diff --git a/tempest/cmd/init.py b/tempest/cmd/init.py
index d8d9d7c..5d5a9f9 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/init.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/init.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
         parser = super(TempestInit, self).get_parser(prog_name)
         parser.add_argument('dir', nargs='?', default=os.getcwd())
         parser.add_argument('--config-dir', '-c', default=None)
+        parser.add_argument('--show-global-config-dir', '-s',
+                            action='store_true', dest='show_global_dir',
+                            help="Print the global config dir location, "
+                                 "then exit")
         return parser
 
     def generate_testr_conf(self, local_path):
@@ -156,4 +160,7 @@
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         config_dir = parsed_args.config_dir or get_tempest_default_config_dir()
+        if parsed_args.show_global_dir:
+            print("Global config dir is located at: %s" % config_dir)
+            sys.exit(0)
         self.create_working_dir(parsed_args.dir, config_dir)