diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index a0fc5cc9e..13783e993 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ func NewUpCmd(f *flags.GlobalFlags) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "up [flags] [workspace-path|workspace-name]",
 		Short: "Starts a new workspace",
 		RunE: func(cobraCmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			absExtraDevContainerPaths := []string{}
+			for _, extraPath := range cmd.ExtraDevContainerPaths {
+				absExtraPath, err := filepath.Abs(extraPath)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				absExtraDevContainerPaths = append(absExtraDevContainerPaths, absExtraPath)
+			}
+			cmd.ExtraDevContainerPaths = absExtraDevContainerPaths
 			devPodConfig, err := config.LoadConfig(cmd.Context, cmd.Provider)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -98,6 +108,11 @@ func NewUpCmd(f *flags.GlobalFlags) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("prepare workspace client: %w", err)
 			}
+
+			if len(cmd.ExtraDevContainerPaths)!=0 && client.Provider() != "docker" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Extra devcontainer file is only supported with local provider")
+			}
+
 			telemetry.CollectorCLI.SetClient(client)
 
 			return cmd.Run(ctx, devPodConfig, client, args, logger)
@@ -113,6 +128,7 @@ func NewUpCmd(f *flags.GlobalFlags) *cobra.Command {
 	upCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&cmd.IDEOptions, "ide-option", []string{}, "IDE option in the form KEY=VALUE")
 	upCmd.Flags().StringVar(&cmd.DevContainerImage, "devcontainer-image", "", "The container image to use, this will override the devcontainer.json value in the project")
 	upCmd.Flags().StringVar(&cmd.DevContainerPath, "devcontainer-path", "", "The path to the devcontainer.json relative to the project")
+	upCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&cmd.ExtraDevContainerPaths, "extra-devcontainer-path", []string{}, "The path to additional devcontainer.json files to override original devcontainer.json")
 	upCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&cmd.ProviderOptions, "provider-option", []string{}, "Provider option in the form KEY=VALUE")
 	upCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cmd.Reconfigure, "reconfigure", false, "Reconfigure the options for this workspace. Only supported in DevPod Pro right now.")
 	upCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cmd.Recreate, "recreate", false, "If true will remove any existing containers and recreate them")
diff --git a/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/create-a-workspace.mdx b/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/create-a-workspace.mdx
index 001852150..239d35dfc 100644
--- a/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/create-a-workspace.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/developing-in-workspaces/create-a-workspace.mdx
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Upon successful creation, DevPod will make the development container available t
 A workspace is defined through a `devcontainer.json`. If DevPod can't find one, it will automatically try to guess the programming language of your project and provide a fitting template.
 :::
 
+:::info
+It is possible to override a 'devcontainer.json' with specific user settings such as mounts by creating a file named 'devcontainer.user.json' in the same directory as the 'devcontainer.json' of the workspace.
+This can be useful when customization of a versioned devcontainer is needed.
+:::
+
 ### Via DevPod Desktop Application
 
 Navigate to the 'Workspaces' view and click on the 'Create' button in the title. Enter the git repository you want to work on or select a local folder.
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ Under the hood, the Desktop Application will call the CLI command `devpod up REP
 :::
 
 :::info Note
-You can set the location of your devpod home by passing the `--devpod-home={home_path}` flag, 
+You can set the location of your devpod home by passing the `--devpod-home={home_path}` flag,
 or by setting the env var `DEVPOD_HOME` to your desired home directory.
 
 This can be useful if you are having trouble with a workspace trying to mount to a windows location when it should be mounting to a path inside the WSL VM.
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ DevPod will create the following `.devcontainer.json`:
 
 If you have a local container running, you can create a workspace from it by running:
 ```
-devpod up my-workspace --source container:$CONTAINER_ID 
+devpod up my-workspace --source container:$CONTAINER_ID
 ```
 
 This only works with the `docker` provider.
@@ -148,4 +153,4 @@ Navigate to the 'Workspaces' view and press on the 'More Options' button on the
 Run the following command to reset an existing workspace:
 ```
 devpod up my-workspace --reset
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/compose.go b/pkg/devcontainer/compose.go
index 12a6a06c3..c1f549886 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/compose.go
@@ -200,6 +200,21 @@ func (r *runner) runDockerCompose(
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "get image metadata from container")
 	}
 
+	userConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerUserJSON(parsedConfig.Config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	} else if userConfig != nil {
+		config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(userConfig, imageMetadataConfig)
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range options.ExtraDevContainerPaths {
+		extraConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerJSONFile(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(extraConfig, imageMetadataConfig)
+	}
+
 	mergedConfig, err := config.MergeConfiguration(parsedConfig.Config, imageMetadataConfig.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "merge config")
@@ -351,6 +366,21 @@ func (r *runner) startContainer(
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "inspect image")
 		}
 
+		userConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerUserJSON(parsedConfig.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else if userConfig != nil {
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(userConfig, imageMetadata)
+		}
+
+		for _, v := range options.ExtraDevContainerPaths {
+			extraConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerJSONFile(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(extraConfig, imageMetadata)
+		}
+
 		mergedConfig, err := config.MergeConfiguration(parsedConfig.Config, imageMetadata.Config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "merge configuration")
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/config/metadata.go b/pkg/devcontainer/config/metadata.go
index a0278b981..5d7f0dd82 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/config/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/config/metadata.go
@@ -12,3 +12,13 @@ type ImageMetadata struct {
 	DevContainerActions    `json:",inline"`
 	NonComposeBase         `json:",inline"`
 }
+
+// AddConfigToImageMetadata add a configuration to the given image metadata.
+// This will be used to generate the final image metadata.
+func AddConfigToImageMetadata(config *DevContainerConfig, imageMetadataConfig *ImageMetadataConfig) {
+	userMetadata := &ImageMetadata{}
+	userMetadata.DevContainerConfigBase = config.DevContainerConfigBase
+	userMetadata.DevContainerActions = config.DevContainerActions
+	userMetadata.NonComposeBase = config.NonComposeBase
+	imageMetadataConfig.Config = append(imageMetadataConfig.Config, userMetadata)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/config/parse.go b/pkg/devcontainer/config/parse.go
index 0dc56bf03..afa7c2ebc 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/config/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/config/parse.go
@@ -67,6 +67,49 @@ func SaveDevContainerJSON(config *DevContainerConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ParseDevContainerJSONFile parse the given a devcontainer.json file.
+func ParseDevContainerJSONFile(jsonFilePath string) (*DevContainerConfig, error) {
+	var err error
+	path, err := filepath.Abs(jsonFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "make path absolute")
+	}
+
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	devContainer := &DevContainerConfig{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonc.ToJSON(bytes), devContainer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	devContainer.Origin = path
+	return replaceLegacy(devContainer)
+}
+
+// ParseDevContainerUserJSON check if a file named devcontainer.user.json exists in the same directory as
+// the devcontainer.json file and parse it if it does.
+func ParseDevContainerUserJSON(config *DevContainerConfig) (*DevContainerConfig, error) {
+	filename := filepath.Base(config.Origin)
+	filename = strings.TrimSuffix(filename, filepath.Ext(filename))
+
+	devContainerUserUserFilename := fmt.Sprintf("%s.user.json", filename)
+	devContainerUserUserFilePath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(config.Origin), devContainerUserUserFilename)
+
+	_, err := os.Stat(devContainerUserUserFilePath)
+	if err == nil {
+		userConfig, err := ParseDevContainerJSONFile(devContainerUserUserFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return userConfig, nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// ParseDevContainerJSON check if a file named devcontainer.json exists in the given directory and parse it if it does
 func ParseDevContainerJSON(folder, relativePath string) (*DevContainerConfig, error) {
 	path := ""
 	if relativePath != "" {
@@ -91,26 +134,7 @@ func ParseDevContainerJSON(folder, relativePath string) (*DevContainerConfig, er
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	var err error
-	path, err = filepath.Abs(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "make path absolute")
-	}
-
-	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	devContainer := &DevContainerConfig{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(jsonc.ToJSON(bytes), devContainer)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	devContainer.Origin = path
-	return replaceLegacy(devContainer)
+	return ParseDevContainerJSONFile(path)
 }
 
 func replaceLegacy(config *DevContainerConfig) (*DevContainerConfig, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/single.go b/pkg/devcontainer/single.go
index fb45954e5..e1a4a6a22 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/single.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/single.go
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ func (r *runner) runSingleContainer(
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		userConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerUserJSON(parsedConfig.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else if userConfig != nil {
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(userConfig, imageMetadataConfig)
+		}
+
+		for _, v := range options.ExtraDevContainerPaths {
+			extraConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerJSONFile(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(extraConfig, imageMetadataConfig)
+		}
+
 		mergedConfig, err = config.MergeConfiguration(parsedConfig.Config, imageMetadataConfig.Config)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "merge config")
@@ -122,6 +137,21 @@ func (r *runner) runSingleContainer(
 			}
 		}
 
+		userConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerUserJSON(parsedConfig.Config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		} else if userConfig != nil {
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(userConfig, buildInfo.ImageMetadata)
+		}
+
+		for _, v := range options.ExtraDevContainerPaths {
+			extraConfig, err := config.ParseDevContainerJSONFile(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			config.AddConfigToImageMetadata(extraConfig, buildInfo.ImageMetadata)
+		}
+
 		// merge configuration
 		mergedConfig, err = config.MergeConfiguration(parsedConfig.Config, buildInfo.ImageMetadata.Config)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/provider/workspace.go b/pkg/provider/workspace.go
index baf445281..5929473a5 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/workspace.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/workspace.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ type CLIOptions struct {
 	GitSSHSigningKey            string            `json:"gitSshSigningKey,omitempty"`
 	SSHAuthSockID               string            `json:"sshAuthSockID,omitempty"` // ID to use when looking for SSH_AUTH_SOCK, defaults to a new random ID if not set (only used for browser IDEs)
 	StrictHostKeyChecking       bool              `json:"strictHostKeyChecking,omitempty"`
+	ExtraDevContainerPaths      []string          `json:"extraDevContainerPaths,omitempty"`
 
 	// build options
 	Repository string   `json:"repository,omitempty"`