diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
index bda31751d..36622343e 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'test_split\', \'seed\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'boston_housing.npz\', \'0.2\', \'113\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'boston_housing.npz\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
index 8a5142f79..87f25460a 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"
+    argspec: "args=[\'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
index 16f184eeb..e7bbe9c91 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'label_mode\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'fine\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'label_mode\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'fine\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
index a0e14356f..4b5bcac2d 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"
+    argspec: "args=[\'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
index ff962876b..362b0ef2b 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'imdb.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'imdb.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
index 530bb0755..6efe0c41d 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'mnist.npz\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'mnist.npz\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
index 6f6446eb4..dc19041d9 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'reuters.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'reuters.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
index bda31751d..36622343e 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.boston_housing"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'test_split\', \'seed\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'boston_housing.npz\', \'0.2\', \'113\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'boston_housing.npz\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
index 8a5142f79..87f25460a 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar10"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"
+    argspec: "args=[\'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
index 16f184eeb..e7bbe9c91 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.cifar100"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'label_mode\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'fine\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'label_mode\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'fine\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
index a0e14356f..4b5bcac2d 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.fashion_mnist"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=None"
+    argspec: "args=[\'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
index ff962876b..362b0ef2b 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.imdb.pbtxt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'imdb.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'imdb.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
index 530bb0755..6efe0c41d 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist.pbtxt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ path: "tensorflow.keras.datasets.mnist"
 tf_module {
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'mnist.npz\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'mnist.npz\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
index 6f6446eb4..dc19041d9 100644
--- a/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
+++ b/tf_keras/api/golden/v2/tensorflow.keras.datasets.reuters.pbtxt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "load_data"
-    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'reuters.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'path\', \'num_words\', \'skip_top\', \'maxlen\', \'test_split\', \'seed\', \'start_char\', \'oov_char\', \'index_from\', \'cache_dir\'], varargs=None, keywords=kwargs, defaults=[\'reuters.npz\', \'None\', \'0\', \'None\', \'0.2\', \'113\', \'1\', \'2\', \'3\', \'None\'], "
   }
 }
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/boston_housing.py b/tf_keras/datasets/boston_housing.py
index dab2c1c4d..482cdb1cd 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/boston_housing.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/boston_housing.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """Boston housing price regression dataset."""
 
+import os
+
 import numpy as np
 
 from tf_keras.utils.data_utils import get_file
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@
 
 
 @keras_export("keras.datasets.boston_housing.load_data")
-def load_data(path="boston_housing.npz", test_split=0.2, seed=113):
+def load_data(
+    path="boston_housing.npz", test_split=0.2, seed=113, cache_dir=None
+):
     """Loads the Boston Housing dataset.
 
     This is a dataset taken from the StatLib library which is maintained at
@@ -43,11 +47,12 @@ def load_data(path="boston_housing.npz", test_split=0.2, seed=113):
     [StatLib website](http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/boston).
 
     Args:
-      path: path where to cache the dataset locally
-          (relative to `~/.keras/datasets`).
+      path: path where to cache the dataset locally (relative to
+        `~/.keras/datasets`).
       test_split: fraction of the data to reserve as test set.
-      seed: Random seed for shuffling the data
-          before computing the test split.
+      seed: Random seed for shuffling the data before computing the test split.
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+        defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
 
     Returns:
       Tuple of Numpy arrays: `(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test)`.
@@ -64,12 +69,16 @@ def load_data(path="boston_housing.npz", test_split=0.2, seed=113):
     origin_folder = (
         "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/tf-keras-datasets/"
     )
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         path,
         origin=origin_folder + "boston_housing.npz",
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "f553886a1f8d56431e820c5b82552d9d95cfcb96d1e678153f8839538947dff5"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
     with np.load(path, allow_pickle=True) as f:
         x = f["x"]
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/cifar10.py b/tf_keras/datasets/cifar10.py
index daab65443..5fd235b95 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/cifar10.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/cifar10.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 @keras_export("keras.datasets.cifar10.load_data")
-def load_data():
+def load_data(cache_dir=None):
     """Loads the CIFAR10 dataset.
 
     This is a dataset of 50,000 32x32 color training images and 10,000 test
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ def load_data():
     |   8   | ship        |
     |   9   | truck       |
 
+    Args:
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+        defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
+
     Returns:
       Tuple of NumPy arrays: `(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test)`.
 
@@ -78,6 +82,9 @@ def load_data():
     """
     dirname = "cifar-10-batches-py"
     origin = "https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-10-python.tar.gz"
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         dirname,
         origin=origin,
@@ -85,6 +92,7 @@ def load_data():
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "6d958be074577803d12ecdefd02955f39262c83c16fe9348329d7fe0b5c001ce"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
 
     num_train_samples = 50000
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/cifar100.py b/tf_keras/datasets/cifar100.py
index af00173d1..8a584a2f8 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/cifar100.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/cifar100.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 @keras_export("keras.datasets.cifar100.load_data")
-def load_data(label_mode="fine"):
+def load_data(label_mode="fine", cache_dir=None):
     """Loads the CIFAR100 dataset.
 
     This is a dataset of 50,000 32x32 color training images and
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def load_data(label_mode="fine"):
       label_mode: one of "fine", "coarse". If it is "fine" the category labels
         are the fine-grained labels, if it is "coarse" the output labels are the
         coarse-grained superclasses.
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+        defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
 
     Returns:
       Tuple of NumPy arrays: `(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test)`.
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ def load_data(label_mode="fine"):
 
     dirname = "cifar-100-python"
     origin = "https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-100-python.tar.gz"
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         dirname,
         origin=origin,
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ def load_data(label_mode="fine"):
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "85cd44d02ba6437773c5bbd22e183051d648de2e7d6b014e1ef29b855ba677a7"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
 
     fpath = os.path.join(path, "train")
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/fashion_mnist.py b/tf_keras/datasets/fashion_mnist.py
index a3040cea5..b3f287e4a 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/fashion_mnist.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/fashion_mnist.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 
 @keras_export("keras.datasets.fashion_mnist.load_data")
-def load_data():
+def load_data(cache_dir=None):
     """Loads the Fashion-MNIST dataset.
 
     This is a dataset of 60,000 28x28 grayscale images of 10 fashion categories,
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ def load_data():
     |   8   | Bag         |
     |   9   | Ankle boot  |
 
+    Args:
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+        defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
+
     Returns:
       Tuple of NumPy arrays: `(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test)`.
 
@@ -77,7 +81,6 @@ def load_data():
       The copyright for Fashion-MNIST is held by Zalando SE.
       Fashion-MNIST is licensed under the [MIT license](
       https://github.com/zalandoresearch/fashion-mnist/blob/master/LICENSE).
-
     """
     dirname = os.path.join("datasets", "fashion-mnist")
     base = "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/tf-keras-datasets/"
@@ -87,10 +90,19 @@ def load_data():
         "t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz",
         "t10k-images-idx3-ubyte.gz",
     ]
-
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     paths = []
     for fname in files:
-        paths.append(get_file(fname, origin=base + fname, cache_subdir=dirname))
+        paths.append(
+            get_file(
+                fname,
+                origin=base + fname,
+                cache_dir=cache_dir,
+                cache_subdir=dirname,
+            )
+        )
 
     with gzip.open(paths[0], "rb") as lbpath:
         y_train = np.frombuffer(lbpath.read(), np.uint8, offset=8)
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/imdb.py b/tf_keras/datasets/imdb.py
index 2810fe20b..f60c7a9c1 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/imdb.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/imdb.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """IMDB sentiment classification dataset."""
 
 import json
+import os
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def load_data(
     start_char=1,
     oov_char=2,
     index_from=3,
+    cache_dir=None,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """Loads the [IMDB dataset](https://ai.stanford.edu/~amaas/data/sentiment/).
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ def load_data(
           Words that were cut out because of the `num_words` or
           `skip_top` limits will be replaced with this character.
       index_from: int. Index actual words with this index and higher.
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+          defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
       **kwargs: Used for backwards compatibility.
 
     Returns:
@@ -108,12 +112,16 @@ def load_data(
     origin_folder = (
         "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/tf-keras-datasets/"
     )
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         path,
         origin=origin_folder + "imdb.npz",
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "69664113be75683a8fe16e3ed0ab59fda8886cb3cd7ada244f7d9544e4676b9f"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
     with np.load(path, allow_pickle=True) as f:
         x_train, labels_train = f["x_train"], f["y_train"]
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/mnist.py b/tf_keras/datasets/mnist.py
index d98b7cb98..9c5e01114 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/mnist.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/mnist.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 # ==============================================================================
 """MNIST handwritten digits dataset."""
+import os
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 @keras_export("keras.datasets.mnist.load_data")
-def load_data(path="mnist.npz"):
+def load_data(path="mnist.npz", cache_dir=None):
     """Loads the MNIST dataset.
 
     This is a dataset of 60,000 28x28 grayscale images of the 10 digits,
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ def load_data(path="mnist.npz"):
     [MNIST homepage](http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/).
 
     Args:
-      path: path where to cache the dataset locally
-        (relative to `~/.keras/datasets`).
+      path: path where to cache the dataset locally relative to cache_dir.
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+        defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
 
     Returns:
       Tuple of NumPy arrays: `(x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test)`.
@@ -72,12 +74,16 @@ def load_data(path="mnist.npz"):
     origin_folder = (
         "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/tf-keras-datasets/"
     )
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         path,
         origin=origin_folder + "mnist.npz",
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "731c5ac602752760c8e48fbffcf8c3b850d9dc2a2aedcf2cc48468fc17b673d1"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
     with np.load(path, allow_pickle=True) as f:
         x_train, y_train = f["x_train"], f["y_train"]
diff --git a/tf_keras/datasets/reuters.py b/tf_keras/datasets/reuters.py
index e0b7ce480..416b1ce03 100644
--- a/tf_keras/datasets/reuters.py
+++ b/tf_keras/datasets/reuters.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """Reuters topic classification dataset."""
 
 import json
+import os
 
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ def load_data(
     start_char=1,
     oov_char=2,
     index_from=3,
+    cache_dir=None,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """Loads the Reuters newswire classification dataset.
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ def load_data(
           Words that were cut out because of the `num_words` or
           `skip_top` limits will be replaced with this character.
       index_from: int. Index actual words with this index and higher.
+      cache_dir: directory where to cache the dataset locally. When None,
+          defaults to `~/.keras/datasets`.
       **kwargs: Used for backwards compatibility.
 
     Returns:
@@ -114,12 +118,16 @@ def load_data(
     origin_folder = (
         "https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/tf-keras-datasets/"
     )
+    if cache_dir:
+        cache_dir = os.path.expanduser(cache_dir)
+        os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
     path = get_file(
         path,
         origin=origin_folder + "reuters.npz",
         file_hash=(  # noqa: E501
             "d6586e694ee56d7a4e65172e12b3e987c03096cb01eab99753921ef915959916"
         ),
+        cache_dir=cache_dir,
     )
     with np.load(path, allow_pickle=True) as f:
         xs, labels = f["x"], f["y"]