diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/config.rs b/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
index 744c96783..e10eca345 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/config.rs
@@ -272,3 +272,46 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ArtifactOutput {
         }
     }
 }
+
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+/// Helper struct for serializing `--allow-paths` arguments to Solc
+///
+/// From the [Solc docs](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.9/using-the-compiler.html#base-path-and-import-remapping):
+/// For security reasons the compiler has restrictions on what directories it can access.
+/// Directories of source files specified on the command line and target paths of
+/// remappings are automatically allowed to be accessed by the file reader,
+/// but everything else is rejected by default. Additional paths (and their subdirectories)
+/// can be allowed via the --allow-paths /sample/path,/another/sample/path switch.
+/// Everything inside the path specified via --base-path is always allowed.
+pub struct AllowedLibPaths(Vec<PathBuf>);
+
+impl fmt::Display for AllowedLibPaths {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        let lib_paths = self
+            .0
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|path| PathBuf::from(path).exists())
+            .map(|path| path.into_os_string().into_string().unwrap())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .join(",");
+        write!(f, "{}", lib_paths)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Into<PathBuf>> TryFrom<Vec<T>> for AllowedLibPaths {
+    type Error = std::io::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(libs: Vec<T>) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let libs = libs
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|lib| {
+                let path: PathBuf = lib.into();
+                let lib = std::fs::canonicalize(path)?;
+                Ok(lib)
+            })
+            .collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<_>, std::io::Error>>()?;
+        Ok(AllowedLibPaths(libs))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/lib.rs b/ethers-solc/src/lib.rs
index eb5d03f80..8e9b7bb3a 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mod compile;
 pub use compile::*;
 
 mod config;
-pub use config::{ArtifactOutput, ProjectPathsConfig, SolcConfig};
+pub use config::{AllowedLibPaths, ArtifactOutput, ProjectPathsConfig, SolcConfig};
 
 use crate::{artifacts::Source, cache::SolFilesCache};
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ pub struct Project {
     pub artifacts: ArtifactOutput,
     /// Errors/Warnings which match these error codes are not going to be logged
     pub ignored_error_codes: Vec<u64>,
+    /// The paths which will be allowed for library inclusion
+    pub allowed_lib_paths: AllowedLibPaths,
 }
 
 impl Project {
@@ -116,8 +118,12 @@ impl Project {
             let version = Solc::detect_version(&source)?;
             // gets the solc binary for that version, it is expected tha this will succeed
             // AND find the solc since it was installed right above
-            let solc = Solc::find_svm_installed_version(version.to_string())?
+            let mut solc = Solc::find_svm_installed_version(version.to_string())?
                 .expect("solc should have been installed");
+            // configure solc
+            solc.args.push("--allow-paths".to_string());
+            solc.args.push(self.allowed_lib_paths.to_string());
+
             let entry = sources_by_version.entry(solc).or_insert_with(BTreeMap::new);
             entry.insert(path, source);
         }