diff --git a/BootRoot/BootRoot.pm b/BootRoot/BootRoot.pm
index e958f80..a49bba8 100644
--- a/BootRoot/BootRoot.pm
+++ b/BootRoot/BootRoot.pm
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ $SIG{__WARN__} =
 # value for $tmp1.
 my $tmp1 = "/tmp";              # tmp should be default - Cristian
 my $lilo_conf = "/etc/lilo.conf";
-my $home = "$ENV{HOME}/.gbootroot";
+my $pwd = `pwd`; chomp $pwd;
+my $home;
+$option{home} ? ($home = $pwd) : ($home = "$ENV{HOME}/.gbootroot");
 my $uml_xterm = "xterm -e";
 
 # Don't edit from here, but you can if you want to change the HERE docs
@@ -64,7 +66,6 @@ my $uml_xterm = "xterm -e";
 my $version = "1.3.6";
 my $date = "03.10.2002";
 my $gtk_perl_version = "0.7002";
-my $pwd = `pwd`; chomp $pwd;
 my $home_rootfs = "$home/root_filesystem/";
 my $home_uml_kernel = "$home/uml_kernel/";
 my $modules_directory = "/lib/modules";
@@ -863,7 +864,6 @@ if ( $option{"preserve-ownership"} ) {
 }
 
 
-
 $ars->{uml_exclusively} = $uml_exclusively;
 ars2($ars);  #not used in function below    
 $ars->{preserve_ownership} = $uml_exclusively;
diff --git a/BootRoot/Options.pm b/BootRoot/Options.pm
index 555f3cd..1b4f625 100644
--- a/BootRoot/Options.pm
+++ b/BootRoot/Options.pm
@@ -46,8 +46,15 @@ sub option {
 		"preserve-ownership=s",
 		"kernel=s",
 		"kernel-version=s",
-		"no-stdout"		
-		
+		"no-stdout",
+
+		# hidden options for package making or for people who
+		# read the source Luke.  Path's relative to `pwd`.
+		"home=s",                 # path relative to `pwd` usually "."
+		"root-fs-helper-location=s", # full path or rel path 
+		                             # in Yard $ubd0
+		"expect-program=s"           # i.e. ./expect_uml
+
 		);
 
 }
diff --git a/BootRoot/Yard.pm b/BootRoot/Yard.pm
index 8145489..57bc421 100644
--- a/BootRoot/Yard.pm
+++ b/BootRoot/Yard.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-############################################################################
+###########################################################################
 ##
 ##  Yard.pm combining
 ##  MAKE_ROOT_FS, CHECK_ROOT_FS, and YARD_UTILS.PL by Tom Fawcett
@@ -1514,10 +1514,16 @@ sub create_expect_uml {
 
 	    }
 
-	    my $expect_program = "/usr/lib/bootroot/expect_uml";
+
+	    my $expect_program;
+	    $option{"expect-program"} ?
+		($expect_program = $option{"expect-program"}) :
+		    ($expect_program = "/usr/lib/bootroot/expect_uml");
 	    my $version = "2.4";
-	    my $ubd0 =
-		"ubd0=/usr/lib/bootroot/root_filesystem/root_fs_helper";
+	    my $ubd0;
+	    $option{"root-fs-helper-location"} ?
+		($ubd0 = "ubd0=" . $option{"root-fs-helper-location"}) :
+	    ($ubd0 = "ubd0=/usr/lib/bootroot/root_filesystem/root_fs_helper");
 	    my $ubd1 = "ubd1=$device";
 	    my $options = "root=/dev/ubd0"; # need to keep this 1
 	    my $filesystem;