diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/XmlRpcRequestBuilder.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/XmlRpcRequestBuilder.cs
index e03161702..e7ab0126d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/XmlRpcRequestBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/XmlRpcRequestBuilder.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
             {
                 data = new XElement("base64", Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));
             }
+            else if (value is Dictionary<string, string> d)
+            {
+                data = new XElement("struct", d.Select(p => new XElement("member", new XElement("name", p.Key), new XElement("value", p.Value))));
+            }
             else
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Unhandled argument type {value.GetType().Name}");
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Proxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Proxy.cs
index f141ef7ce..52f5a1bde 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Proxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Proxy.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Xml.XPath;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Http;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Extensions;
 
@@ -97,8 +98,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Aria2
 
         public string AddMagnet(Aria2Settings settings, string magnet)
         {
-            var response = ExecuteRequest(settings, "aria2.addUri", GetToken(settings), new List<string> { magnet });
+            var options = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
+            if (settings.Directory.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                options.Add("dir", settings.Directory);
+            }
+
+            var response = ExecuteRequest(settings, "aria2.addUri", GetToken(settings), new List<string> { magnet }, options);
             var gid = response.GetStringResponse();
 
             return gid;
@@ -106,8 +113,16 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Aria2
 
         public string AddTorrent(Aria2Settings settings, byte[] torrent)
         {
-            var response = ExecuteRequest(settings, "aria2.addTorrent", GetToken(settings), torrent);
+            // Aria2's second parameter is an array of URIs and needs to be sent if options are provided, this satisfies that requirement.
+            var emptyListOfUris = new List<string>();
+            var options = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
+            if (settings.Directory.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                options.Add("dir", settings.Directory);
+            }
+
+            var response = ExecuteRequest(settings, "aria2.addTorrent", GetToken(settings), torrent, emptyListOfUris, options);
             var gid = response.GetStringResponse();
 
             return gid;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Settings.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Settings.cs
index 29449f739..82e4d93ab 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Settings.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Aria2/Aria2Settings.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Aria2
 
         [FieldDefinition(4, Label = "Secret token", Type = FieldType.Password, Privacy = PrivacyLevel.Password)]
         public string SecretToken { get; set; }
+
+        [FieldDefinition(5, Label = "Directory", Type = FieldType.Textbox, HelpText = "DownloadClientAriaSettingsDirectoryHelpText")]
+        public string Directory { get; set; }
+
         public NzbDroneValidationResult Validate()
         {
                 return new NzbDroneValidationResult(Validator.Validate(this));
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
index 9cfa1f5e4..8608ab06b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
   "DoneEditingGroups": "Done Editing Groups",
   "Download": "Download",
   "DownloadClient": "Download Client",
+  "DownloadClientAriaSettingsDirectoryHelpText": "Optional location to put downloads in, leave blank to use the default Aria2 location",
   "DownloadClientCheckDownloadingToRoot": "Download client {downloadClientName} places downloads in the root folder {path}. You should not download to a root folder.",
   "DownloadClientCheckNoneAvailableMessage": "No download client is available",
   "DownloadClientCheckUnableToCommunicateMessage": "Unable to communicate with {downloadClientName}. {errorMessage}",