diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b325ff..0e82f6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /node_modules
 /npm-debug.log
 /typings
-/.rpt2_cache
\ No newline at end of file
+/.rpt2_cache
+/.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d9b399..16a0582 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ![npm-monthly-downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/rollup-plugin-typescript2.svg?maxAge=2592000)
 [![Codeship Status](https://app.codeship.com/projects/fe9cf8f0-e8d4-0134-ec88-4e3d33dcd7ed/status?branch=master)](https://app.codeship.com/projects/207445)
 
-Rollup plugin for typescript with compiler errors. 
+Rollup plugin for typescript with compiler errors.
 
 This is a rewrite of original rollup-plugin-typescript, starting and borrowing from [this fork](https://github.com/alexlur/rollup-plugin-typescript).
 
@@ -26,9 +26,21 @@ export default {
 }
 ```
 
-The plugin depends on existence of `tsconfig.json` file. All compiler options and file lists are loaded from that.
+The plugin inherits all compiler options and file lists from your `tsconfig.json` file.
+If your tsconfig has another name or another relative path from the root directory, you can pass in a custom path:
 
-Following compiler options are forced though:
+```js
+// ...
+plugins: [
+	typescript({
+		tsconfig: "other_dir/tsconfig.json"
+	})
+]
+```
+
+This also allows for passing in different tsconfig files depending on your build target.
+
+The following compiler options are forced though:
 * `module`: es2015
 * `noEmitHelpers`: true
 * `importHelpers`: true
@@ -38,6 +50,10 @@ You will need to set `"moduleResolution": "node"` in `tsconfig.json` if typescri
 
 Plugin takes following options:
 
+* `tsconfig`: "tsconfig.json"
+
+    Override this if your tsconfig has another name or relative location from the project directory.
+
 * `check`: true
 
 	Set to false to avoid doing any diagnostic checks on the code.
diff --git a/dist/context.d.ts b/dist/context.d.ts
index be5b08c..71e0d5c 100644
--- a/dist/context.d.ts
+++ b/dist/context.d.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-export interface IRollupContext {
-    warn(message: string): void;
-    error(message: string): void;
-}
-export interface IContext {
-    warn(message: string): void;
-    error(message: string): void;
-    info(message: string): void;
-    debug(message: string): void;
-}
-export declare enum VerbosityLevel {
-    Error = 0,
-    Warning = 1,
-    Info = 2,
-    Debug = 3,
-}
-export declare class ConsoleContext implements IContext {
-    private verbosity;
-    private prefix;
-    constructor(verbosity: VerbosityLevel, prefix?: string);
-    warn(message: string): void;
-    error(message: string): void;
-    info(message: string): void;
-    debug(message: string): void;
-}
+export interface IRollupContext {
+    warn(message: string): void;
+    error(message: string): void;
+}
+export interface IContext {
+    warn(message: string): void;
+    error(message: string): void;
+    info(message: string): void;
+    debug(message: string): void;
+}
+export declare enum VerbosityLevel {
+    Error = 0,
+    Warning = 1,
+    Info = 2,
+    Debug = 3,
+}
+export declare class ConsoleContext implements IContext {
+    private verbosity;
+    private prefix;
+    constructor(verbosity: VerbosityLevel, prefix?: string);
+    warn(message: string): void;
+    error(message: string): void;
+    info(message: string): void;
+    debug(message: string): void;
+}
diff --git a/dist/host.d.ts b/dist/host.d.ts
index cb47529..c3d5677 100644
--- a/dist/host.d.ts
+++ b/dist/host.d.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-import * as ts from "typescript";
-export declare class LanguageServiceHost implements ts.LanguageServiceHost {
-    private parsedConfig;
-    private cwd;
-    private snapshots;
-    private versions;
-    constructor(parsedConfig: ts.ParsedCommandLine);
-    reset(): void;
-    setSnapshot(fileName: string, data: string): ts.IScriptSnapshot;
-    getScriptSnapshot(fileName: string): ts.IScriptSnapshot | undefined;
-    getCurrentDirectory(): string;
-    getScriptVersion(fileName: string): string;
-    getScriptFileNames(): string[];
-    getCompilationSettings(): ts.CompilerOptions;
-    getDefaultLibFileName(opts: ts.CompilerOptions): string;
-    private normalize(fileName);
-}
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+export declare class LanguageServiceHost implements ts.LanguageServiceHost {
+    private parsedConfig;
+    private cwd;
+    private snapshots;
+    private versions;
+    constructor(parsedConfig: ts.ParsedCommandLine);
+    reset(): void;
+    setSnapshot(fileName: string, data: string): ts.IScriptSnapshot;
+    getScriptSnapshot(fileName: string): ts.IScriptSnapshot | undefined;
+    getCurrentDirectory(): string;
+    getScriptVersion(fileName: string): string;
+    getScriptFileNames(): string[];
+    getCompilationSettings(): ts.CompilerOptions;
+    getDefaultLibFileName(opts: ts.CompilerOptions): string;
+    private normalize(fileName);
+}
diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index 7852e21..c87a139 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-import { IRollupContext } from "./context";
-import { ICode } from "./tscache";
-export interface IOptions {
-    include: string;
-    exclude: string;
-    check: boolean;
-    verbosity: number;
-    clean: boolean;
-    cacheRoot: string;
-    abortOnError: boolean;
-    rollupCommonJSResolveHack: boolean;
-}
-export default function typescript(options: IOptions): {
-    options(config: any): void;
-    resolveId(importee: string, importer: string): string | null;
-    load(id: string): string | undefined;
-    transform(this: IRollupContext, code: string, id: string): ICode | undefined;
-    ongenerate(bundleOptions: any): void;
-    onwrite(): void;
-};
+import { IRollupContext } from "./context";
+import { ICode } from "./tscache";
+export interface IOptions {
+    include: string;
+    exclude: string;
+    check: boolean;
+    verbosity: number;
+    clean: boolean;
+    cacheRoot: string;
+    abortOnError: boolean;
+    rollupCommonJSResolveHack: boolean;
+    tsconfig: string;
+}
+export default function typescript(options: IOptions): {
+    options(config: any): void;
+    resolveId(importee: string, importer: string): string | null;
+    load(id: string): string | undefined;
+    transform(this: IRollupContext, code: string, id: string): ICode | undefined;
+    ongenerate(bundleOptions: any): void;
+    onwrite(): void;
+};
diff --git a/dist/rollingcache.d.ts b/dist/rollingcache.d.ts
index 7340fef..4c923aa 100644
--- a/dist/rollingcache.d.ts
+++ b/dist/rollingcache.d.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
-import { ICache } from "./icache";
-/**
- * Saves data in new cache folder or reads it from old one.
- * Avoids perpetually growing cache and situations when things need to consider changed and then reverted data to be changed.
- */
-export declare class RollingCache<DataType> implements ICache<DataType> {
-    private cacheRoot;
-    private checkNewCache;
-    private oldCacheRoot;
-    private newCacheRoot;
-    private rolled;
-    /**
-     * @param cacheRoot: root folder for the cache
-     * @param checkNewCache: whether to also look in new cache when reading from cache
-     */
-    constructor(cacheRoot: string, checkNewCache: boolean);
-    /**
-     * @returns true if name exist in old cache (or either old of new cache if checkNewCache is true)
-     */
-    exists(name: string): boolean;
-    path(name: string): string;
-    /**
-     * @returns true if old cache contains all names and nothing more
-     */
-    match(names: string[]): boolean;
-    /**
-     * @returns data for name, must exist in old cache (or either old of new cache if checkNewCache is true)
-     */
-    read(name: string): DataType;
-    write(name: string, data: DataType): void;
-    touch(name: string): void;
-    /**
-     * clears old cache and moves new in its place
-     */
-    roll(): void;
-}
+import { ICache } from "./icache";
+/**
+ * Saves data in new cache folder or reads it from old one.
+ * Avoids perpetually growing cache and situations when things need to consider changed and then reverted data to be changed.
+ */
+export declare class RollingCache<DataType> implements ICache<DataType> {
+    private cacheRoot;
+    private checkNewCache;
+    private oldCacheRoot;
+    private newCacheRoot;
+    private rolled;
+    /**
+     * @param cacheRoot: root folder for the cache
+     * @param checkNewCache: whether to also look in new cache when reading from cache
+     */
+    constructor(cacheRoot: string, checkNewCache: boolean);
+    /**
+     * @returns true if name exist in old cache (or either old of new cache if checkNewCache is true)
+     */
+    exists(name: string): boolean;
+    path(name: string): string;
+    /**
+     * @returns true if old cache contains all names and nothing more
+     */
+    match(names: string[]): boolean;
+    /**
+     * @returns data for name, must exist in old cache (or either old of new cache if checkNewCache is true)
+     */
+    read(name: string): DataType;
+    write(name: string, data: DataType): void;
+    touch(name: string): void;
+    /**
+     * clears old cache and moves new in its place
+     */
+    roll(): void;
+}
diff --git a/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.cjs.js b/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.cjs.js
index 37cdd03..43a2921 100644
--- a/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.cjs.js
+++ b/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.cjs.js
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ catch (e) {
     console.warn("Error loading `tslib` helper library.");
     throw e;
 }
-function parseTsConfig(context) {
-    var fileName = ts.findConfigFile(process.cwd(), ts.sys.fileExists, "tsconfig.json");
+function parseTsConfig(tsconfig, context) {
+    var fileName = ts.findConfigFile(process.cwd(), ts.sys.fileExists, tsconfig);
     if (!fileName)
-        throw new Error("couldn't find 'tsconfig.json' in " + process.cwd());
+        throw new Error("couldn't find '" + tsconfig + "' in " + process.cwd());
     var text = ts.sys.readFile(fileName);
     var result = ts.parseConfigFileTextToJson(fileName, text);
     if (result.error) {
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ function typescript(options) {
         exclude: ["*.d.ts", "**/*.d.ts"],
         abortOnError: true,
         rollupCommonJSResolveHack: false,
+        tsconfig: "tsconfig.json"
     });
     var rollupConfig;
     var watchMode = false;
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ function typescript(options) {
     context.info("Typescript version: " + ts.version);
     context.debug("Options: " + JSON.stringify(options, undefined, 4));
     var filter$$1 = createFilter(options.include, options.exclude);
-    var parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(context);
+    var parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(options.tsconfig, context);
     var servicesHost = new LanguageServiceHost(parsedConfig);
     var service = ts.createLanguageService(servicesHost, ts.createDocumentRegistry());
     var _cache;
diff --git a/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.es.js b/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.es.js
index 5be01de..cb82991 100644
--- a/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.es.js
+++ b/dist/rollup-plugin-typescript2.es.js
@@ -424,10 +424,10 @@ catch (e) {
     console.warn("Error loading `tslib` helper library.");
     throw e;
 }
-function parseTsConfig(context) {
-    var fileName = findConfigFile(process.cwd(), sys.fileExists, "tsconfig.json");
+function parseTsConfig(tsconfig, context) {
+    var fileName = findConfigFile(process.cwd(), sys.fileExists, tsconfig);
     if (!fileName)
-        throw new Error("couldn't find 'tsconfig.json' in " + process.cwd());
+        throw new Error("couldn't find '" + tsconfig + "' in " + process.cwd());
     var text = sys.readFile(fileName);
     var result = parseConfigFileTextToJson(fileName, text);
     if (result.error) {
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ function typescript(options) {
         exclude: ["*.d.ts", "**/*.d.ts"],
         abortOnError: true,
         rollupCommonJSResolveHack: false,
+        tsconfig: "tsconfig.json"
     });
     var rollupConfig;
     var watchMode = false;
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ function typescript(options) {
     context.info("Typescript version: " + version);
     context.debug("Options: " + JSON.stringify(options, undefined, 4));
     var filter$$1 = createFilter(options.include, options.exclude);
-    var parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(context);
+    var parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(options.tsconfig, context);
     var servicesHost = new LanguageServiceHost(parsedConfig);
     var service = createLanguageService(servicesHost, createDocumentRegistry());
     var _cache;
diff --git a/dist/rollupcontext.d.ts b/dist/rollupcontext.d.ts
index d80592e..a5cda72 100644
--- a/dist/rollupcontext.d.ts
+++ b/dist/rollupcontext.d.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { IContext, IRollupContext, VerbosityLevel } from "./context";
-export declare class RollupContext implements IContext {
-    private verbosity;
-    private bail;
-    private context;
-    private prefix;
-    private hasContext;
-    constructor(verbosity: VerbosityLevel, bail: boolean, context: IRollupContext, prefix?: string);
-    warn(message: string): void;
-    error(message: string): void;
-    info(message: string): void;
-    debug(message: string): void;
-}
+import { IContext, IRollupContext, VerbosityLevel } from "./context";
+export declare class RollupContext implements IContext {
+    private verbosity;
+    private bail;
+    private context;
+    private prefix;
+    private hasContext;
+    constructor(verbosity: VerbosityLevel, bail: boolean, context: IRollupContext, prefix?: string);
+    warn(message: string): void;
+    error(message: string): void;
+    info(message: string): void;
+    debug(message: string): void;
+}
diff --git a/dist/tscache.d.ts b/dist/tscache.d.ts
index 064c003..0bf3613 100644
--- a/dist/tscache.d.ts
+++ b/dist/tscache.d.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
-import { IContext } from "./context";
-import * as ts from "typescript";
-export interface ICode {
-    code: string | undefined;
-    map: string | undefined;
-    dts?: ts.OutputFile | undefined;
-}
-export interface IDiagnostics {
-    flatMessage: string;
-    fileLine?: string;
-    category: ts.DiagnosticCategory;
-    code: number;
-    type: string;
-}
-export declare function convertDiagnostic(type: string, data: ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
-export declare class TsCache {
-    private host;
-    private options;
-    private rollupConfig;
-    private context;
-    private cacheVersion;
-    private dependencyTree;
-    private ambientTypes;
-    private ambientTypesDirty;
-    private cacheDir;
-    private codeCache;
-    private typesCache;
-    private semanticDiagnosticsCache;
-    private syntacticDiagnosticsCache;
-    constructor(host: ts.LanguageServiceHost, cache: string, options: ts.CompilerOptions, rollupConfig: any, rootFilenames: string[], context: IContext);
-    clean(): void;
-    setDependency(importee: string, importer: string): void;
-    walkTree(cb: (id: string) => void | false): void;
-    done(): void;
-    getCompiled(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, transform: () => ICode | undefined): ICode | undefined;
-    getSyntacticDiagnostics(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, check: () => ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
-    getSemanticDiagnostics(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, check: () => ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
-    private checkAmbientTypes();
-    private getDiagnostics(type, cache, id, snapshot, check);
-    private init();
-    private markAsDirty(id, _snapshot);
-    private isDirty(id, _snapshot, checkImports);
-    private makeName(id, snapshot);
-}
+import { IContext } from "./context";
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+export interface ICode {
+    code: string | undefined;
+    map: string | undefined;
+    dts?: ts.OutputFile | undefined;
+}
+export interface IDiagnostics {
+    flatMessage: string;
+    fileLine?: string;
+    category: ts.DiagnosticCategory;
+    code: number;
+    type: string;
+}
+export declare function convertDiagnostic(type: string, data: ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
+export declare class TsCache {
+    private host;
+    private options;
+    private rollupConfig;
+    private context;
+    private cacheVersion;
+    private dependencyTree;
+    private ambientTypes;
+    private ambientTypesDirty;
+    private cacheDir;
+    private codeCache;
+    private typesCache;
+    private semanticDiagnosticsCache;
+    private syntacticDiagnosticsCache;
+    constructor(host: ts.LanguageServiceHost, cache: string, options: ts.CompilerOptions, rollupConfig: any, rootFilenames: string[], context: IContext);
+    clean(): void;
+    setDependency(importee: string, importer: string): void;
+    walkTree(cb: (id: string) => void | false): void;
+    done(): void;
+    getCompiled(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, transform: () => ICode | undefined): ICode | undefined;
+    getSyntacticDiagnostics(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, check: () => ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
+    getSemanticDiagnostics(id: string, snapshot: ts.IScriptSnapshot, check: () => ts.Diagnostic[]): IDiagnostics[];
+    private checkAmbientTypes();
+    private getDiagnostics(type, cache, id, snapshot, check);
+    private init();
+    private markAsDirty(id, _snapshot);
+    private isDirty(id, _snapshot, checkImports);
+    private makeName(id, snapshot);
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3711e1b..d456678 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ try
 	throw e;
 }
 
-function parseTsConfig(context: IContext)
+function parseTsConfig(tsconfig: string, context: IContext)
 {
-	const fileName = ts.findConfigFile(process.cwd(), ts.sys.fileExists, "tsconfig.json");
+	const fileName = ts.findConfigFile(process.cwd(), ts.sys.fileExists, tsconfig);
 
 	if (!fileName)
-		throw new Error(`couldn't find 'tsconfig.json' in ${process.cwd()}`);
+		throw new Error(`couldn't find '${tsconfig}' in ${process.cwd()}`);
 
 	const text = ts.sys.readFile(fileName);
 	const result = ts.parseConfigFileTextToJson(fileName, text);
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ export interface IOptions
 	cacheRoot: string;
 	abortOnError: boolean;
 	rollupCommonJSResolveHack: boolean;
+	tsconfig: string;
 }
 
 export default function typescript(options: IOptions)
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export default function typescript(options: IOptions)
 		exclude: [ "*.d.ts", "**/*.d.ts" ],
 		abortOnError: true,
 		rollupCommonJSResolveHack: false,
+		tsconfig: "tsconfig.json"
 	});
 
 	let rollupConfig: any;
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ export default function typescript(options: IOptions)
 
 	const filter = createFilter(options.include, options.exclude);
 
-	const parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(context);
+	const parsedConfig = parseTsConfig(options.tsconfig, context);
 
 	const servicesHost = new LanguageServiceHost(parsedConfig);