{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
        {"script", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
        {"noheader", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
+       {"lock", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
        {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 };
 
                " -c, --config         configuration file, default:" CONFIG_FILE "\n"
 #endif
                " -n, --noheader       do not repeat variable name in output\n"
+               " -l, --lock           lock node, default:/var/lock\n"
                "\n");
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FILE
                " -c, --config         configuration file, default:" CONFIG_FILE "\n"
 #endif
+               " -l, --lock           lock node, default:/var/lock\n"
                " -s, --script         batch mode to minimize writes\n"
                "\n"
                "Examples:\n"
        env_opts.config_file = CONFIG_FILE;
 #endif
 
-       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":a:c:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
+       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, ":a:c:l:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
               EOF) {
                switch (c) {
                case 'a':
                        env_opts.config_file = optarg;
                        break;
 #endif
+               case 'l':
+                       env_opts.lockname = optarg;
+                       break;
                case 'h':
                        do_printenv ? usage_printenv() : usage_setenv();
                        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
        parse_common_args(argc, argv);
 
-       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
-              EOF) {
+       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:l:h", long_options, NULL))
+               != EOF) {
                switch (c) {
                case 'n':
                        noheader = 1;
                case 'a':
                case 'c':
                case 'h':
+               case 'l':
                        /* ignore common options */
                        break;
                default: /* '?' */
 
        parse_common_args(argc, argv);
 
-       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:h", long_options, NULL)) !=
-              EOF) {
+       while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:ns:l:h", long_options, NULL))
+               != EOF) {
                switch (c) {
                case 's':
                        script_file = optarg;
                case 'a':
                case 'c':
                case 'h':
+               case 'l':
                        /* ignore common options */
                        break;
                default: /* '?' */
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-       const char *lockname = "/var/lock/" CMD_PRINTENV ".lock";
+       char *lockname = "/var/lock/" CMD_PRINTENV ".lock";
        int lockfd = -1;
        int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
        char *_cmdname;
        argc -= optind;
        argv += optind;
 
+       if (env_opts.lockname) {
+               lockname = malloc(sizeof(env_opts.lockname) +
+                               sizeof(CMD_PRINTENV) + 10);
+               if (!lockname) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Unable allocate memory");
+                       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+               }
+
+               sprintf(lockname, "%s/%s.lock",
+                       env_opts.lockname, CMD_PRINTENV);
+       }
+
        lockfd = open(lockname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
        if (-1 == lockfd) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Error opening lock file %s\n", lockname);
                }
        }
 
+       if (env_opts.lockname)
+               free(lockname);
+
        flock(lockfd, LOCK_UN);
        close(lockfd);
        return retval;