diff --git a/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/extension/DependencyCheckConfigurationExtension.groovy b/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/extension/DependencyCheckConfigurationExtension.groovy
index 0a9f220fb..8e7a29ce3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/extension/DependencyCheckConfigurationExtension.groovy
+++ b/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/extension/DependencyCheckConfigurationExtension.groovy
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ class DependencyCheckConfigurationExtension {
     Integer cveStartYear = 2002
     String cveUrl12Base = "https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-%d.xml.gz"
     String cveUrl20Base = "https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cve/nvdcve-2.0-%d.xml.gz"
+
+    String outputDirectory = "./reports"
 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/tasks/DependencyCheckTask.groovy b/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/tasks/DependencyCheckTask.groovy
index 6413a89fe..7752dd767 100644
--- a/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/tasks/DependencyCheckTask.groovy
+++ b/dependency-check-gradle/src/main/groovy/com/tools/security/tasks/DependencyCheckTask.groovy
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ class DependencyCheckTask extends DefaultTask {
         logger.lifecycle("Generating report for project ${currentProjectName}")
         def reportGenerator = new ReportGenerator(currentProjectName, engine.dependencies, engine.analyzers,
                 new CveDB().databaseProperties)
-        reportGenerator.generateReports("./reports/${currentProjectName}", ReportGenerator.Format.ALL)
+
+        reportGenerator.generateReports(generateReportDirectory(currentProjectName), ReportGenerator.Format.ALL)
+    }
+
+    def generateReportDirectory(String currentProjectName) {
+        "${project.dependencyCheck.outputDirectory}/${currentProjectName}"
     }
 
     def overrideProxySetting() {