diff --git a/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig.go b/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig.go
index b96599b..8d26671 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig.go
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package deb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 type PackageConfig struct {
-	Override   *[]Package `pulumi:"override,optional"`
-	Additional *[]string  `pulumi:"additional,optional"`
+	OverrideDir *string    `pulumi:"overrideDir,optional"`
+	Override    *[]Package `pulumi:"override,optional"`
+	Additional  *[]string  `pulumi:"additional,optional"`
 }
 
 func (p *PackageConfig) UpdatePackageGroup(g *PackageGroup) error {
@@ -15,6 +18,24 @@ func (p *PackageConfig) UpdatePackageGroup(g *PackageGroup) error {
 		g.Add(Package{}.MakePackages(*p.Additional...)...)
 	}
 
+	if p.OverrideDir != nil {
+		localDebs, err := getOverrideDirPackages(*p.OverrideDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		overrides := make([]Package, 0, len(g.packages))
+		for _, pkg := range g.packages {
+			if localDeb, ok := localDebs[pkg.Name]; ok {
+				overrides = append(overrides, Package{
+					Name:      pkg.Name,
+					LocalPath: &localDeb,
+				})
+			}
+		}
+		g.Add(overrides...)
+	}
+
 	if p.Override != nil {
 		unknownPackages := []string{}
 
@@ -33,3 +54,38 @@ func (p *PackageConfig) UpdatePackageGroup(g *PackageGroup) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Assume unique packages in the override dir. Multiple package
+// versions will result in an error
+func getOverrideDirPackages(dir string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	info, err := os.Stat(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("directory %q does not exist", dir)
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !info.IsDir() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q exists but is not a directory", dir)
+	}
+
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(dir, "*.deb"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	localDebs := make(map[string]string, len(files))
+	for _, p := range files {
+		base := filepath.Base(p)
+		parts := strings.Split(base, "_")
+		if len(parts) < 3 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q invalid debian package name", base)
+		}
+		name := strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-2], "_")
+		if _, ok := localDebs[name]; ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q duplicate package name", base)
+		} else {
+			localDebs[name] = p
+		}
+	}
+	return localDebs, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig_test.go b/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig_test.go
index bae76fa..da747e8 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/deb/packageconfig_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package deb
 
 import (
-	"testing"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestBasicPackageConfig0(t *testing.T) {
@@ -67,3 +69,88 @@ func TestBasicPackageConfigErr0(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"testpkg", "anotherpkg", "newpkg/dev"}, g.Args())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestPackageConfigBadOverrideDir(t *testing.T) {
+	base := t.TempDir()
+	overrideDir := filepath.Join(base, "overrides")
+	overrideDirNone := filepath.Join(base, "NoSuchDir")
+	overrideFile := filepath.Join(base, "file.txt")
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(overrideDir, 0755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(overrideFile, nil, 0644))
+
+	g := Package{}.MakePackageGroup("testpkg", "anotherpkg")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"testpkg", "anotherpkg"}, g.Args())
+
+	{
+		c := PackageConfig{
+			OverrideDir: &overrideDirNone,
+		}
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g), "does not exist")
+	}
+
+	{
+		c := PackageConfig{
+			OverrideDir: &overrideFile,
+		}
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g), "exists but is not a directory")
+	}
+
+	{
+		c := PackageConfig{
+			OverrideDir: &overrideDir,
+		}
+
+		assert.NoError(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g))
+	}
+}
+
+func mkdeb(t *testing.T, dir, fname string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, fname)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, nil, 0644))
+	return path
+}
+
+func TestPackageConfigOverrideDir(t *testing.T) {
+	overrideDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	mkdeb(t, overrideDir, "testpkg_0.0.0-1_amd64.deb")
+	mkdeb(t, overrideDir, "anotherpkg_3.2.1-1_amd64.deb")
+	mkdeb(t, overrideDir, "randompkg_0.0.0-0_amd64.deb")
+
+	g := Package{}.MakePackageGroup("testpkg", "anotherpkg")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"testpkg", "anotherpkg"}, g.Args())
+
+	{
+		c := PackageConfig{
+			OverrideDir: &overrideDir,
+			Override: &[]Package{
+				{
+					Name:    "testpkg",
+					Version: ptr("1.2.3"),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		assert.NoError(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g))
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"testpkg=1.2.3", "./anotherpkg_3.2.1-1_amd64.deb"}, g.Args())
+	}
+
+	{
+		duplicate := mkdeb(t, overrideDir, "testpkg_3.2.1-2_amd64.deb")
+		c := PackageConfig{
+			OverrideDir: &overrideDir,
+		}
+
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g), "duplicate package name")
+		require.NoError(t, os.Remove(duplicate))
+
+		mkdeb(t, overrideDir, "bad-deb-format.deb")
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, c.UpdatePackageGroup(g), "invalid debian package name")
+	}
+}