diff --git a/modules/cmd_args.py b/modules/cmd_args.py
index 04569ff4..8428175c 100644
--- a/modules/cmd_args.py
+++ b/modules/cmd_args.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--config", type=normalized_filepath, default=sd_default_con
 parser.add_argument("--ckpt", type=normalized_filepath, default=sd_model_file, help="path to checkpoint of stable diffusion model; if specified, this checkpoint will be added to the list of checkpoints and loaded",)
 parser.add_argument("--ckpt-dir", type=normalized_filepath, default=None, help="Path to directory with stable diffusion checkpoints")
 parser.add_argument("--vae-dir", type=normalized_filepath, default=None, help="Path to directory with VAE files")
+parser.add_argument("--text-encoder-dir", type=normalized_filepath, default=None, help="Path to directory with text encoder models")
 parser.add_argument("--gfpgan-dir", type=normalized_filepath, help="GFPGAN directory", default=('./src/gfpgan' if os.path.exists('./src/gfpgan') else './GFPGAN'))
 parser.add_argument("--gfpgan-model", type=normalized_filepath, help="GFPGAN model file name", default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--no-half", action='store_true', help="do not switch the model to 16-bit floats")