diff --git a/validations_libs/cli/run.py b/validations_libs/cli/run.py
index ca4ca5b9..765cb744 100644
--- a/validations_libs/cli/run.py
+++ b/validations_libs/cli/run.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class Run(BaseCommand):
                             help=("Path where the ansible roles, library "
                                   "and plugins are located."))
 
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--validation-log-dir',
+            dest='validation_log_dir',
+            default=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
+            help=(
+                "Path where the log files and artifacts will be located. "))
+
         parser.add_argument('--inventory', '-i', type=str,
                             default="localhost",
                             help="Path of the Ansible inventory.")
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ class Run(BaseCommand):
                 python_interpreter=parsed_args.python_interpreter,
                 quiet=quiet_mode,
                 ssh_user=parsed_args.ssh_user,
+                log_path=parsed_args.validation_log_dir
             )
         except RuntimeError as e:
             raise RuntimeError(e)
diff --git a/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_run.py b/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_run.py
index 370c0229..650da240 100644
--- a/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_run.py
+++ b/validations_libs/tests/cli/test_run.py
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.assertRaises(Exception, self.check_parser, self.cmd,
                           arglist, verifylist)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.cli.common.print_dict')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
-    def test_run_command_extra_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_print):
+    def test_run_command_extra_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_print,
+                                    mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': None,
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value']
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.cli.common.print_dict')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
     def test_run_command_extra_vars_twice(self, mock_run, mock_user,
-                                          mock_print):
+                                          mock_print, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -106,7 +110,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': None,
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value1',
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.assertRaises(Exception, self.check_parser, self.cmd,
                           arglist, verifylist)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('yaml.safe_load', return_value={'key': 'value'})
     @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
@@ -136,7 +142,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
     def test_run_command_extra_vars_file(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_open,
-                                         mock_yaml):
+                                         mock_yaml, mock_log_dir):
+
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -148,7 +155,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': None,
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars-file', '/foo/vars.yaml']
@@ -159,12 +167,13 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
-    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user):
+    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -176,7 +185,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': {'key': 'value'},
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-env-vars', 'key=value']
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
@@ -194,10 +205,13 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
     def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_with_custom_callback(self,
                                                              mock_run,
-                                                             mock_user):
+                                                             mock_user,
+                                                             mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'quiet': False,
             'group': [],
             'extra_vars': None,
             'validations_dir': '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
@@ -217,12 +231,13 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
-    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_twice(self, mock_run, mock_user):
+    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_twice(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -234,7 +249,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': {'key': 'value2'},
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-env-vars', 'key=value1',
@@ -246,13 +262,16 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
         self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
         mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
 
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
                 return_value='doe')
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
-    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_and_extra_vars(self, mock_run,
-                                                       mock_user):
+    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_and_extra_vars(self,
+                                                       mock_run,
+                                                       mock_user,
+                                                       mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -264,7 +283,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': {'key2': 'value2'},
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value',
diff --git a/validations_libs/utils.py b/validations_libs/utils.py
index a27bf005..6308a589 100644
--- a/validations_libs/utils.py
+++ b/validations_libs/utils.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def create_log_dir(log_path=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR):
     try:
         if os.path.exists(log_path):
             if os.access(log_path, os.W_OK):
-                return log_path
+                return os.path.abspath(log_path)
             else:
                 LOG.error(
                     (
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def create_log_dir(log_path=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR):
                     log_path=log_path))
 
             os.makedirs(log_path)
-            return log_path
+            return os.path.abspath(log_path)
     except (OSError, PermissionError) as error:
         LOG.error(
             (
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def create_artifacts_dir(log_path=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
         current_time())
     try:
         os.makedirs(validation_artifacts_dir)
-        return validation_uuid, validation_artifacts_dir
+        return validation_uuid, os.path.abspath(validation_artifacts_dir)
     except (OSError, PermissionError):
         LOG.exception(
             (