diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index a3a6444..98e657d 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 		} else {
 			// initialize DUB
 			auto package_suppliers = options.registry_urls.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url))).array;
-			dub = new Dub(package_suppliers, options.root_path);
+			dub = new Dub(package_suppliers, options.root_path, options.skipRegistry);
 			dub.dryRun = options.annotate;
 
 			// make the CWD package available so that for example sub packages can reference their
@@ -231,12 +231,19 @@
 	bool help, annotate, bare;
 	string[] registry_urls;
 	string root_path;
+	SkipRegistry skipRegistry = SkipRegistry.none;
 
 	void prepare(CommandArgs args)
 	{
 		args.getopt("h|help", &help, ["Display general or command specific help"]);
 		args.getopt("root", &root_path, ["Path to operate in instead of the current working dir"]);
 		args.getopt("registry", &registry_urls, ["Search the given DUB registry URL first when resolving dependencies. Can be specified multiple times."]);
+		args.getopt("skip-registry", &skipRegistry, [
+			"Skips searching certain package registries for dependencies:",
+			"  none: Search all configured registries (default)",
+			"  standard: Don't search on "~defaultRegistryURL,
+			"  all: Search none of the configured registries",
+			]);
 		args.getopt("annotate", &annotate, ["Do not perform any action, just print what would be done"]);
 		args.getopt("bare", &bare, ["Read only packages contained in the current directory"]);
 		args.getopt("v|verbose", &verbose, ["Print diagnostic output"]);
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 6992d4d..82927ec 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 // Workaround for libcurl liker errors when building with LDC
 version (LDC) pragma(lib, "curl");
 
+enum defaultRegistryURL = "http://code.dlang.org/";
 
 /// The default supplier for packages, which is the registry
 /// hosted by code.dlang.org.
 PackageSupplier[] defaultPackageSuppliers()
 {
-	URL url = URL.parse("http://code.dlang.org/");
-	logDiagnostic("Using dub registry url '%s'", url);
-	return [new RegistryPackageSupplier(url)];
+	logDiagnostic("Using dub registry url '%s'", defaultRegistryURL);
+	return [new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(defaultRegistryURL))];
 }
 
 /// Option flags for fetch
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 	/// Initiales the package manager for the vibe application
 	/// under root.
-	this(PackageSupplier[] additional_package_suppliers = null, string root_path = ".")
+	this(PackageSupplier[] additional_package_suppliers = null, string root_path = ".", SkipRegistry skip_registry = SkipRegistry.none)
 	{
 		m_rootPath = Path(root_path);
 		if (!m_rootPath.absolute) m_rootPath = Path(getcwd()) ~ m_rootPath;
@@ -98,15 +98,23 @@
 		m_systemConfig = jsonFromFile(m_systemDubPath ~ "settings.json", true);
 
 		PackageSupplier[] ps = additional_package_suppliers;
-		if (auto pp = "registryUrls" in m_userConfig)
-			ps ~= deserializeJson!(string[])(*pp)
-				.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
-				.array;
-		if (auto pp = "registryUrls" in m_systemConfig)
-			ps ~= deserializeJson!(string[])(*pp)
-				.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
-				.array;
-		ps ~= defaultPackageSuppliers();
+
+		if (skip_registry < SkipRegistry.all) {
+			if (auto pp = "registryUrls" in m_userConfig)
+				ps ~= deserializeJson!(string[])(*pp)
+					.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
+					.array;
+		}
+
+		if (skip_registry < SkipRegistry.all) {
+			if (auto pp = "registryUrls" in m_systemConfig)
+				ps ~= deserializeJson!(string[])(*pp)
+					.map!(url => cast(PackageSupplier)new RegistryPackageSupplier(URL(url)))
+					.array;
+		}
+
+		if (skip_registry < SkipRegistry.standard)
+			ps ~= defaultPackageSuppliers();
 
 		auto cacheDir = m_userDubPath ~ "cache/";
 		foreach (p; ps)
@@ -873,6 +881,12 @@
 	useCachedResult = 1<<6, /// Use cached information stored with the package to determine upgrades
 }
 
+enum SkipRegistry {
+	none,
+	standard,
+	all
+}
+
 class DependencyVersionResolver : DependencyResolver!(Dependency, Dependency) {
 	protected {
 		Dub m_dub;