diff --git a/cmd/gctcli/main.go b/cmd/gctcli/main.go
index 7b08ba542b6..a8b517c3de6 100644
--- a/cmd/gctcli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gctcli/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var (
 	username      string
 	password      string
 	pairDelimiter string
+	certPath      string
 )
 
 func jsonOutput(in interface{}) {
@@ -32,8 +33,7 @@ func jsonOutput(in interface{}) {
 }
 
 func setupClient() (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
-	targetPath := filepath.Join(common.GetDefaultDataDir(runtime.GOOS), "tls", "cert.pem")
-	creds, err := credentials.NewClientTLSFromFile(targetPath, "")
+	creds, err := credentials.NewClientTLSFromFile(certPath, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:       "the default currency pair delimiter used to standardise currency pair input",
 			Destination: &pairDelimiter,
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:        "cert",
+			Value:       filepath.Join(common.GetDefaultDataDir(runtime.GOOS), "tls", "cert.pem"),
+			Usage:       "the path to TLS cert of the gRPC server",
+			Destination: &certPath,
+		},
 	}
 	app.Commands = []cli.Command{
 		getInfoCommand,