diff --git a/crates/bin/src/args.rs b/crates/bin/src/args.rs
index f2401288..8823cd12 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/args.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/args.rs
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// the metadata files inside the path you specified.
     ///
     /// NOTE that `--install-path` takes precedence over this option.
-    #[clap(help_heading = "Options", long)]
-    pub roots: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[clap(help_heading = "Options", long, alias = "roots")]
+    pub root: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// This option will be passed through to all `cargo-install` invocations.
     ///
diff --git a/crates/bin/src/entry.rs b/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
index 553fd032..f981d15f 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub async fn install_crates(args: Args, jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient) -
         .collect();
 
     // Compute paths
-    let cargo_root = args.roots;
+    let cargo_root = args.root;
     let (install_path, mut manifests, temp_dir) =
         compute_paths_and_load_manifests(cargo_root.clone(), args.install_path)?;