diff --git a/command.js b/command.js
index 65a6af3dd..3406cd00c 100755
--- a/command.js
+++ b/command.js
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ module.exports = require('yargs')
     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 38a0d7f10..162a312e9 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/bump.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function bumpVersion (releaseAs, args) {
     } else {
       conventionalRecommendedBump({
         debug: args.verbose && console.info.bind(console, 'conventional-recommended-bump'),
-        preset: 'angular',
+        preset: args.preset || 'angular',
         path: args.path
       }, function (err, release) {
         if (err) return reject(err)
diff --git a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
index c1530fde7..fb2e0f9f3 100644
--- a/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
+++ b/lib/lifecycles/changelog.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function outputChangelog (args, newVersion) {
     if (args.dryRun) context = { version: newVersion }
     var changelogStream = conventionalChangelog({
       debug: args.verbose && console.info.bind(console, 'conventional-changelog'),
-      preset: 'angular',
+      preset: args.preset || 'angular',
       tagPrefix: args.tagPrefix
     }, context, { merges: null, path: args.path })
       .on('error', function (err) {