diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/main.go b/cmd/skopeo/main.go
index 50e29b2..7108df5 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"
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ 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 c.GlobalBool("insecure-policy") {
 		policy = &signature.Policy{Default: []signature.PolicyRequirement{signature.NewPRInsecureAcceptAnything()}}
 	} else if policyPath == "" {