diff --git a/cmd/kratos/internal/run/run.go b/cmd/kratos/internal/run/run.go
index ac229bab2..005c832af 100644
--- a/cmd/kratos/internal/run/run.go
+++ b/cmd/kratos/internal/run/run.go
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ var CmdRun = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:  "Run project. Example: kratos run",
 	Run:   Run,
 }
+var targetDir string
+
+func init() {
+	CmdRun.Flags().StringVarP(&targetDir, "work", "w", "", "target working directory")
+}
 
 // Run run project.
 func Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -64,10 +69,11 @@ func Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			dir = cmdPath[dir]
 		}
 	}
-	fd := exec.Command("go", append([]string{"run", "."}, programArgs...)...)
+	fd := exec.Command("go", append([]string{"run", dir}, programArgs...)...)
 	fd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	fd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	fd.Dir = dir
+	changeWorkingDirectory(fd, targetDir)
 	if err := fd.Run(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\033[31mERROR: %s\033[m\n", err.Error())
 		return
@@ -131,3 +137,10 @@ func findCMD(base string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 	return map[string]string{"": base}, nil
 }
+
+func changeWorkingDirectory(cmd *exec.Cmd, targetDir string) {
+	targetDir = strings.TrimSpace(targetDir)
+	if targetDir != "" {
+		cmd.Dir = targetDir
+	}
+}