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ int SDL_MAIN_FUNC(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     CLogger logger; // single istance of logger
     CResourceManager manager(argv[0]);
-    manager.AddLocation(COLOBOT_DEFAULT_DATADIR);
+    manager.AddLocation(COLOBOT_DEFAULT_DATADIR, false);
 
     // Initialize static string arrays
     InitializeRestext();