diff --git a/cobra/cmd/add.go b/cobra/cmd/add.go
index 8897f8f..45f00bb 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/add.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/add.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
+	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&packageName, "package", "t", "", "target package name (e.g. github.com/spf13/hugo)")
 	addCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&parentName, "parent", "p", "RootCmd", "name of parent command for this command")
 }
 
-var parentName string
+var packageName, parentName string
 
 var addCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "add [command name]",
@@ -45,11 +46,17 @@ Example: cobra add server -> resulting in a new cmd/server.go`,
 		if len(args) < 1 {
 			er("add needs a name for the command")
 		}
-		wd, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			er(err)
+
+		var project *Project
+		if packageName != "" {
+			project = NewProject(packageName)
+		} else {
+			wd, err := os.Getwd()
+			if err != nil {
+				er(err)
+			}
+			project = NewProjectFromPath(wd)
 		}
-		project := NewProjectFromPath(wd)
 
 		cmdName := validateCmdName(args[0])
 		cmdPath := filepath.Join(project.CmdPath(), cmdName+".go")
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/root.go b/cobra/cmd/root.go
index 716a59a..1c5e690 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/root.go
@@ -44,16 +44,15 @@ func init() {
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.cobra.yaml)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("author", "a", "YOUR NAME", "author name for copyright attribution")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&userLicense, "license", "l", "", "name of license for the project (can provide `license` in config)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&userLicense, "license", "l", "", "name of license for the project")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("viper", true, "use Viper for configuration")
 	viper.BindPFlag("author", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("author"))
 	viper.BindPFlag("useViper", rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("viper"))
 	viper.SetDefault("author", "NAME HERE <EMAIL ADDRESS>")
 	viper.SetDefault("license", "apache")
 
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(addCmd)
-
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
 
 func initViper() {