diff --git a/Check.hs b/Check.hs
index d3af95c..e0513fd 100644
--- a/Check.hs
+++ b/Check.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ check opt fileName = withGHC $ do
     clearWarnings
     readRef ref
   where
-    options = ["-Wall","-fno-warn-unused-do-bind"]
+    options = ["-Wall","-fno-warn-unused-do-bind"] ++ map ((++) "-i") (checkIncludes opt)
     handleParseError ref e = do
         liftIO . writeIORef ref $ errBagToStrList . srcErrorMessages $ e
         return Succeeded
diff --git a/GHCMod.hs b/GHCMod.hs
index 92b644a..38ecf84 100644
--- a/GHCMod.hs
+++ b/GHCMod.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ usage =    "ghc-mod version 0.6.0\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod list [-l]\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod lang [-l]\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod browse [-l] [-o] <module> [<module> ...]\n"
-        ++ "\t ghc-mod check <HaskellFile>\n"
+        ++ "\t ghc-mod check [-i inc] <HaskellFile>\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod type <HaskellFile> <module> <expression>\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod info <HaskellFile> <module> <expression>\n"
         ++ "\t ghc-mod lint [-h opt] <HaskellFile>\n"
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ defaultOptions :: Options
 defaultOptions = Options {
     convert = toPlain
   , hlintOpts = []
+  , checkIncludes = []
   , operators = False
   , packageConfs = []
   , useUserPackageConf = True
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ argspec = [ Option "l" ["tolisp"]
           , Option ""  ["no-user-package-conf"]
             (NoArg (\opts -> opts{ useUserPackageConf = False }))
             "do not read the user package database"
+          , Option "i" ["include"]
+            (ReqArg (\i opts -> opts{ checkIncludes = i : (checkIncludes opts)}) "include")
+            "directory to include in search for modules"
           ]
 
 parseArgs :: [OptDescr (Options -> Options)] -> [String] -> (Options, [String])
diff --git a/Types.hs b/Types.hs
index e5a3a2f..c459c70 100644
--- a/Types.hs
+++ b/Types.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import GHC.Paths (libdir)
 data Options = Options {
     convert   :: [String] -> String
   , hlintOpts :: [String]
+  , checkIncludes :: [String]
   , operators :: Bool
   , packageConfs :: [FilePath]
   , useUserPackageConf :: Bool
diff --git a/elisp/ghc-flymake.el b/elisp/ghc-flymake.el
index 366b100..04bb15e 100644
--- a/elisp/ghc-flymake.el
+++ b/elisp/ghc-flymake.el
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
+(defcustom ghc-flymake-check-includes nil
+  "list of directories to include when checking file"
+  :type '(repeat string)
+  :risky nil
+  :require 'ghc-flymake
+  :group 'ghc-flymake)
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
 (defconst ghc-error-buffer-name "*GHC Errors*")
 
 (defconst ghc-flymake-allowed-file-name-masks
@@ -44,8 +53,11 @@
    (if ghc-flymake-command
        (let ((hopts (ghc-mapconcat (lambda (x) (list "-h" x)) opts)))
 	 `(,@hopts "lint" ,file))
-     (list "check" file)))
-
+     (if (null ghc-flymake-check-includes)
+         (list "check" file)
+       (let ((includes (ghc-mapconcat (lambda (x) (list "-i" x)) ghc-flymake-check-includes)))
+         `("check" ,@includes ,file)))))
+     
 (defun ghc-flymake-toggle-command ()
   (interactive)
   (setq ghc-flymake-command (not ghc-flymake-command))