diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index f77d2f851e7..5ea0b16051f 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ Note that, at the moment, only pure python wheels are supported.
 ### Options
 
 * `--format (-f)`: Limit the format to either `wheel` or `sdist`.
+* `--output (-o)`: Set output directory for build artifacts. Default is `dist`.
 
 ## publish
 
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ Should match a repository name set by the [`config`](#config) command.
 * `--password (-p)`: The password to access the repository.
 * `--cert`: Certificate authority to access the repository.
 * `--client-cert`: Client certificate to access the repository.
+* `--dist-dir`: Dist directory where built artifact are stored. Default is `dist`.
 * `--build`: Build the package before publishing.
 * `--dry-run`: Perform all actions except upload the package.
 * `--skip-existing`: Ignore errors from files already existing in the repository.
diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
index 0d1bd15af45..86626fcf64a 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/build.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from cleo.helpers import option
 
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@
 from poetry.utils.env import build_environment
 
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-
 class BuildCommand(EnvCommand):
     name = "build"
     description = "Builds a package, as a tarball and a wheel by default."
 
     options = [
-        option("format", "f", "Limit the format to either sdist or wheel.", flag=False)
+        option("format", "f", "Limit the format to either sdist or wheel.", flag=False),
+        option(
+            "output",
+            "o",
+            "Set output directory for build artifacts. Default is `dist`.",
+            default="dist",
+            flag=False,
+        ),
     ]
 
     loggers = [
@@ -48,11 +51,14 @@ def _build(
     def handle(self) -> int:
         with build_environment(poetry=self.poetry, env=self.env, io=self.io) as env:
             fmt = self.option("format") or "all"
+            dist_dir = Path(self.option("output"))
             package = self.poetry.package
             self.line(
                 f"Building <c1>{package.pretty_name}</c1> (<c2>{package.version}</c2>)"
             )
 
-            self._build(fmt, executable=env.python)
+            if not dist_dir.is_absolute():
+                dist_dir = self.poetry.pyproject_path.parent / dist_dir
+            self._build(fmt, executable=env.python, target_dir=dist_dir)
 
         return 0
diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/publish.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/publish.py
index a53df8208dd..18d4cb0f456 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/publish.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/publish.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class PublishCommand(Command):
             "Client certificate to access the repository.",
             flag=False,
         ),
+        option(
+            "dist-dir",
+            None,
+            "Dist directory where built artifact are stored. Default is `dist`.",
+            default="dist",
+            flag=False,
+        ),
         option("build", None, "Build the package before publishing."),
         option("dry-run", None, "Perform all actions except upload the package."),
         option(
@@ -49,7 +56,9 @@ class PublishCommand(Command):
     def handle(self) -> int:
         from poetry.publishing.publisher import Publisher
 
-        publisher = Publisher(self.poetry, self.io)
+        dist_dir = self.option("dist-dir")
+
+        publisher = Publisher(self.poetry, self.io, Path(dist_dir))
 
         # Building package first, if told
         if self.option("build"):
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
 
                 return 1
 
-            self.call("build")
+            self.call("build", args=f"--output {dist_dir}")
 
         files = publisher.files
         if not files:
diff --git a/src/poetry/publishing/publisher.py b/src/poetry/publishing/publisher.py
index a5335258041..a009e7ab9af 100644
--- a/src/poetry/publishing/publisher.py
+++ b/src/poetry/publishing/publisher.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ class Publisher:
     Registers and publishes packages to remote repositories.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, poetry: Poetry, io: IO) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, poetry: Poetry, io: IO, dist_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
         self._poetry = poetry
         self._package = poetry.package
         self._io = io
-        self._uploader = Uploader(poetry, io)
+        self._uploader = Uploader(poetry, io, dist_dir)
         self._authenticator = Authenticator(poetry.config, self._io)
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/poetry/publishing/uploader.py b/src/poetry/publishing/uploader.py
index e9b22561b92..972e376e0bf 100644
--- a/src/poetry/publishing/uploader.py
+++ b/src/poetry/publishing/uploader.py
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ def __init__(self, error: ConnectionError | HTTPError | str) -> None:
 
 
 class Uploader:
-    def __init__(self, poetry: Poetry, io: IO) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, poetry: Poetry, io: IO, dist_dir: Path | None = None) -> None:
         self._poetry = poetry
         self._package = poetry.package
         self._io = io
+        self._dist_dir = dist_dir or self.default_dist_dir
         self._username: str | None = None
         self._password: str | None = None
 
@@ -61,9 +62,20 @@ def user_agent(self) -> str:
         agent: str = user_agent("poetry", __version__)
         return agent
 
+    @property
+    def default_dist_dir(self) -> Path:
+        return self._poetry.file.path.parent / "dist"
+
+    @property
+    def dist_dir(self) -> Path:
+        if not self._dist_dir.is_absolute():
+            return self._poetry.file.path.parent / self._dist_dir
+
+        return self._dist_dir
+
     @property
     def files(self) -> list[Path]:
-        dist = self._poetry.file.path.parent / "dist"
+        dist = self.dist_dir
         version = self._package.version.to_string()
         escaped_name = distribution_name(self._package.name)
 
@@ -275,7 +287,7 @@ def _register(self, session: requests.Session, url: str) -> requests.Response:
         """
         Register a package to a repository.
         """
-        dist = self._poetry.file.path.parent / "dist"
+        dist = self.dist_dir
         escaped_name = distribution_name(self._package.name)
         file = dist / f"{escaped_name}-{self._package.version.to_string()}.tar.gz"
 
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
index 3b378d1e4e5..023e855ee59 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_build.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
 
     poetry = Factory().create_poetry(target_dir)
     tester = command_tester_factory("build", poetry, environment=tmp_venv)
-
     tester.execute()
 
     build_dir = target_dir / "dist"
@@ -93,3 +92,27 @@ def test_build_with_multiple_readme_files(
 
     assert "my_package-0.1/README-1.rst" in sdist_content
     assert "my_package-0.1/README-2.rst" in sdist_content
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "output_dir", [None, "dist", "test/dir", "../dist", "absolute"]
+)
+def test_build_output_option(
+    tmp_tester: CommandTester,
+    tmp_project_path: Path,
+    tmp_poetry: Poetry,
+    output_dir: str,
+) -> None:
+    if output_dir is None:
+        tmp_tester.execute()
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / "dist"
+    elif output_dir == "absolute":
+        tmp_tester.execute(f"--output {tmp_project_path / 'tmp/dist'}")
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / "tmp/dist"
+    else:
+        tmp_tester.execute(f"--output {output_dir}")
+        build_dir = tmp_project_path / output_dir
+
+    build_artifacts = tuple(build_dir.glob(get_package_glob(tmp_poetry)))
+    assert len(build_artifacts) > 0
+    assert all(archive.exists() for archive in build_artifacts)
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_publish.py b/tests/console/commands/test_publish.py
index 5f230c01ff3..e123a082c9a 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_publish.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_publish.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import shutil
+
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
 import pytest
 import requests
 
+from poetry.factory import Factory
 from poetry.publishing.uploader import UploadError
 
 
@@ -16,7 +19,10 @@
     from cleo.testers.application_tester import ApplicationTester
     from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
+    from poetry.utils.env import VirtualEnv
     from tests.helpers import PoetryTestApplication
+    from tests.types import CommandTesterFactory
+    from tests.types import FixtureDirGetter
 
 
 def test_publish_returns_non_zero_code_for_upload_errors(
@@ -130,3 +136,80 @@ def test_skip_existing_output(
 
     error = app_tester.io.fetch_error()
     assert "- Uploading simple_project-1.2.3.tar.gz File exists. Skipping" in error
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dist_dir", [None, "dist", "other_dist/dist", "absolute"])
+def test_publish_dist_dir_option(
+    http: type[httpretty.httpretty],
+    fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    tmp_venv: VirtualEnv,
+    command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory,
+    dist_dir: str | None,
+) -> None:
+    source_dir = fixture_dir("with_multiple_dist_dir")
+    target_dir = tmp_path / "project"
+    shutil.copytree(str(source_dir), str(target_dir))
+
+    http.register_uri(
+        http.POST, "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/", status=409, body="Conflict"
+    )
+
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(target_dir)
+    tester = command_tester_factory("publish", poetry, environment=tmp_venv)
+
+    if dist_dir is None:
+        exit_code = tester.execute("--dry-run")
+    elif dist_dir == "absolute":
+        exit_code = tester.execute(f"--dist-dir {target_dir / 'dist'} --dry-run")
+    else:
+        exit_code = tester.execute(f"--dist-dir {dist_dir} --dry-run")
+
+    assert exit_code == 0
+
+    output = tester.io.fetch_output()
+    error = tester.io.fetch_error()
+
+    assert "Publishing simple-project (1.2.3) to PyPI" in output
+    assert "- Uploading simple_project-1.2.3.tar.gz" in error
+    assert "- Uploading simple_project-1.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl" in error
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dist_dir", ["../dist", "tmp/dist", "absolute"])
+def test_publish_dist_dir_and_build_options(
+    http: type[httpretty.httpretty],
+    fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+    tmp_venv: VirtualEnv,
+    command_tester_factory: CommandTesterFactory,
+    dist_dir: str | None,
+) -> None:
+    source_dir = fixture_dir("simple_project")
+    target_dir = tmp_path / "project"
+    shutil.copytree(str(source_dir), str(target_dir))
+
+    # Remove dist dir because as it will be built again
+    shutil.rmtree(target_dir / "dist")
+
+    http.register_uri(
+        http.POST, "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/", status=409, body="Conflict"
+    )
+
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(target_dir)
+    tester = command_tester_factory("publish", poetry, environment=tmp_venv)
+
+    if dist_dir == "absolute":
+        exit_code = tester.execute(
+            f"--dist-dir {target_dir / 'test/dist'} --dry-run --build"
+        )
+    else:
+        exit_code = tester.execute(f"--dist-dir {dist_dir} --dry-run --build")
+
+    assert exit_code == 0
+
+    output = tester.io.fetch_output()
+    error = tester.io.fetch_error()
+
+    assert "Publishing simple-project (1.2.3) to PyPI" in output
+    assert "- Uploading simple_project-1.2.3.tar.gz" in error
+    assert "- Uploading simple_project-1.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl" in error
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/README.rst b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7fe15470f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+My Package
+==========
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/dist/simple_project-1.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/dist/simple_project-1.2.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/other_dist/dist/simple_project-1.2.3.tar.gz b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/other_dist/dist/simple_project-1.2.3.tar.gz
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diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45a61d43cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "simple-project"
+version = "1.2.3"
+description = "Some description."
+authors = [
+    "Sébastien Eustace <sebastien@eustace.io>"
+]
+license = "MIT"
+
+readme = ["README.rst"]
+
+homepage = "https://python-poetry.org"
+repository = "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry"
+documentation = "https://python-poetry.org/docs"
+
+keywords = ["packaging", "dependency", "poetry"]
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"
+]
+
+# Requirements
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "~2.7 || ^3.4"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+foo = "foo:bar"
+baz = "bar:baz.boom.bim"
+fox = "fuz.foo:bar.baz"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0a7"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/simple_project/__init__.py b/tests/fixtures/with_multiple_dist_dir/simple_project/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d