diff --git a/collects/compiler/embed.rkt b/collects/compiler/embed.rkt
index 6dac6ae9f9..7db0b37248 100644
--- a/collects/compiler/embed.rkt
+++ b/collects/compiler/embed.rkt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                          #:collects-path (or/c #f
                                                path-string?
                                                (listof path-string?))
+                         #:collects-dest (or/c #f path-string?)
                          #:launcher? any/c	 
                          #:verbose? any/c	 
                          #:compiler (-> any/c compiled-expression?)	 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/raco/exe-api.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/raco/exe-api.scrbl
index c67214c3f1..8f45d7711f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/raco/exe-api.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/raco/exe-api.scrbl
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ parameter is true.
                                                       path-string? 
                                                       (listof path-string?))
                                                 #f]
+                               [#:collects-dest collects-dest
+                                                (or/c #f path-string?)
+                                                #f]
                                [#:launcher? launcher? any/c #f]
                                [#:verbose? verbose? any/c #f]
                                [#:expand-namespace expand-namespace namespace? (current-namespace)]
@@ -156,6 +159,11 @@ below. When a module declares run-time paths via
 path (for use both by immediate execution and for creating a
 distribution that contains the executable).
 
+If @racket[collects-dest] is a path insteda of @racket[#f], then
+instead of embedding collection-based modules into the executable, the
+modules (in compiled form, only) are copied into collections in the
+@racket[collects-dest] directory.
+
 The optional @racket[#:aux] argument is an association list for
 platform-specific options (i.e., it is a list of pairs where the first
 element of the pair is a key symbol and the second element is the