diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
index 4af0300c7182a55f273d41f8aa4551a07bff8ab7..807bab8b77ed2b980a5ef0926f3bbbc3a597feb0 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ bool ManagerConfig::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::
 	opts.add_options()
 		("service.admin_username", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Administrator username.")
 		("service.admin_password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Administrator password.")
+		("service.config_directory", value<std::string>()->default_value("/etc/spectrum2/transports/"), "Directory with spectrum2 configuration files. One .cfg file per one instance")
 		("servers.server", value<std::vector<std::string> >()->multitoken(), "Server.")
 	;