diff --git a/changelog/project-settings.file.dd b/changelog/project-settings.file.dd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..824087b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/project-settings.file.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Support for dub global settings file at the root package level
+
+Dub settings file can now also be added to project root folder
+and has the highest priority.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index d1b6d4c..c8d4845 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 		m_rootPath = NativePath(root_path);
 		if (!m_rootPath.absolute) m_rootPath = NativePath(getcwd()) ~ m_rootPath;
 
-		init();
+		init(m_rootPath);
 
 		if (skip_registry == SkipPackageSuppliers.none)
 			m_packageSuppliers = getPackageSuppliers(additional_package_suppliers);
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@
 	*/
 	this(NativePath override_path)
 	{
-		init();
+		init(NativePath());
 		m_overrideSearchPath = override_path;
 		m_packageManager = new PackageManager(NativePath(), NativePath(), false);
 		updatePackageSearchPath();
 	}
 
-	private void init()
+	private void init(NativePath root_path)
 	{
 		import std.file : tempDir;
 		version(Windows) {
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@
 		m_config = new DubConfig(jsonFromFile(NativePath(thisExePath).parentPath ~ "../etc/dub/settings.json", true), m_config);
 		m_config = new DubConfig(jsonFromFile(m_dirs.userSettings ~ "settings.json", true), m_config);
 
+		if (!root_path.empty)
+			m_config = new DubConfig(jsonFromFile(root_path ~ "dub.settings.json", true), m_config);
+
 		determineDefaultCompiler();
 
 		m_defaultArchitecture = m_config.defaultArchitecture;
diff --git a/test/issue1739-project-settings-file.sh b/test/issue1739-project-settings-file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..efc4f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1739-project-settings-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+. $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
+
+cd ${CURR_DIR}
+echo "{\"defaultArchitecture\": \"foo\"}" > "dub.settings.json"
+
+function cleanup {
+    rm "dub.settings.json"
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+if ! { ${DUB} describe --single issue103-single-file-package.d 2>&1 || true; } | grep -cF "Unsupported architecture: foo"; then
+    die $LINENO 'DUB did not find the project configuration with an adjacent architecture.'
+fi
+