diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66a2f433..f252e289 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ optional arguments:
   --host HOST           hostname (default: 127.0.0.1)
   --server {wsgiref,gunicorn}
                         server (default: auto)
+  --artifact-dir ARTIFACT_DIR
+                        directory to store artifact files
   --version, -v         show program's version number and exit
   --quiet, -q           quiet
 ```
diff --git a/optuna_dashboard/_cli.py b/optuna_dashboard/_cli.py
index 2d8cfbf1..c9f992a9 100644
--- a/optuna_dashboard/_cli.py
+++ b/optuna_dashboard/_cli.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from bottle import run
 from optuna.storages import BaseStorage
 from optuna.storages import RDBStorage
 
+from optuna_dashboard.artifact.file_system import FileSystemBackend
 from . import __version__
 from ._app import create_app
 from ._app import get_storage
@@ -94,13 +95,22 @@ def main() -> None:
         default="auto",
         choices=SERVER_CHOICES,
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--artifact-dir",
+        help="directory to store artifact files",
+        default=None,
+    )
     parser.add_argument("--version", "-v", action="version", version=__version__)
     parser.add_argument("--quiet", "-q", help="quiet", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     storage: BaseStorage
     storage = get_storage(args.storage)
-    app = create_app(storage, debug=DEBUG)
+
+    artifact_backend = None
+    if args.artifact_dir is not None:
+        artifact_backend = FileSystemBackend(args.artifact_dir)
+    app = create_app(storage, artifact_backend=artifact_backend, debug=DEBUG)
 
     if DEBUG and isinstance(storage, RDBStorage):
         app = register_profiler_view(app, storage)