diff --git a/bin/ovpn_genconfig b/bin/ovpn_genconfig
index c2ebca6..f6f6aca 100755
--- a/bin/ovpn_genconfig
+++ b/bin/ovpn_genconfig
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ usage() {
     echo " -t    Use TAP device (instead of TUN device)"
     echo " -T    Encrypt packets with the given cipher algorithm instead of the default one (tls-cipher)."
     echo " -z    Enable comp-lzo compression."
+    echo " -S    Change status folder. Default '/tmp'"
 }
 
 process_route_config() {
@@ -167,12 +168,13 @@ OVPN_ROUTES=()
 OVPN_SERVER=192.168.255.0/24
 OVPN_SERVER_URL=''
 OVPN_TLS_CIPHER=''
+OVPN_STATUS_PATH='/tmp'
 
 # Import existing configuration if present
 [ -r "$OVPN_ENV" ] && source "$OVPN_ENV"
 
 # Parse arguments
-while getopts ":a:e:E:C:T:r:s:du:bcp:n:k:DNm:f:tz2" opt; do
+while getopts ":a:e:E:C:T:r:s:du:bcp:n:k:DNm:f:tz2S:" opt; do
     case $opt in
         a)
             OVPN_AUTH="$OPTARG"
@@ -253,6 +255,9 @@ while getopts ":a:e:E:C:T:r:s:du:bcp:n:k:DNm:f:tz2" opt; do
         f)
             OVPN_FRAGMENT="$OPTARG"
             ;;
+        S)
+            OVPN_STATUS_PATH="$OPTARG"
+            ;;
         \?)
             set +x
             echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
@@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ proto $OVPN_PROTO
 # Rely on Docker to do port mapping, internally always 1194
 port 1194
 dev $OVPN_DEVICE$OVPN_DEVICEN
-status /tmp/openvpn-status.log
+status $OVPN_STATUS_PATH/openvpn-status.log
 
 user nobody
 group nogroup