diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4bb176b30..f08897fb2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ documentation/html
 tools/kconfig-frontends/kconfig-mconf
 packages
 dist
-dist_ide_project
+rt-studio-project
 cconfig.h
 GPUCache
 
diff --git a/tools/building.py b/tools/building.py
index dfcfd1b689..97f0b41450 100644
--- a/tools/building.py
+++ b/tools/building.py
@@ -909,13 +909,14 @@ def EndBuilding(target, program = None):
         project_path = GetOption('project-path')
         project_name = GetOption('project-name')
 
-        if not isinstance(project_path, str) or len(project_path) == 0 :
-            project_path = os.path.join(BSP_ROOT, 'dist_ide_project')
-            print("\nwarning : --project-path not specified, use default path: {0}.".format(project_path))
         if not isinstance(project_name, str) or len(project_name) == 0:
             project_name = "dist_ide_project"
             print("\nwarning : --project-name not specified, use default project name: {0}.".format(project_name))
 
+        if not isinstance(project_path, str) or len(project_path) == 0 :
+            project_path = os.path.join(BSP_ROOT, 'rt-studio-project', project_name)
+            print("\nwarning : --project-path not specified, use default path: {0}.".format(project_path))
+
         rtt_ide = {'project_path' : project_path, 'project_name' : project_name}
         MkDist(program, BSP_ROOT, Rtt_Root, Env, rtt_ide)
         need_exit = True
diff --git a/tools/options.py b/tools/options.py
index edc39d5e75..0840deed81 100644
--- a/tools/options.py
+++ b/tools/options.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def AddOptions():
                       action = 'store_true',
                       default = False,
                       help = 'make distribution and strip useless files')
-    AddOption('--dist-ide',
+    AddOption('--dist-ide', '--dist-rtstudio',
                       dest = 'make-dist-ide',
                       action = 'store_true',
                       default = False,