diff --git a/packager/packager.js b/packager/packager.js
index fd0b14f7e38d6f..6d5336ef478b3a 100644
--- a/packager/packager.js
+++ b/packager/packager.js
@@ -26,12 +26,25 @@ var parseCommandLine = require('./parseCommandLine.js');
 var options = parseCommandLine([{
   command: 'port',
   default: 8081,
+}, {
+  command: 'root',
+  description: 'add another root(s) to be used by the packager in this project',
 }]);
 
 if (!options.projectRoots) {
   options.projectRoots = [path.resolve(__dirname, '..')];
 }
 
+if (options.root) {
+  if (typeof options.root === 'string') {
+    options.projectRoots.push(path.resolve(options.root));
+  } else {
+    options.root.forEach(function(root) {
+      options.projectRoots.push(path.resolve(root));
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 console.log('\n' +
 ' ===============================================================\n' +
 ' |  Running packager on port ' + options.port +          '.       \n' +
diff --git a/packager/packager.sh b/packager/packager.sh
index 94cc71710eb36c..98e4218423ea39 100755
--- a/packager/packager.sh
+++ b/packager/packager.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 ulimit -n 4096
 
 THIS_DIR=$(dirname "$0")
-node $THIS_DIR/packager.js
+node $THIS_DIR/packager.js "$@"