diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d298ff075..2c9d2df5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "vfio_user"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "argh",
  "bitflags",
  "env_logger",
  "libc",
diff --git a/vfio_user/Cargo.toml b/vfio_user/Cargo.toml
index ed7a32357..317404893 100644
--- a/vfio_user/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vfio_user/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ vm-memory = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"]
 vmm-sys-util = "0.11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+argh = "0.1.9"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 pci = { path = "../pci" }
diff --git a/vfio_user/examples/gpio/main.rs b/vfio_user/examples/gpio/main.rs
index c1a4f79f2..d41793e89 100644
--- a/vfio_user/examples/gpio/main.rs
+++ b/vfio_user/examples/gpio/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+use argh::FromArgs;
 use log::info;
 use pci::PciBarConfiguration;
 use std::{fs::File, mem::size_of, path::PathBuf};
@@ -24,9 +25,18 @@ impl pci::PciSubclass for PciVfioUserSubclass {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(FromArgs)]
+/// GPIO test device
+struct Args {
+    /// path to socket
+    #[argh(option)]
+    socket_path: String,
+}
+
 struct TestBackend {
     configuration: pci::PciConfiguration,
 }
+
 impl TestBackend {
     fn new() -> TestBackend {
         let subclass = PciVfioUserSubclass::VfioUserSubclass;
@@ -174,12 +184,12 @@ fn create_irqs() -> Vec<IrqInfo> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    let a: Args = argh::from_env();
     env_logger::init();
-
     let regions = create_regions();
     let irqs = create_irqs();
 
-    let path = PathBuf::from("/tmp/vfio-user-test.socket");
+    let path = PathBuf::from(a.socket_path);
     let s = Server::new(&path, true, irqs, regions).unwrap();
     let mut test_backend = TestBackend::new();
     s.run(&mut test_backend).unwrap();