diff --git a/src/packages/cli/src/args.ts b/src/packages/cli/src/args.ts
index 27b2180e0e..1dae922c21 100644
--- a/src/packages/cli/src/args.ts
+++ b/src/packages/cli/src/args.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ function processOption(
 
 export default function (version: string, isDocker: boolean) {
   let args = yargs
+    .config()
+    .pkgConf("ganache")
     // disable dot-notation because yargs just can't coerce args properly...
     // ...on purpose! https://github.com/yargs/yargs/issues/1021#issuecomment-352324693
     .parserConfiguration({ "dot-notation": false })