diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/buildtools.py b/Lib/plat-mac/buildtools.py
index 17e4076..c83e218 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/buildtools.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/buildtools.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     return file
 
 def process(template, filename, destname, copy_codefragment=0,
-        rsrcname=None, others=[], raw=0, progress="default"):
+        rsrcname=None, others=[], raw=0, progress="default", destroot=""):
 
     if progress == "default":
         progress = EasyDialogs.ProgressBar("Processing %s..."%os.path.split(filename)[1], 120)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     except os.error:
         pass
     process_common(template, progress, code, rsrcname, destname, 0,
-        copy_codefragment, raw, others, filename)
+        copy_codefragment, raw, others, filename, destroot)
 
 
 def update(template, filename, output):
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@
 
 
 def process_common(template, progress, code, rsrcname, destname, is_update,
-        copy_codefragment, raw=0, others=[], filename=None):
+        copy_codefragment, raw=0, others=[], filename=None, destroot=""):
     if MacOS.runtimemodel == 'macho':
         return process_common_macho(template, progress, code, rsrcname, destname,
-            is_update, raw, others, filename)
+            is_update, raw, others, filename, destroot)
     if others:
         raise BuildError, "Extra files only allowed for MachoPython applets"
     # Create FSSpecs for the various files
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
         progress.inc(0)
 
 def process_common_macho(template, progress, code, rsrcname, destname, is_update,
-        raw=0, others=[], filename=None):
+        raw=0, others=[], filename=None, destroot=""):
     # Check that we have a filename
     if filename is None:
         raise BuildError, "Need source filename on MacOSX"
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
     builder.mainprogram = filename
     builder.builddir = destdir
     builder.name = shortname
+    builder.destroot = destroot
     if rsrcname:
         realrsrcname = macresource.resource_pathname(rsrcname)
         builder.files.append((realrsrcname,
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/bundlebuilder.py b/Lib/plat-mac/bundlebuilder.py
index 09b9dea..e379544 100755
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/bundlebuilder.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/bundlebuilder.py
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
 
     # Verbosity level.
     verbosity = 1
+    
+    # Destination root directory
+    destroot = ""
 
     def setup(self):
         # XXX rethink self.name munging, this is brittle.
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@
                 execname = os.path.basename(self.executable)
             execpath = pathjoin(self.execdir, execname)
             if not self.symlink_exec:
-                self.files.append((self.executable, execpath))
+                self.files.append((self.destroot + self.executable, execpath))
             self.execpath = execpath
 
         if self.mainprogram is not None:
@@ -828,7 +831,7 @@
         "mainprogram=", "creator=", "nib=", "plist=", "link",
         "link-exec", "help", "verbose", "quiet", "argv", "standalone",
         "exclude=", "include=", "package=", "strip", "iconfile=",
-        "lib=", "python=", "semi-standalone", "bundle-id=")
+        "lib=", "python=", "semi-standalone", "bundle-id=", "destroot=")
 
     try:
         options, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], shortopts, longopts)
@@ -890,6 +893,8 @@
             builder.includePackages.append(arg)
         elif opt == '--strip':
             builder.strip = 1
+        elif opt == '--destroot':
+            builder.destroot = arg
 
     if len(args) != 1:
         usage("Must specify one command ('build', 'report' or 'help')")