diff --git a/command.js b/command.js
index 095f9650c..3406cd00c 100755
--- a/command.js
+++ b/command.js
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ module.exports = require('yargs')
     default: defaults.gitTagFallback,
     describe: `fallback to git tags for version, if no meta-information file is found (e.g., package.json)`
   })
+  .option('path', {
+    type: 'string',
+    describe: 'Only populate commits made under this path'
+  })
+  .option('preset', {
+    type: 'string',
+    default: defaults.preset,
+    describe: 'Commit message guideline preset (default: angular)'
+  })
   .check((argv) => {
     if (typeof argv.scripts !== 'object' || Array.isArray(argv.scripts)) {
       throw Error('scripts must be an object')
diff --git a/defaults.json b/defaults.json
index b70e54697..17035be47 100644
--- a/defaults.json
+++ b/defaults.json
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
   "scripts": {},
   "skip": {},
   "dryRun": false,
-  "gitTagFallback": true
+  "gitTagFallback": true,
+  "preset": "angular"
 }
diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
index 7fa0857b8..162a312e9 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function Bump (args, version) {
     .then(runLifecycleScript.bind(this, args, 'prebump'))
     .then((stdout) => {
       if (stdout && stdout.trim().length) args.releaseAs = stdout.trim()
-      return bumpVersion(args.releaseAs)
+      return bumpVersion(args.releaseAs, args)
     })
     .then((release) => {
       if (!args.firstRelease) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function getTypePriority (type) {
   return TypeList.indexOf(type)
 }
 
-function bumpVersion (releaseAs, callback) {
+function bumpVersion (releaseAs, args) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     if (releaseAs) {
       return resolve({
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ function bumpVersion (releaseAs, callback) {
       })
     } else {
       conventionalRecommendedBump({
-        preset: 'angular'
+        debug: args.verbose && console.info.bind(console, 'conventional-recommended-bump'),
+        preset: args.preset || 'angular',
+        path: args.path
       }, function (err, release) {
         if (err) return reject(err)
         else return resolve(release)
diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
index 084914d11..fb2e0f9f3 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ function outputChangelog (args, newVersion) {
     var context
     if (args.dryRun) context = { version: newVersion }
     var changelogStream = conventionalChangelog({
-      preset: 'angular',
+      debug: args.verbose && console.info.bind(console, 'conventional-changelog'),
+      preset: args.preset || 'angular',
       tagPrefix: args.tagPrefix
-    }, context, { merges: null })
+    }, context, { merges: null, path: args.path })
       .on('error', function (err) {
         return reject(err)
       })