diff --git a/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml b/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
index 0fb571a3..78ce97c7 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ categories = [
 [dependencies]
 miette = "2"
 cargo_metadata = "0.14"
+cargo_toml = "0.10"
 clap = "2.33"
 crossterm = "0.21"
 espflash = { version = "*", path = "../espflash" }
@@ -33,4 +34,4 @@ guess_host_triple = "0.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serial = "0.4"
 toml = "0.5"
-thiserror = "1"
\ No newline at end of file
+thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/cargo-espflash/README.md b/cargo-espflash/README.md
index b883b108..b8d505de 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/README.md
+++ b/cargo-espflash/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ or `%APPDATA%/esp/espflash/espflash.toml` on Windows.
 serial = "/dev/ttyUSB0"
 ```
 
+### Package metadata
+
+You can also specify the bootloader or partition table for a project in the package metadata in `Cargo.toml`
+
+```toml
+[package.metadata.espflash]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
+partition_table = "partitions.csv"
+bootloader = "bootloader.bin"
+```
+
 ### Example
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/cargo-espflash/src/error.rs b/cargo-espflash/src/error.rs
index 53910e15..af6e7846 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/src/error.rs
+++ b/cargo-espflash/src/error.rs
@@ -26,4 +26,10 @@ pub enum Error {
         help("Please specify which artifact to flash using --bin")
     )]
     MultipleArtifacts,
+    #[error("Specified partition table is not a csv file")]
+    #[diagnostic(code(cargo_espflash::partition_table_path))]
+    InvalidPartitionTablePath,
+    #[error("Specified bootloader table is not a bin file")]
+    #[diagnostic(code(cargo_espflash::bootloader_path))]
+    InvalidBootloaderPath,
 }
diff --git a/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs b/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
index 3bb95afc..effa5972 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
+++ b/cargo-espflash/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+use cargo_config::has_build_std;
 use cargo_metadata::Message;
 use clap::{App, Arg, SubCommand};
 use error::Error;
 use espflash::{Config, Flasher, PartitionTable};
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result, WrapErr};
+use monitor::monitor;
+use package_metadata::CargoEspFlashMeta;
 use serial::{BaudRate, SerialPort};
 use std::{
     fs,
@@ -11,13 +14,11 @@ use std::{
     string::ToString,
 };
 
-use cargo_config::has_build_std;
-use monitor::monitor;
-
 mod cargo_config;
 mod error;
 mod line_endings;
 mod monitor;
+mod package_metadata;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut app = App::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     };
 
     let config = Config::load();
+    let metadata = CargoEspFlashMeta::load("Cargo.toml")?;
 
     // The serial port must be specified, either as a command-line argument or in
     // the cargo configuration file. In the case that both have been provided the
@@ -158,7 +160,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // If the '--bootloader' option is provided, load the binary file at the
     // specified path.
-    let bootloader = if let Some(path) = matches.value_of("bootloader") {
+    let bootloader = if let Some(path) = matches
+        .value_of("bootloader")
+        .or_else(|| metadata.bootloader.as_deref())
+    {
         let path = fs::canonicalize(path).into_diagnostic()?;
         let data = fs::read(path).into_diagnostic()?;
         Some(data)
@@ -168,7 +173,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     // If the '--partition-table' option is provided, load the partition table from
     // the CSV at the specified path.
-    let partition_table = if let Some(path) = matches.value_of("partition_table") {
+    let partition_table = if let Some(path) = matches
+        .value_of("partition_table")
+        .or_else(|| metadata.partition_table.as_deref())
+    {
         let path = fs::canonicalize(path).into_diagnostic()?;
         let data = fs::read_to_string(path).into_diagnostic()?;
         let table = PartitionTable::try_from_str(data)?;
diff --git a/cargo-espflash/src/package_metadata.rs b/cargo-espflash/src/package_metadata.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..830a8742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cargo-espflash/src/package_metadata.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
+use cargo_toml::Manifest;
+use miette::{IntoDiagnostic, Result, WrapErr};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub struct CargoEspFlashMeta {
+    pub partition_table: Option<String>,
+    pub bootloader: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Meta {
+    pub espflash: Option<CargoEspFlashMeta>,
+}
+
+impl CargoEspFlashMeta {
+    pub fn load<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<CargoEspFlashMeta> {
+        let manifest = Manifest::<Meta>::from_path_with_metadata(path)
+            .into_diagnostic()
+            .wrap_err("Failed to parse Cargo.toml")?;
+        let meta = manifest
+            .package
+            .and_then(|pkg| pkg.metadata)
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .espflash
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        match meta.partition_table {
+            Some(table) if !table.ends_with(".csv") => {
+                return Err(Error::InvalidPartitionTablePath.into())
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        match meta.bootloader {
+            Some(table) if !table.ends_with(".bin") => {
+                return Err(Error::InvalidBootloaderPath.into())
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        Ok(meta)
+    }
+}