diff --git a/modules/interrogate.py b/modules/interrogate.py
index 65b05d34..9769aa34 100644
--- a/modules/interrogate.py
+++ b/modules/interrogate.py
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ class InterrogateModels:
         import clip
 
         if self.running_on_cpu:
-            model, preprocess = clip.load(clip_model_name, device="cpu")
+            model, preprocess = clip.load(clip_model_name, device="cpu", download_root=shared.cmd_opts.clip_models_path)
         else:
-            model, preprocess = clip.load(clip_model_name)
+            model, preprocess = clip.load(clip_model_name, download_root=shared.cmd_opts.clip_models_path)
 
         model.eval()
         model = model.to(devices.device_interrogate)
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 3fb36200..1ccb269a 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--realesrgan-models-path", type=str, help="Path to director
 parser.add_argument("--scunet-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with ScuNET model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'ScuNET'))
 parser.add_argument("--swinir-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with SwinIR model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'SwinIR'))
 parser.add_argument("--ldsr-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with LDSR model file(s).", default=os.path.join(models_path, 'LDSR'))
+parser.add_argument("--clip-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with CLIP model file(s).", default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--xformers", action='store_true', help="enable xformers for cross attention layers")
 parser.add_argument("--force-enable-xformers", action='store_true', help="enable xformers for cross attention layers regardless of whether the checking code thinks you can run it; do not make bug reports if this fails to work")
 parser.add_argument("--deepdanbooru", action='store_true', help="enable deepdanbooru interrogator")