diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
index b3c159c4d0c1ed40373e353ce4ec81987271eadf..0087df9c2ab4b42bcce629d1fc144fc177380fc8 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ bool ManagerConfig::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::
 		("service.admin_password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Administrator password.")
 		("service.port", value<int>()->default_value(8081), "Web interface port.")
 		("service.config_directory", value<std::string>()->default_value("/etc/spectrum2/transports/"), "Directory with spectrum2 configuration files. One .cfg file per one instance")
+		("service.data_dir", value<std::string>()->default_value("/var/lib/spectrum2_manager"), "Directory to store Spectrum 2 manager data")
 		("servers.server", value<std::vector<std::string> >()->multitoken(), "Server.")
 	;