diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d18f92464..55f489983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ submit a pull request.
 
 **2.7.0**
 
+* Added --css-compressor and --js-compressor command line flags
 * Added css/js compressor shorthand
 * Change default manifest.json filename to be a randomized manifest-16HEXBYTES.json
 * Allow nil environment to be passed to manifest
diff --git a/bin/sprockets b/bin/sprockets
index 2b776d769..a3fb6510d 100755
--- a/bin/sprockets
+++ b/bin/sprockets
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ OptionParser.new do |opts|
     manifest = Sprockets::Manifest.new(environment, directory)
   end
 
+  opts.on("--css-compressor=COMPRESSOR", "Use CSS compressor") do |compressor|
+    environment.css_compressor = compressor.to_sym
+  end
+
+  opts.on("--js-compressor=COMPRESSOR", "Use JavaScript compressor") do |compressor|
+    environment.js_compressor = compressor.to_sym
+  end
+
   opts.on("--noenv", "Disables .sprocketsrc file") do
   end
 
diff --git a/test/test_sprocketize.rb b/test/test_sprocketize.rb
index e22d3e1d0..ddf5e5b70 100644
--- a/test/test_sprocketize.rb
+++ b/test/test_sprocketize.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ def teardown
     assert File.exist?("#{@dir}/#{digest_path2}")
   end
 
+  test "minify js with uglify" do
+    output = sprockets "-I", fixture_path("default"), "--js-compressor", "uglify", fixture_path("default/gallery.js")
+    assert_equal "var Gallery={};\n", output
+  end
+
+  test "compress css with sass" do
+    output = sprockets "-I", fixture_path("default"), "--css-compressor", "sass", fixture_path("default/gallery.css.erb")
+    assert_equal ".gallery{color:red}\n", output
+  end
+
   def sprockets(*args)
     script = File.expand_path("../../bin/sprockets", __FILE__)
     lib    = File.expand_path("../../lib", __FILE__)