diff --git a/legendary/cli.py b/legendary/cli.py
index bf17aef..9c3f613 100644
--- a/legendary/cli.py
+++ b/legendary/cli.py
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ class LegendaryCLI:
                                                            extra_args=extra, user=args.user_name_override,
                                                            wine_bin=args.wine_bin, wine_pfx=args.wine_pfx,
                                                            language=args.language, wrapper=args.wrapper,
-                                                           disable_wine=args.no_wine)
+                                                           disable_wine=args.no_wine,
+                                                           executable_override=args.executable_override)
 
         if args.set_defaults:
             self.core.lgd.config[app_name] = dict()
@@ -1202,6 +1203,8 @@ def main():
                                help='Save parameters used to launch to config (does not include env vars)')
     launch_parser.add_argument('--reset-defaults', dest='reset_defaults', action='store_true',
                                help='Reset config settings for app and exit')
+    launch_parser.add_argument('--override-exe', dest='executable_override', action='store', metavar='<exe path>',
+                               help='Override executable to launch (relative path)')
 
     if os.name != 'nt':
         launch_parser.add_argument('--wine', dest='wine_bin', action='store', metavar='<wine binary>',
diff --git a/legendary/core.py b/legendary/core.py
index ab50656..0c5e212 100644
--- a/legendary/core.py
+++ b/legendary/core.py
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ class LegendaryCore:
                               user: str = None, extra_args: list = None,
                               wine_bin: str = None, wine_pfx: str = None,
                               language: str = None, wrapper: str = None,
-                              disable_wine: bool = False) -> (list, str, dict):
+                              disable_wine: bool = False,
+                              executable_override: str = None) -> (list, str, dict):
         install = self.lgd.get_installed_game(app_name)
         game = self.lgd.get_game_meta(app_name)
 
@@ -312,8 +313,15 @@ class LegendaryCore:
         if user:
             user_name = user
 
-        game_exe = os.path.join(install.install_path,
-                                install.executable.replace('\\', '/').lstrip('/'))
+        if executable_override or (executable_override := self.lgd.config.get(app_name, 'override_exe', fallback=None)):
+            game_exe = os.path.join(install.install_path,
+                                    executable_override.replace('\\', '/'))
+            if not os.path.exists(game_exe):
+                raise ValueError(f'Executable path is invalid: {game_exe}')
+        else:
+            game_exe = os.path.join(install.install_path,
+                                    install.executable.replace('\\', '/').lstrip('/'))
+
         working_dir = os.path.split(game_exe)[0]
 
         params = []