diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45e96fcb..541937e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ and won't run anything unexpected.
 | **VALIDATE_TERRAFORM** | `true` | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the language. |
 | **ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY** | `/ansible` | Flag to set the root directory for Ansible file location(s). |
 | **ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG** | `false` | Flag to enable additional information about the linter, versions, and additional output. |
+| **DEFAULT_WORKSPACE** | `/tmp/lint` | The location containing files to lint if you are running locally. |
 
 ### Template rules files
 You can use the **GitHub** **Super-Linter** *with* or *without* your own personal rules sets. This allows for greater flexibility for each individual code base. The Template rules all try to follow the standards we believe should be enabled at the basic level.
diff --git a/docs/run-linter-locally.md b/docs/run-linter-locally.md
index d552f3f1..c28418b4 100644
--- a/docs/run-linter-locally.md
+++ b/docs/run-linter-locally.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Once the container has been downloaded to your local environment, you can then b
   - `docker run -e RUN_LOCAL=true -v /path/to/local/codebase:/tmp/lint github/super-linter`
     - To run against a single file you can use: `docker run -e RUN_LOCAL=true -v /path/to/local/codebase/file:/tmp/lint/file github/super-linter`
   - **NOTE:** You need to pass the `RUN_LOCAL` flag to bypass some of the GitHub Actions checks, as well as the mapping of your local codebase to `/tmp/lint` so that the linter can pick up the code
+  - **NOTE:** If you want to override the `/tmp/lint` folder, you can set the `DEFAULT_WORKSPACE` environment variable to point to the folder you'd prefer to scan.
   - **NOTE:** The flag:`RUN_LOCAL` will set: `VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE` to true. This means it will scan **all** the files in the directory you have mapped. If you want to only validate a subset of your codebase, map a folder with only the files you wish to have linted
 
 ### Flags for running Locally
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 972f8498..9d51a5ea 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG="${ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG}"  # Boolean to see even more info
 # Default Vars #
 ################
 DEFAULT_VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE='true'                  # Default value for validate all files
-DEFAULT_WORKSPACE='/tmp/lint'                         # Default workspace if running locally
+DEFAULT_WORKSPACE="${DEFAULT_WORKSPACE:-/tmp/lint}"   # Default workspace if running locally
 DEFAULT_ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/ansible" # Default Ansible Directory
 DEFAULT_RUN_LOCAL='false'                             # Default value for debugging locally
 DEFAULT_TEST_CASE_RUN='false'                         # Flag to tell code to run only test cases