diff --git a/cmd/katenary/main.go b/cmd/katenary/main.go
index 712f057..ceaea8e 100644
--- a/cmd/katenary/main.go
+++ b/cmd/katenary/main.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// convert command, need some flags
+	var composeFiles *[]string
 	convertCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "convert",
 		Short: "Convert docker-compose to helm chart",
@@ -61,9 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 			"- if it's not defined, so the 0.0.1 version is used",
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			force := c.Flag("force").Changed
-			// TODO: is there a way to get typed values from cobra?
 			appversion := c.Flag("app-version").Value.String()
-			composeFile := c.Flag("compose-file").Value.String()
 			appName := c.Flag("app-name").Value.String()
 			chartVersion := c.Flag("chart-version").Value.String()
 			chartDir := c.Flag("output-dir").Value.String()
@@ -71,17 +70,17 @@ func main() {
 			if err != nil {
 				writers.IndentSize = indentation
 			}
-			Convert(composeFile, appversion, appName, chartDir, chartVersion, force)
+			Convert(*composeFiles, appversion, appName, chartDir, chartVersion, force)
 		},
 	}
+	composeFiles = convertCmd.Flags().StringArrayP(
+		"compose-file", "c", []string{ComposeFile}, "compose file to convert, can be use several times to override previous file. Order is important!")
 	convertCmd.Flags().BoolP(
 		"force", "f", false, "force overwrite of existing output files")
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringP(
 		"app-version", "a", AppVersion, "app version")
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringP(
 		"chart-version", "v", ChartVersion, "chart version")
-	convertCmd.Flags().StringP(
-		"compose-file", "c", ComposeFile, "docker compose file")
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringP(
 		"app-name", "n", AppName, "application name")
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringP(
diff --git a/cmd/katenary/utils.go b/cmd/katenary/utils.go
index bc0d8b4..118932e 100644
--- a/cmd/katenary/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/katenary/utils.go
@@ -93,19 +93,24 @@ func detectGitVersion() (string, error) {
 	return defaulVersion, errors.New("git log failed")
 }
 
-func Convert(composeFile, appVersion, appName, chartDir, chartVersion string, force bool) {
+func Convert(composeFile []string, appVersion, appName, chartDir, chartVersion string, force bool) {
 	if len(composeFile) == 0 {
 		fmt.Println("No compose file given")
 		return
 	}
-	_, err := os.Stat(composeFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("No compose file found")
-		os.Exit(1)
+
+	composeFiles := composeFile
+	ComposeFile = composeFiles[0]
+
+	for _, cf := range composeFiles {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(cf); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Compose file %s not found\n", cf)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Parse the compose file now
-	p := compose.NewParser(composeFile)
+	p := compose.NewParser(composeFiles)
 	p.Parse(appName)
 
 	dirname := filepath.Join(chartDir, appName)
diff --git a/compose/parser.go b/compose/parser.go
index 86b0cb5..2653b5b 100644
--- a/compose/parser.go
+++ b/compose/parser.go
@@ -26,32 +26,37 @@ var (
 )
 
 // NewParser create a Parser and parse the file given in filename. If filename is empty, we try to parse the content[0] argument that should be a valid YAML content.
-func NewParser(filename string, content ...string) *Parser {
+func NewParser(filename []string, content ...string) *Parser {
 
 	p := &Parser{}
 
 	if len(content) > 0 { // mainly for the tests...
-		dir := filepath.Dir(filename)
+		dir := filepath.Dir(filename[0])
 		err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		p.temporary = &dir
-		ioutil.WriteFile(filename, []byte(content[0]), 0644)
-		cli.DefaultFileNames = []string{filename}
+		ioutil.WriteFile(filename[0], []byte(content[0]), 0644)
+		cli.DefaultFileNames = filename
 	}
 	// if filename is not in cli Default files, add it
 	if len(filename) > 0 {
 		found := false
-		for _, f := range cli.DefaultFileNames {
-			if f == filename {
-				found = true
-				break
+		for _, defaultFileName := range cli.DefaultFileNames {
+			for _, givenFileName := range filename {
+				if defaultFileName == givenFileName {
+					found = true
+					break
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		// add the file at first position
 		if !found {
-			cli.DefaultFileNames = append([]string{filename}, cli.DefaultFileNames...)
+			cli.DefaultFileNames = append([]string{filename[0]}, cli.DefaultFileNames...)
+		}
+		if len(filename) > 1 {
+			cli.DefaultOverrideFileNames = append(filename[1:], cli.DefaultOverrideFileNames...)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/generator/main_test.go b/generator/main_test.go
index 7a57006..c90ca39 100644
--- a/generator/main_test.go
+++ b/generator/main_test.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func setUp(t *testing.T) (string, *compose.Parser) {
 	}
 
 	composefile := filepath.Join(tmpwork, "docker-compose.yaml")
-	p := compose.NewParser(composefile, DOCKER_COMPOSE_YML)
+	p := compose.NewParser([]string{composefile}, DOCKER_COMPOSE_YML)
 
 	// create envfile for "useenvfile" service
 	err = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(tmpwork, "config"), 0777)