diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/main.go b/cmd/skopeo/main.go
index 51f918d..6681d73 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+  "path/filepath"

 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/containers/image/signature"
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ func getPolicyContext(c *cli.Context) (*signature.PolicyContext, error) {
 	policyPath := c.GlobalString("policy")
 	var policy *signature.Policy // This could be cached across calls, if we had an application context.
 	var err error
+  var dir string
+  if policyPath == "" {
+    dir, err = filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(os.Args[0]))
+    policyPath = dir + "/../etc/default-policy.json"
+  }
+
 	if policyPath == "" {
 		policy, err = signature.DefaultPolicy(nil)
 	} else {