diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index b49b2cf1..e03bbe28 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -264,5 +264,6 @@ func init() {
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&initOptions.OrgNames, "org-name", []string{}, "Organization name")
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVar(&initOptions.NodeNames, "node-name", []string{}, "Node name")
 	initCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&initOptions.RemoteNodeDeploy, "remote-node-deploy", false, "Enable or disable deployment of FireFly contracts on remote nodes")
+	initCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&initOptions.CustomPath, "override", "o", "", "copy data from custom path to docker-compose.override.yml")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go b/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
index a239ce0d..aa53c449 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stack_manager.go
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ func (s *StackManager) InitStack(options *types.InitOptions) (err error) {
 	if err := s.writeDockerComposeOverride(compose); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write docker-compose.override.yml: %s", err)
 	}
+	if options.CustomPath != "" {
+		if err := s.copyToDockerComposeOverride(options.CustomPath); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy file data to docker-compose.override.yml: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
 	return s.writeConfig(options)
 }
 
@@ -416,6 +421,20 @@ func (s *StackManager) writeDockerComposeOverride(compose *docker.DockerComposeC
 	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.override.yml"), bytes, 0755)
 }
 
+func (s *StackManager) copyToDockerComposeOverride(dockerComposePath string) error {
+	comments := "# Copy custom file to docker-compose.override.yml file\n"
+	bytes := []byte(comments)
+
+	dockerPath := filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, dockerComposePath)
+	overrideComposeContent, err := os.ReadFile(dockerPath)
+	if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	bytes = append(bytes, overrideComposeContent...)
+	override := filepath.Join(s.Stack.StackDir, "docker-compose.override.yml")
+	return os.WriteFile(override, bytes, 0775)
+}
+
 func (s *StackManager) writeStackConfig() error {
 	stackConfigBytes, err := json.MarshalIndent(s.Stack, "", " ")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/types/options.go b/pkg/types/options.go
index 7d182744..95e1ffb7 100644
--- a/pkg/types/options.go
+++ b/pkg/types/options.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type InitOptions struct {
 	ChaincodeName            string
 	CustomPinSupport         bool
 	RemoteNodeDeploy         bool
+	CustomPath               string
 }
 
 const IPFSMode = "ipfs_mode"