diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.1 b/alsactl/alsactl.1
index 0bd6c1b..8296663 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.1
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.1
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Print alsactl version number.
 \fI\-f, \-\-file\fP
 Select the configuration file to use. The default is /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
 
+.TP
+\fI\-a, \-\-config-dir\fP
+Select the boot / hotplug ALSA configuration directory to use. The default is /var/lib/alsa.
+
 .TP
 \fI\-l, \-\-lock\fP
 Use the file locking to serialize the concurrent access to the state file (this
diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.c b/alsactl/alsactl.c
index c800087..a011284 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.c
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.c
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@
 #include <sched.h>
 #include "alsactl.h"
 
+#ifndef SYS_ASOUND_DIR
+#define SYS_ASOUND_DIR "/var/lib/alsa"
+#endif
 #ifndef SYS_ASOUNDRC
-#define SYS_ASOUNDRC "/var/lib/alsa/asound.state"
+#define SYS_ASOUNDRC SYS_ASOUND_DIR "/asound.state"
 #endif
 #ifndef SYS_PIDFILE
 #define SYS_PIDFILE "/var/run/alsactl.pid"
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ static struct arg args[] = {
 { 'v', "version", "print version of this program" },
 { HEADER, NULL, "Available state options:" },
 { FILEARG | 'f', "file", "configuration file (default " SYS_ASOUNDRC ")" },
+{ FILEARG | 'a', "config-dir", "boot / hotplug configuration directory (default " SYS_ASOUND_DIR ")" },
 { 'l', "lock", "use file locking to serialize concurrent access" },
 { 'L', "no-lock", "do not use file locking to serialize concurrent access" },
 { FILEARG | 'O', "lock-state-file", "state lock file path (default " SYS_LOCKFILE ")" },
@@ -227,6 +231,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		"/dev/snd/hwC",
 		NULL
 	};
+	char *cfgdir = SYS_ASOUND_DIR;
 	char *cfgfile = SYS_ASOUNDRC;
 	char *initfile = DATADIR "/init/00main";
 	char *pidfile = SYS_PIDFILE;
@@ -286,6 +291,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'f':
 			cfgfile = optarg;
 			break;
+		case 'a':
+			cfgdir = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'l':
 			do_lock = 1;
 			break;
@@ -420,7 +428,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	snd_lib_error_set_handler(error_handler);
 
 	if (!strcmp(cmd, "init")) {
-		res = init(initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_FBOOT | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname);
+		res = init(cfgdir, initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_FBOOT | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname);
 		snd_config_update_free_global();
 	} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "store")) {
 		res = save_state(cfgfile, cardname);
@@ -429,7 +437,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		   !strcmp(cmd, "nrestore")) {
 		if (removestate)
 			remove(statefile);
-		res = load_state(cfgfile, initfile, initflags, cardname, init_fallback);
+		res = load_state(cfgdir, cfgfile, initfile, initflags, cardname, init_fallback);
 		if (!strcmp(cmd, "rdaemon")) {
 			do_nice(use_nice, sched_idle);
 			res = state_daemon(cfgfile, cardname, period, pidfile);
diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.h b/alsactl/alsactl.h
index ca723e3..bbdf6c8 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.h
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.h
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@ const char *snd_card_iterator_next(struct snd_card_iterator *iter);
 int snd_card_iterator_error(struct snd_card_iterator *iter);
 
 int load_configuration(const char *file, snd_config_t **top, int *open_failed);
-int init(const char *file, int flags, const char *cardname);
+int init(const char *cfgdir, const char *file, int flags, const char *cardname);
 int init_ucm(int flags, int cardno);
 int state_lock(const char *file, int timeout);
 int state_unlock(int fd, const char *file);
 int save_state(const char *file, const char *cardname);
-int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, int initflags,
+int load_state(const char *cfgdir, const char *file,
+	       const char *initfile, int initflags,
 	       const char *cardname, int do_init);
 int power(const char *argv[], int argc);
 int monitor(const char *name);
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ int state_daemon(const char *file, const char *cardname, int period,
 		 const char *pidfile);
 int state_daemon_kill(const char *pidfile, const char *cmd);
 int clean(const char *cardname, char *const *extra_args);
+int snd_card_clean_cfgdir(const char *cfgdir, int cardno);
 
 /* utils */
 
diff --git a/alsactl/init_parse.c b/alsactl/init_parse.c
index ab2c906..9d0f473 100644
--- a/alsactl/init_parse.c
+++ b/alsactl/init_parse.c
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ static int parse(struct space *space, const char *filename)
 	return err ? err : -abs(space->exit_code);
 }
 
-int init(const char *filename, int flags, const char *cardname)
+int init(const char *cfgdir, const char *filename, int flags, const char *cardname)
 {
 	struct space *space;
 	struct snd_card_iterator iter;
@@ -1752,6 +1752,12 @@ int init(const char *filename, int flags, const char *cardname)
 	sysfs_init();
 	err = snd_card_iterator_sinit(&iter, cardname);
 	while (snd_card_iterator_next(&iter)) {
+		err = snd_card_clean_cfgdir(cfgdir, iter.card);
+		if (err < 0) {
+			if (lasterr == 0)
+				lasterr = err;
+			continue;
+		}
 		err = init_ucm(flags, iter.card);
 		if (err == 0)
 			continue;
diff --git a/alsactl/state.c b/alsactl/state.c
index 0612970..44fda3f 100644
--- a/alsactl/state.c
+++ b/alsactl/state.c
@@ -1618,7 +1618,8 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, int initflags,
+int load_state(const char *cfgdir, const char *file,
+	       const char *initfile, int initflags,
 	       const char *cardname, int do_init)
 {
 	int err, finalerr = 0, open_failed;
@@ -1640,7 +1641,7 @@ int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, int initflags,
 		while ((cardname1 = snd_card_iterator_next(&iter)) != NULL) {
 			if (!do_init)
 				break;
-			err = init(initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_FBOOT | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname1);
+			err = init(cfgdir, initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_FBOOT | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname1);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				finalerr = err;
 				initfailed(iter.card, "init", err);
@@ -1661,7 +1662,7 @@ int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, int initflags,
 		init_ucm(initflags | FLAG_UCM_FBOOT, iter.card);
 		/* do a check if controls matches state file */
 		if (do_init && set_controls(iter.card, config, 0)) {
-			err = init(initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname1);
+			err = init(cfgdir, initfile, initflags | FLAG_UCM_BOOT, cardname1);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				initfailed(iter.card, "init", err);
 				finalerr = err;
diff --git a/alsactl/utils.c b/alsactl/utils.c
index d0b1ac6..c79fd95 100644
--- a/alsactl/utils.c
+++ b/alsactl/utils.c
@@ -284,3 +284,46 @@ int snd_card_iterator_error(struct snd_card_iterator *iter)
 {
 	return iter->first ? (ignore_nocards ? 0 : -ENODEV) : 0;
 }
+
+static int cleanup_filename_filter(const struct dirent *dirent)
+{
+	size_t flen;
+
+	if (dirent == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	if (dirent->d_type == DT_DIR)
+		return 0;
+
+	flen = strlen(dirent->d_name);
+	if (flen <= 5)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strncmp(&dirent->d_name[flen-5], ".conf", 5) == 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int snd_card_clean_cfgdir(const char *cfgdir, int cardno)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	struct dirent **list;
+	int lasterr = 0, n, j;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/card%d.conf.d", cfgdir, cardno);
+	n = scandir(path, &list, cleanup_filename_filter, NULL);
+	if (n < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
+			return 0;
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/card%d.conf.d/%s", cfgdir, cardno, list[j]->d_name);
+		if (remove(path)) {
+			error("Unable to remove file '%s'", path);
+			lasterr = -errno;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return lasterr;
+}