diff --git a/handlers/location_handler_field_location_distance.inc b/handlers/location_handler_field_location_distance.inc
index 49013e0..f5fc5f7 100644
--- a/handlers/location_handler_field_location_distance.inc
+++ b/handlers/location_handler_field_location_distance.inc
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class location_handler_field_location_distance extends views_handler_field {
         'php' => t('Use PHP code to determine latitude/longitude'),
         'nid_arg' => t("Node's Latitude / Longitude from views nid argument"),
         'uid_arg' => t("User's Latitude / Longitude from views uid argument"),
+        'distance_arg' => t("Latitude / Longitude from views argument"),
       ),
       '#description' => t("This will be the way the latitude/longitude of origin is determined. When using the user's latitude / longitude, if a user has multiple locations the first will be used."),
       '#default_value' => $this->options['origin'],
diff --git a/location.views.inc b/location.views.inc
index feb07c0..db9efc1 100644
--- a/location.views.inc
+++ b/location.views.inc
@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ function location_views_proximity_get_reference_location($view, $options) {
         }
       }
       break;
+     case 'distance_arg':
+           list($coord, $distance) = explode('_', $view->args[0]);
+           list($lat, $lon) = explode(',', $coord);   
+           $coordinates['latitude'] = (float) $lat;
+           $coordinates['longitude'] = (float) $lon;
+
+      break;
+
   }
 
   return $coordinates;