diff --git a/cmd/create/create.go b/cmd/create/create.go
index 44fa460..ad3fa50 100644
--- a/cmd/create/create.go
+++ b/cmd/create/create.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 		err          error
 		keepConfig   bool
 		canastaInfo  canasta.CanastaVariables
+		override     string
 	)
 	createCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "create",
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
 			fmt.Println("Creating Canasta installation '" + canastaInfo.Id + "'...")
-			if err = createCanasta(canastaInfo, pwd, path, orchestrator); err != nil {
+			if err = createCanasta(canastaInfo, pwd, path, orchestrator, override); err != nil {
 				fmt.Print(err.Error(), "\n")
 				if keepConfig {
 					log.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("Keeping all the containers and config files\nExiting"))
@@ -63,11 +64,12 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&canastaInfo.AdminName, "WikiSysop", "a", "", "Initial wiki admin username")
 	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&canastaInfo.AdminPassword, "password", "s", "", "Initial wiki admin password")
 	createCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&keepConfig, "keep-config", "k", false, "Keep the config files on installation failure")
+	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&override, "override", "r", "", "Name of a file to copy to docker-compose.override.yml")
 	return createCmd
 }
 
 // importCanasta accepts all the keyword arguments and create a installation of the latest Canasta.
-func createCanasta(canastaInfo canasta.CanastaVariables, pwd, path, orchestrator string) error {
+func createCanasta(canastaInfo canasta.CanastaVariables, pwd, path, orchestrator, override string) error {
 	if _, err := config.GetDetails(canastaInfo.Id); err == nil {
 		log.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("Canasta installation with the ID already exist!"))
 	}
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ func createCanasta(canastaInfo canasta.CanastaVariables, pwd, path, orchestrator
 	if err := canasta.CopyEnv("", canastaInfo.DomainName, path, pwd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := orchestrators.CopyOverrideFile(path, orchestrator, override, pwd); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := orchestrators.Start(path, orchestrator); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/import/importExisting.go b/cmd/import/importExisting.go
index e4d88a8..92cc40c 100644
--- a/cmd/import/importExisting.go
+++ b/cmd/import/importExisting.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 		databasePath      string
 		localSettingsPath string
 		envPath           string
+		override          string
 		canastaId         string
 		domainName        string
 		err               error
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 			fmt.Println("Importing Canasta")
-			if err := importCanasta(pwd, canastaId, domainName, path, orchestrator, databasePath, localSettingsPath, envPath); err != nil {
+			if err := importCanasta(pwd, canastaId, domainName, path, orchestrator, databasePath, localSettingsPath, envPath, override); err != nil {
 				fmt.Print(err.Error(), "\n")
 				if keepConfig {
 					log.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("Keeping all the containers and config files\nExiting"))
@@ -65,13 +66,14 @@ func NewCmdCreate() *cobra.Command {
 	importCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&databasePath, "database", "d", "", "Path to the existing database dump")
 	importCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&localSettingsPath, "localsettings", "l", "", "Path to the existing LocalSettings.php")
 	importCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&envPath, "env", "e", "", "Path to the existing .env file")
+	importCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&override, "override", "r", "", "Name of a file to copy to docker-compose.override.yml")
 	importCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&keepConfig, "keep-config", "k", false, "Keep the config files on installation failure")
 
 	return importCmd
 }
 
 // importCanasta copies LocalSettings.php and databasedump to create canasta from a previous mediawiki installation
-func importCanasta(pwd, canastaId, domainName, path, orchestrator, databasePath, localSettingsPath, envPath string) error {
+func importCanasta(pwd, canastaId, domainName, path, orchestrator, databasePath, localSettingsPath, envPath, override string) error {
 	if _, err := config.GetDetails(canastaId); err == nil {
 		log.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("Canasta installation with the ID already exist!"))
 	}
@@ -87,6 +89,9 @@ func importCanasta(pwd, canastaId, domainName, path, orchestrator, databasePath,
 	if err := canasta.CopyLocalSettings(localSettingsPath, path, pwd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := orchestrators.CopyOverrideFile(path, orchestrator, override, pwd); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := orchestrators.Start(path, orchestrator); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/orchestrators/orchestrators.go b/internal/orchestrators/orchestrators.go
index 12b40d5..d40b0f9 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrators/orchestrators.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrators/orchestrators.go
@@ -37,6 +37,25 @@ func GetRepoLink(orchestrator string) string {
 	return repo
 }
 
+func CopyOverrideFile(path, orchestrator, sourceFilename, pwd string) error {
+	if sourceFilename != "" {
+		logging.Print("Copying override file\n")
+		switch orchestrator {
+		case "docker-compose":
+			sourceFilename = pwd + "/" + sourceFilename
+			var overrideFilename = path + "/docker-compose.override.yml"
+			logging.Print(fmt.Sprintf("Copying %s to %s\n", sourceFilename, overrideFilename))
+			err, output := execute.Run("", "cp", sourceFilename, overrideFilename)
+			if err != nil {
+				logging.Fatal(fmt.Errorf(output))
+			}
+		default:
+			logging.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("orchestrator: %s is not available", orchestrator))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func Start(path, orchestrator string) error {
 	logging.Print("Starting Canasta\n")
 	switch orchestrator {