diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2819a52..076b4c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+* Added: `--path-prepend` option.
+
 ## v1.5.1 (2024-10-14)
 
 * Fixed: Old log files were not deleted when stored on a Windows network share.
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 278e9d5..6c659ab 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -263,10 +263,14 @@ pub struct CommonOpts {
     #[clap(long, number_of_values = 1, value_parser = parse_env_var)]
     pub env: Vec<(String, String)>,
 
-    /// Additional directory to add to the PATH environment variable (repeatable)
+    /// Additional directory to append to the PATH environment variable (repeatable)
     #[clap(long, number_of_values = 1, value_parser = parse_canonical_path)]
     pub path: Vec<String>,
 
+    /// Additional directory to prepend to the PATH environment variable (repeatable)
+    #[clap(long, number_of_values = 1, value_parser = parse_canonical_path)]
+    pub path_prepend: Vec<String>,
+
     /// Process priority of the command to run as a service
     #[clap(long, value_parser = possible_values!(Priority, ALL))]
     pub priority: Option<Priority>,
@@ -1001,5 +1005,44 @@ speculate::speculate! {
                 },
             );
         }
+
+        it "accepts --path-prepend" {
+            let path = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+            check_args(
+                &["shawl", "add", "--path-prepend", path, "--name", "foo", "--", "foo"],
+                Cli {
+                    sub: Subcommand::Add {
+                        name: s("foo"),
+                        cwd: None,
+                        dependencies: vec![],
+                        common: CommonOpts {
+                            path_prepend: vec![p(path)],
+                            command: vec![s("foo")],
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            );
+        }
+
+        it "accepts --path-prepend multiple times" {
+            let path1 = format!("{}/target", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+            let path2 = format!("{}/src", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+            check_args(
+                &["shawl", "add", "--path-prepend", &path1, "--path-prepend", &path2, "--name", "foo", "--", "foo"],
+                Cli {
+                    sub: Subcommand::Add {
+                        name: s("foo"),
+                        cwd: None,
+                        dependencies: vec![],
+                        common: CommonOpts {
+                            path_prepend: vec![p(&path1), p(&path2)],
+                            command: vec![s("foo")],
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            );
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/control.rs b/src/control.rs
index 113c023..9dbfeee 100644
--- a/src/control.rs
+++ b/src/control.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ fn construct_shawl_run_args(name: &str, cwd: &Option<String>, opts: &CommonOpts)
             shawl_args.push(quote(path));
         }
     }
+    if !opts.path_prepend.is_empty() {
+        for path in &opts.path_prepend {
+            shawl_args.push("--path-prepend".to_string());
+            shawl_args.push(quote(path));
+        }
+    }
     if let Some(priority) = opts.priority {
         shawl_args.push("--priority".to_string());
         shawl_args.push(priority.to_cli());
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index b510bd9..9bc70e5 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@ pub fn run_service(start_arguments: Vec<std::ffi::OsString>) -> windows_service:
                 None => Some(simplified.join(";").to_string()),
             };
         }
+        if !opts.path_prepend.is_empty() {
+            let simplified: Vec<_> = opts.path_prepend.iter().map(|x| crate::simplify_path(x)).collect();
+            path_env = match path_env {
+                Some(path) => Some(format!("{};{}", simplified.join(";"), path)),
+                None => Some(simplified.join(";").to_string()),
+            };
+        }
         if let Some(active_cwd) = &cwd {
             let active_cwd = crate::simplify_path(active_cwd);
             child_cmd.current_dir(&active_cwd);