diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 868c74a..440063c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ mod "puppetlabs/ntp",
 
 mod "apache",
     :tarball => "https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/apache/0.6.0.tar.gz"
-```
 
+#Deploy mysql module into modules/databases/mysql with the :subdir param
+mod "mysql",
+    :git => "gitolite@myserver.com:mysql.git",
+    :subdir => "databases"
+```
 ## Setting up for development and running the specs
 Just clone the repo and run the following commands:
 ```
diff --git a/lib/librarian/puppet/simple/installer.rb b/lib/librarian/puppet/simple/installer.rb
index 8506365..b54d02a 100644
--- a/lib/librarian/puppet/simple/installer.rb
+++ b/lib/librarian/puppet/simple/installer.rb
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ module Installer
         # iterator mixin
         def install!
           each_module do |repo|
-
             print_verbose "\n##### processing module #{repo[:name]}..."
-
+            module_path = module_path()
+            if repo[:subdir] 
+              module_path = File.join(module_path, repo[:subdir])
+              FileUtils.mkdir_p(module_path) unless File.exists?(module_path)
+            end
             module_dir = File.join(module_path, repo[:name])
 
             unless File.exists?(module_dir)