diff --git a/local-cli/bundle.js b/local-cli/bundle.js
index f77480106..6a629b921 100644
--- a/local-cli/bundle.js
+++ b/local-cli/bundle.js
@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@ var OUT_PATH = 'iOS/main.jsbundle';
 
 function getBundle(flags) {
 
+  var outPath = flags.out ? flags.out : OUT_PATH;
+
+  var projectRoots = [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')];
+  if (flags.root) {
+    projectRoots.push(path.resolve(flags.root));
+  }
+
+  var assetRoots = [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')];
+  if (flags.assetRoots) {
+    assetRoots = assetRoots.concat(flags.assetRoots.split(",").map(function(root) {
+      return path.resolve(root);
+    }));
+  }
+
+
   var options = {
-    projectRoots: [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')],
+    projectRoots: projectRoots,
     transformModulePath: require.resolve('../packager/transformer.js'),
-    assetRoots: [path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')],
+    assetRoots: assetRoots,
     cacheVersion: '2',
-    blacklistRE: blacklist('ios')
+    blacklistRE: blacklist('ios'),
   };
 
   var url = '/index.ios.bundle?dev=' + flags.dev;
@@ -23,7 +38,7 @@ function getBundle(flags) {
   ReactPackager.buildPackageFromUrl(options, url)
     .done(function(bundle) {
       console.log('Build complete');
-      fs.writeFile(OUT_PATH, bundle.getSource({
+      fs.writeFile(outPath, bundle.getSource({
         inlineSourceMap: false,
         minify: flags.minify
       }), function(err) {
@@ -31,7 +46,7 @@ function getBundle(flags) {
           console.log(chalk.red('Error saving bundle to disk'));
           throw err;
         } else {
-          console.log('Successfully saved bundle to ' + OUT_PATH);
+          console.log('Successfully saved bundle to ' + outPath);
         }
       });
     });
@@ -43,7 +58,10 @@ function showHelp() {
     '',
     'Options:',
     '  --dev\t\tsets DEV flag to true',
-    '  --minify\tminify js bundle'
+    '  --minify\tminify js bundle',
+    '  --root\t\tadd another root(s) to be used in bundling in this project',
+    '  --assetRoots\t\tspecify the root directories of app assets',
+    '  --out\t\tspecify the output file',
   ].join('\n'));
   process.exit(1);
 }
@@ -53,7 +71,10 @@ module.exports = {
     var flags = {
       help: args.indexOf('--help') !== -1,
       dev: args.indexOf('--dev') !== -1,
-      minify: args.indexOf('--minify') !== -1
+      minify: args.indexOf('--minify') !== -1,
+      root: args.indexOf('--root') !== -1 ? args[args.indexOf('--root') + 1] : false,
+      assetRoots: args.indexOf('--assetRoots') !== -1 ? args[args.indexOf('--assetRoots') + 1] : false,
+      out: args.indexOf('--out') !== -1 ? args[args.indexOf('--out') + 1] : false,
     }
 
     if (flags.help) {