diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 52601b5..861d91f 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@
 		string m_compilerName;
 		string m_arch;
 		string[] m_debugVersions;
+		string[] m_overrideConfigs;
 		Compiler m_compiler;
 		BuildPlatform m_buildPlatform;
 		BuildSettings m_buildSettings;
@@ -561,6 +562,10 @@
 		args.getopt("c|config", &m_buildConfig, [
 			"Builds the specified configuration. Configurations can be defined in dub.json"
 		]);
+		args.getopt("override-config", &m_overrideConfigs, [
+			"Uses the specified configuration for a certain dependency (format: --override-config <dependency>/<config>).",
+			"Can be specified multiple fimes."
+		]);
 		args.getopt("compiler", &m_compilerName, [
 			"Specifies the compiler binary to use (can be a path).",
 			"Arbitrary pre- and suffixes to the identifiers below are recognized (e.g. ldc2 or dmd-2.063) and matched to the proper compiler type:",
@@ -611,6 +616,12 @@
 			else m_buildType = default_build_type;
 		}
 
+		foreach (sc; m_overrideConfigs) {
+			auto idx = sc.indexOf('/');
+			enforceUsage(idx >= 0, "Expected \"<package>/<configuration>\" as argument to --override-config.");
+			dub.project.overrideConfiguration(sc[0 .. idx], sc[idx+1 .. $]);
+		}
+
 		if (!m_nodeps) {
 			// TODO: only upgrade(select) if necessary, only upgrade(upgrade) every now and then