diff --git a/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js b/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js
index fac9b7cb0f..bde8a4a911 100644
--- a/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js
+++ b/detox/local-cli/detox-test.js
@@ -24,21 +24,29 @@ program
   .option('-p, --platform [ios/android]',
     'Run platform specific tests. Runs tests with invert grep on \':platform:\', '
     + 'e.g test with substring \':ios:\' in its name will not run when passing \'--platform android\'')
+  .option('-f, --file [path]',
+    'Specify test file to run')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 const config = require(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')).detox;
 
-const testFolder = getConfigFor('specs', 'e2e');
-const runner = getConfigFor('testRunner', 'mocha');
-const runnerConfig = getConfigFor('runnerConfig', getDefaultRunnerConfig());
+const testFolder = getConfigFor(['file', 'specs'], 'e2e');
+const runner = getConfigFor(['testRunner'], 'mocha');
+const runnerConfig = getConfigFor(['runnerConfig'], getDefaultRunnerConfig());
 
 if (typeof program.debugSynchronization === "boolean") {
   program.debugSynchronization = 3000;
 }
 
-function getConfigFor(key, defaults) {
-  const keyKebabCase = camelToKebabCase(key);
-  return program[key] || config[key] || config[keyKebabCase] || defaults;
+function getConfigFor(keys, fallback) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    const key = keys[i];
+    const keyKebabCase = camelToKebabCase(key);
+    const result = program[key] || config[key] || config[keyKebabCase];
+    if (result) return result;
+  }
+
+  return fallback;
 }
 
 function camelToKebabCase(string) {