diff --git a/tools/swift-refactor/swift-refactor.cpp b/tools/swift-refactor/swift-refactor.cpp
index d7d13453e12..3b7950dcea2 100644
--- a/tools/swift-refactor/swift-refactor.cpp
+++ b/tools/swift-refactor/swift-refactor.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ static llvm::cl::list<std::string>
 static llvm::cl::opt<std::string>
 Triple("target", llvm::cl::desc("target triple"));
 
+static llvm::cl::opt<std::string> ResourceDir(
+    "resource-dir",
+    llvm::cl::desc("The directory that holds the compiler resource files"));
+
 enum class DumpType {
   REWRITTEN,
   JSON,
@@ -294,6 +298,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if (!options::Triple.empty())
     Invocation.setTargetTriple(options::Triple);
 
+  if (!options::ResourceDir.empty())
+    Invocation.setRuntimeResourcePath(options::ResourceDir);
+
   Invocation.getFrontendOptions().InputsAndOutputs.addInputFile(
       options::SourceFilename);
   Invocation.getLangOptions().AttachCommentsToDecls = true;