diff --git a/cli/src/android/run.ts b/cli/src/android/run.ts
index e8910331f1..324c96ae41 100644
--- a/cli/src/android/run.ts
+++ b/cli/src/android/run.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ const debug = Debug('capacitor:android:run');
 
 export async function runAndroid(
   config: Config,
-  { target: selectedTarget }: RunCommandOptions,
+  { target: selectedTarget, flavor: selectedFlavor }: RunCommandOptions,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const target = await promptForPlatformTarget(
     await getPlatformTargets('android'),
     selectedTarget,
   );
 
-  const arg = `assemble${config.android?.flavor || ''}Debug`;
+  const runFlavor = selectedFlavor || config.android?.flavor || '';
+
+  const arg = `assemble${runFlavor}Debug`;
   const gradleArgs = [arg];
 
   debug('Invoking ./gradlew with args: %O', gradleArgs);
diff --git a/cli/src/index.ts b/cli/src/index.ts
index f3c4eaf873..4d3c8c4853 100644
--- a/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ export function runProgram(config: Config): void {
     .description(
       `runs ${c.input('sync')}, then builds and deploys the native app`,
     )
+    .option('--scheme <schemeName>', 'set the scheme of the iOS project')
+    .option('--flavor <flavorName>', 'set the flavor of the Android project')
     .option('--list', 'list targets, then quit')
     // TODO: remove once --json is a hidden option (https://github.com/tj/commander.js/issues/1106)
     .allowUnknownOption(true)
@@ -144,10 +146,19 @@ export function runProgram(config: Config): void {
     .option('--no-sync', `do not run ${c.input('sync')}`)
     .action(
       wrapAction(
-        telemetryAction(config, async (platform, { list, target, sync }) => {
-          const { runCommand } = await import('./tasks/run');
-          await runCommand(config, platform, { list, target, sync });
-        }),
+        telemetryAction(
+          config,
+          async (platform, { scheme, flavor, list, target, sync }) => {
+            const { runCommand } = await import('./tasks/run');
+            await runCommand(config, platform, {
+              scheme,
+              flavor,
+              list,
+              target,
+              sync,
+            });
+          },
+        ),
       ),
     );
 
diff --git a/cli/src/ios/run.ts b/cli/src/ios/run.ts
index 4347c562fa..4f3d8393ff 100644
--- a/cli/src/ios/run.ts
+++ b/cli/src/ios/run.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ const debug = Debug('capacitor:ios:run');
 
 export async function runIOS(
   config: Config,
-  { target: selectedTarget }: RunCommandOptions,
+  { target: selectedTarget, scheme: selectedScheme }: RunCommandOptions,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const target = await promptForPlatformTarget(
     await getPlatformTargets('ios'),
     selectedTarget,
   );
 
+  const runScheme = selectedScheme || config.ios.scheme;
+
   const derivedDataPath = resolve(
     config.ios.platformDirAbs,
     'DerivedData',
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ export async function runIOS(
     '-workspace',
     basename(await config.ios.nativeXcodeWorkspaceDirAbs),
     '-scheme',
-    config.ios.scheme,
+    runScheme,
     '-configuration',
     'Debug',
     '-destination',
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export async function runIOS(
     }),
   );
 
-  const appName = `${config.ios.scheme}.app`;
+  const appName = `${runScheme}.app`;
   const appPath = resolve(
     derivedDataPath,
     'Build/Products',
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/run.ts b/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
index 17f2ae60ab..89ecc0e9ae 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/run.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { getPlatformTargets } from '../util/native-run';
 import { sync } from './sync';
 
 export interface RunCommandOptions {
+  scheme?: string;
+  flavor?: string;
   list?: boolean;
   target?: string;
   sync?: boolean;