diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 2fdf68d8..d0886c08 100755
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--no-prefetcher', action='store_true', default=False,
                     help='disable fast prefetcher')
 parser.add_argument('--output', default='', type=str, metavar='PATH',
                     help='path to output folder (default: none, current dir)')
+parser.add_argument('--experiment', default='', type=str, metavar='NAME',
+                    help='name of train experiment, name of sub-folder for output')
 parser.add_argument('--eval-metric', default='top1', type=str, metavar='EVAL_METRIC',
                     help='Best metric (default: "top1"')
 parser.add_argument('--tta', type=int, default=0, metavar='N',
@@ -544,13 +546,15 @@ def main():
     saver = None
     output_dir = ''
     if args.local_rank == 0:
-        output_base = args.output if args.output else './output'
-        exp_name = '-'.join([
-            datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"),
-            args.model,
-            str(data_config['input_size'][-1])
-        ])
-        output_dir = get_outdir(output_base, 'train', exp_name)
+        if args.experiment:
+            exp_name = args.experiment
+        else:
+            exp_name = '-'.join([
+                datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"),
+                args.model,
+                str(data_config['input_size'][-1])
+            ])
+        output_dir = get_outdir(args.output if args.output else './output/train', exp_name)
         decreasing = True if eval_metric == 'loss' else False
         saver = CheckpointSaver(
             model=model, optimizer=optimizer, args=args, model_ema=model_ema, amp_scaler=loss_scaler,