diff --git a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
index 260a416ef..317d0b3e0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2/hostcollector_shared.go
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ type HostRun struct {
 	HostCollectorMeta `json:",inline" yaml:",inline"`
 	Command           string   `json:"command"`
 	Args              []string `json:"args"`
+	OutputDir         string   `json:"outputDir" yaml:"outputDir"`
 }
 
 type HostCollect struct {
diff --git a/pkg/collect/host_run.go b/pkg/collect/host_run.go
index f3ede9907..2cea2b977 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/host_run.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/host_run.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package collect
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -12,9 +15,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type HostRunInfo struct {
-	Command  string `json:"command"`
-	ExitCode string `json:"exitCode"`
-	Error    string `json:"error"`
+	Command   string `json:"command"`
+	ExitCode  string `json:"exitCode"`
+	Error     string `json:"error"`
+	OutputDir string `json:"outputDir"`
 }
 
 type CollectHostRun struct {
@@ -32,16 +36,33 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) IsExcluded() (bool, error) {
 
 func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]byte, error) {
 	runHostCollector := c.hostCollector
+	collectorName := runHostCollector.CollectorName
+	if collectorName == "" {
+		collectorName = "run-host"
+	}
+	var bundleOutputPath string
 
 	cmd := exec.Command(runHostCollector.Command, runHostCollector.Args...)
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("BUNDLE_PATH=%s", c.BundlePath),
+	)
+
+	// if we choose to save result for the command run
+	if runHostCollector.OutputDir != "" {
+		bundleOutputPath = path.Join(c.BundlePath, "host-collectors/run-host", collectorName, runHostCollector.OutputDir)
+		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env,
+			fmt.Sprintf("WORKSPACE_DIR=%s", bundleOutputPath),
+		)
+	}
 
 	var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stdout = &stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 
 	runInfo := HostRunInfo{
-		Command:  cmd.String(),
-		ExitCode: "0",
+		Command:   cmd.String(),
+		ExitCode:  "0",
+		OutputDir: bundleOutputPath,
 	}
 
 	err := cmd.Run()
@@ -54,12 +75,8 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 		}
 	}
 
-	collectorName := c.hostCollector.CollectorName
-	if collectorName == "" {
-		collectorName = "run-host"
-	}
-	resultInfo := filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName+"-info.json")
-	result := filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName+".txt")
+	resultInfo := filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName, "collector-info.json")
+	result := filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName, "collector.txt")
 
 	b, err := json.Marshal(runInfo)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -69,11 +86,11 @@ func (c *CollectHostRun) Collect(progressChan chan<- interface{}) (map[string][]
 	output := NewResult()
 	output.SaveResult(c.BundlePath, resultInfo, bytes.NewBuffer(b))
 	output.SaveResult(c.BundlePath, result, bytes.NewBuffer(stdout.Bytes()))
-
-	runHostOutput := map[string][]byte{
-		resultInfo: b,
-		result:     stdout.Bytes(),
+	// walkthrough the output directory and save result for each file
+	if runHostCollector.OutputDir != "" {
+		output.SaveResults(c.BundlePath,
+			filepath.Join("host-collectors/run-host", collectorName, runHostCollector.OutputDir))
 	}
 
-	return runHostOutput, nil
+	return output, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/collect/result.go b/pkg/collect/result.go
index 45e6d299c..b962b74fe 100644
--- a/pkg/collect/result.go
+++ b/pkg/collect/result.go
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
@@ -131,6 +134,44 @@ func (r CollectorResult) SaveResult(bundlePath string, relativePath string, read
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SaveResults walk a directory and call SaveResult on all files retrieved from the walk.
+func (r CollectorResult) SaveResults(bundlePath string, relativePath string) error {
+	dirPath := path.Join(bundlePath, relativePath)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dirPath, 0777); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create output file directory")
+	}
+
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(dirPath, func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "error from WalkDirFunc")
+		}
+
+		if !d.IsDir() {
+			file, err := os.Open(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to open file: %s", path))
+			}
+			fileBytes, err := io.ReadAll(file)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to read file: %s", path))
+			}
+
+			err = r.SaveResult(bundlePath, strings.TrimPrefix(path, bundlePath+"/"), bytes.NewBuffer(fileBytes))
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, "error from SaveResult call")
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error from WalkDir call")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r CollectorResult) ReplaceResult(bundlePath string, relativePath string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	if bundlePath == "" {
 		data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)