2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 4f7667aa1f..bf1e139f2e 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ menuconfig DEVEL
 		bool "Show broken platforms / packages" if DEVEL
 		default n
 
+	config BINARY_FOLDER
+		string "Binary folder" if DEVEL
+		default ""
+
 	config DOWNLOAD_FOLDER
 		string "Download folder" if DEVEL
 		default ""
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index a3efb7db4f..80e07d11a2 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MIPS64_ABI
 endif
 
 DL_DIR:=$(if $(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER)),$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_DOWNLOAD_FOLDER)),$(TOPDIR)/dl)
-BIN_DIR:=$(TOPDIR)/bin/$(BOARD)
+BIN_DIR:=$(if $(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_BINARY_FOLDER)),$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_BINARY_FOLDER)),$(TOPDIR)/bin/$(BOARD))
 INCLUDE_DIR:=$(TOPDIR)/include
 SCRIPT_DIR:=$(TOPDIR)/scripts
 BUILD_DIR_BASE:=$(TOPDIR)/build_dir