diff --git a/scalar.c b/scalar.c
index 1326e1f..981d014 100644
--- a/scalar.c
+++ b/scalar.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char *branch = NULL;
 	int full_clone = 0, single_branch = 0, show_progress = isatty(2);
+	int src = 1;
 	struct option clone_options[] = {
 		OPT_STRING('b', "branch", &branch, N_("<branch>"),
 			   N_("branch to checkout after clone")),
@@ -417,10 +418,13 @@ static int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "single-branch", &single_branch,
 			 N_("only download metadata for the branch that will "
 			    "be checked out")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "src", &src,
+			 N_("create repository within 'src' directory")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	const char * const clone_usage[] = {
-		N_("scalar clone [<options>] [--] <repo> [<dir>]"),
+		N_("scalar clone [--single-branch] [--branch <main-branch>] [--full-clone]\n"
+		   "\t[--[no-]src] <url> [<enlistment>]"),
 		NULL
 	};
 	const char *url;
@@ -456,7 +460,10 @@ static int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (is_directory(enlistment))
 		die(_("directory '%s' exists already"), enlistment);
 
-	dir = xstrfmt("%s/src", enlistment);
+	if (src)
+		dir = xstrfmt("%s/src", enlistment);
+	else
+		dir = xstrdup(enlistment);
 
 	strbuf_reset(&buf);
 	if (branch)