diff --git a/changelog/add-ability-for-specify-version-range-for-commandline-commands.dd b/changelog/add-ability-for-specify-version-range-for-commandline-commands.dd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72ca62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/add-ability-for-specify-version-range-for-commandline-commands.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+All commands now accept a version specification
+
+Before this release dub could only get an exact version for some commands
+(`describe`, `generate`, `fetch`, etc...). All commands now accept a version specification,
+such as can be found in `dub.json` / `dub.sdl`:
+
+    dub fetch 'foo@>0.2.0'
+    dub describe foo@'>=0.3.0 <1.0.0'
+
+Note that commands such as `describe` will still not fetch from the network.
diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index f827eff..04f5d69 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -991,11 +991,10 @@
 	protected void setupVersionPackage(Dub dub, string str_package_info, string default_build_type = "debug")
 	{
 		PackageAndVersion package_info = splitPackageName(str_package_info);	
-		Version ver = package_info.version_.length ? Version(package_info.version_) : Version.unknown;
-		setupPackage(dub, package_info.name, default_build_type, ver);
+		setupPackage(dub, package_info.name, default_build_type, package_info.version_);
 	}
 
-	protected void setupPackage(Dub dub, string package_name, string default_build_type = "debug", Version ver = Version.unknown)
+	protected void setupPackage(Dub dub, string package_name, string default_build_type = "debug", string ver = "")
 	{
 		if (!m_compilerName.length) m_compilerName = dub.defaultCompiler;
 		if (!m_arch.length) m_arch = dub.defaultArchitecture;
@@ -1039,7 +1038,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	private bool loadSpecificPackage(Dub dub, string package_name, Version ver)
+	private bool loadSpecificPackage(Dub dub, string package_name, string ver)
 	{
 		if (m_single) {
 			enforce(package_name.length, "Missing file name of single-file package.");
@@ -1061,12 +1060,12 @@
 
 		enforce(package_name.length, "No valid root package found - aborting.");
 
-		auto pack = ver.isUnknown
+		auto pack = ver == ""
 			? dub.packageManager.getLatestPackage(package_name)
-			: dub.packageManager.getPackage(package_name, ver);
+			: dub.packageManager.getBestPackage(package_name, ver);
 
 		enforce(pack, format!"Failed to find a package named '%s%s' locally."(package_name,
-			ver.isUnknown ? "" : "@" ~ ver.toString()
+			ver == "" ? "" : ("@" ~ ver)
 		));
 		logInfo("Building package %s in %s", pack.name, pack.path.toNativeString());
 		dub.loadPackage(pack);
diff --git a/test/version-spec.sh b/test/version-spec.sh
index 154b168..8d0677f 100755
--- a/test/version-spec.sh
+++ b/test/version-spec.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 [[ $($DUB describe foo@1.0.0 | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/"* ]]
 [[ $($DUB describe foo@0.1.0 | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/oldfoo/"* ]]
 
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'<1.0.0' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/oldfoo/"* ]]
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'>0.1.0' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/"* ]]
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'>0.2.0' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/"* ]]
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'<=0.2.0' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/oldfoo/"* ]]
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'*' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/"* ]]
+[[ $($DUB describe foo@'>0.0.1 <2.0.0' | grep path | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/"* ]]
+
 [[ $($DUB test foo | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/" ]]
 [[ $($DUB test foo@1.0.0 | head -n 1) == *"/newfoo/" ]]
 [[ $($DUB test foo@0.1.0 | head -n 1) == *"/oldfoo/" ]]