diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index 77941d79da..8288ed7477 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -97,25 +97,27 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		versionFlag bool
-		init        bool
-		list        bool
-		listHidden  bool
-		withDeps    bool
-		status      bool
-		force       bool
-		watch       bool
-		verbose     bool
-		silent      bool
-		dry         bool
-		update      bool
-		dir         string
+		versionFlag      bool
+		init             bool
+		list             bool
+		listHidden       bool
+		withDeps         bool
+		status           bool
+		force            bool
+		watch            bool
+		verbose          bool
+		taskfileLocation string
+		silent           bool
+		dry              bool
+		update           bool
+		dir              string
 	)
 
 	pflag.BoolVar(&versionFlag, "version", false, "show Task version")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&init, "init", "i", false, "creates a new Taskfile.yml in the current folder")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&list, "list", "l", false, "lists tasks of current Taskfile")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&update, "update", false, "selfupdate task")
+	pflag.StringVarP(&taskfileLocation, "config", "c", "Taskfile.yml", "Specify taskfile location")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&listHidden, "list-hidden",
 		false, "lists all tasks")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&withDeps, "with-deps", false, "list all tasks with dependencies")
@@ -157,12 +159,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	e := task.Executor{
-		Force:   force,
-		Watch:   watch,
-		Verbose: verbose,
-		Silent:  silent,
-		Dir:     dir,
-		Dry:     dry,
+		Force:            force,
+		Watch:            watch,
+		Verbose:          verbose,
+		Silent:           silent,
+		Dir:              dir,
+		Dry:              dry,
+		TaskfileLocation: taskfileLocation,
 
 		Context: ctx,
 
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
index 6e8b80e382..5fbbfbb1ff 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Taskfile reads a Taskfile for a given directory
-func Taskfile(dir string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
+func Taskfile(dir, location string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yml")
+	if location != "" {
+		path = filepath.Join(dir, location)
+	}
+	if location != "" && filepath.IsAbs(location) {
+		path = location
+	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
 		return nil, ErrNoTaskfileFound
 	}
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 045398c3fa..47ba24697c 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ const (
 
 // Executor executes a Taskfile
 type Executor struct {
-	Taskfile *taskfile.Taskfile
-	Dir      string
-	Force    bool
-	Watch    bool
-	Verbose  bool
-	Silent   bool
-	Dry      bool
+	Taskfile         *taskfile.Taskfile
+	Dir              string
+	Force            bool
+	Watch            bool
+	Verbose          bool
+	Silent           bool
+	Dry              bool
+	TaskfileLocation string
 
 	Context context.Context
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func (e *Executor) Run(calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 // Setup setups Executor's internal state
 func (e *Executor) Setup() error {
 	var err error
-	e.Taskfile, err = read.Taskfile(e.Dir)
+	e.Taskfile, err = read.Taskfile(e.Dir, e.TaskfileLocation)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}