VERSION      |  2 +-
 doc/news.rst |  2 ++
 pyderasn.py  | 14 +++++++++++++-

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 732e1ee09480cbf8b1eb6ba6981bb5c556666ddc559d55df9d54e7b2afba5a78..b009f7c30b47d358b014f374c483415ef17de90969cf8a825a96a86d80cdcf5d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4
+1.5
diff --git a/doc/news.rst b/doc/news.rst
index e20fc23840f3c94e68ebf6ed8aee0772a43a06c077f7caca71ef6444a38bb4a7..0768548abfd3bee20a65ae9fcf4c89cccd2178ebfcc10e1822bd313500a5a951 100644
--- a/doc/news.rst
+++ b/doc/news.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ 1.5
 ---
 * Generic decoder's scheme and pretty printer
   (:py:func:`pyderasn.generic_decoder`) can be used in libraries.
+* Ability to specify :ref:`defines_by_path <defines_by_path_kwarg>`
+  during command line invocation.
 
 .. _release1.4:
 
diff --git a/pyderasn.py b/pyderasn.py
index dd318a6551875e9a0ecb1d03acb9fed7c102a2348cb9e2b640d82e9251f290bb..0e1c5a8a6bd5862170a6e933e3b4c74e7a169c456c98a0e11a352ffd377576c2 100755
--- a/pyderasn.py
+++ b/pyderasn.py
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ defined, ``value`` contains corresponding decoded value. For example
 above, ``content_info["content"].defined == (id_signedData,
 signed_data)``.
 
+.. _defines_by_path_kwarg:
+
 defines_by_path kwarg
 _____________________
 
@@ -4335,6 +4337,10 @@         "--schema",
         help="Python path to schema definition to use",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
+        "--defines-by-path",
+        help="Python path to decoder's defines_by_path",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
         "DERFile",
         type=argparse.FileType("rb"),
         help="Path to DER file you want to decode",
@@ -4349,7 +4355,13 @@         from functools import partial
         pprinter = partial(pprint, big_blobs=True)
     else:
         schema, pprinter = generic_decoder()
-    obj, tail = schema().decode(der)
+    obj, tail = schema().decode(
+        der,
+        defines_by_path=(
+            None if args.defines_by_path is None
+            else obj_by_path(args.defines_by_path)
+        ),
+    )
     print(pprinter(obj, oids=oids))
     if tail != b"":
         print("\nTrailing data: %s" % hexenc(tail))