diff --git a/cmd/crane/cmd/mutate.go b/cmd/crane/cmd/mutate.go
index a99def0e9..a113b4251 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/cmd/mutate.go
+++ b/cmd/crane/cmd/mutate.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func NewCmdMutate(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 	var newRef string
 	var newRepo string
 	var user string
+	var workdir string
 
 	mutateCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "mutate",
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ func NewCmdMutate(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 				cfg.Config.User = user
 			}
 
+			// Set workdir.
+			if len(workdir) > 0 {
+				cfg.Config.WorkingDir = workdir
+			}
+
 			// Mutate and write image.
 			img, err = mutate.Config(img, cfg.Config)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ func NewCmdMutate(options *[]crane.Option) *cobra.Command {
 	mutateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outFile, "output", "o", "", "Path to new tarball of resulting image")
 	mutateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&newLayers, "append", []string{}, "Path to tarball to append to image")
 	mutateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&user, "user", "u", "", "New user to set")
+	mutateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&workdir, "workdir", "w", "", "New working dir to set")
 	return mutateCmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/crane/doc/crane_mutate.md b/cmd/crane/doc/crane_mutate.md
index 0174b09d8..76e81a0be 100644
--- a/cmd/crane/doc/crane_mutate.md
+++ b/cmd/crane/doc/crane_mutate.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ crane mutate [flags]
       --repo string                 Repository to push the mutated image to. If provided, push by digest to this repository.
   -t, --tag string                  New tag reference to apply to mutated image. If not provided, push by digest to the original image repository.
   -u, --user string                 New user to set
+  -w, --workdir string              New working dir to set
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands