diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/pkg/install b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/install
index 7bc228c8f..7c1baf223 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/pkg/install
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/install
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/rc -e
 
+if(~ $#PKG_PATH 0)
+	PKG_PATH=http://pkg.violetti.org
+
 cd /
 mkdir -p /sys/lib/pkg
 if (test -s /sys/lib/pkg/$1) {
@@ -7,6 +10,6 @@ if (test -s /sys/lib/pkg/$1) {
 	exit
 }
 echo Installing $1
-hget http://pkg.violetti.org/$cputype/$1.tbz | bunzip2 | pkg/unpkg>[2]/sys/lib/pkg/$1
+hget $PKG_PATH/$cputype/$1.tbz | bunzip2 | pkg/unpkg>[2]/sys/lib/pkg/$1
 echo Done
 
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/pkg/list b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/list
index 419e47a52..9a38d7fa3 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/pkg/list
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/list
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/rc
 
-hget http://pkg.violetti.org/$cputype | htmlfmt | grep '\.tbz' | sed -e 's/\.tbz$//'
+if(~ $#PKG_PATH 0)
+	PKG_PATH=http://pkg.violetti.org
+
+hget $PKG_PATH/$cputype | htmlfmt | grep '\.tbz' | sed -e 's/\.tbz$//'
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/pkg/local b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/local
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..31d91c477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/pkg/local
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+
+ls -p /sys/lib/pkg