diff --git a/selene-vscode/package.json b/selene-vscode/package.json
index 2defeb01..7dd1fe78 100644
--- a/selene-vscode/package.json
+++ b/selene-vscode/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@
                     "description": "Specifies the path of selene. If not specified, selene will automatically download from the GitHub releases.",
                     "scope": "machine-overridable"
                 },
+                "selene.configPath": {
+                    "title": "Path",
+                    "type": [
+                        "string",
+                        null
+                    ],
+                    "default": null,
+                    "description": "Specifies the path to the selene configuration file. If not specified, selene will automatically attempt to find the configuration file at project root.",
+                    "scope": "machine-overridable"
+                },
                 "selene.run": {
                     "title": "Run",
                     "type": "string",
diff --git a/selene-vscode/src/extension.ts b/selene-vscode/src/extension.ts
index 2b8f1353..c5094e16 100644
--- a/selene-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/selene-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -147,9 +147,15 @@ export async function activate(
                 return
         }
 
+        const configPath = vscode.workspace
+                .getConfiguration("selene")
+                .get<string | null>("configPath")
+        const command = "--display-style=json2 --no-summary -"
+        const configCommand = configPath ? `--config ${configPath} ${command}` : command
+
         const output = await selene.seleneCommand(
             context.globalStorageUri,
-            "--display-style=json2 --no-summary -",
+            configCommand,
             selene.Expectation.Stderr,
             vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(document.uri),
             document.getText(),