diff --git a/cli/cmd/cmd.go b/cli/cmd/cmd.go
index 506af8e..45f2bc6 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/gocomply/xsd2go/pkg/xsd"
 	"github.com/gocomply/xsd2go/pkg/xsd2go"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -37,10 +38,28 @@ var convert = cli.Command{
 					1)
 			}
 		}
+
+		for _, override := range c.StringSlice("type-override") {
+			if !strings.Contains(override, "=") {
+				return cli.NewExitError(
+					fmt.Sprintf(
+						"Invalid type-override: '%s', expecting form of TYPE=GOTYPE or TYPE=GOTYPE:GOIMPORT",
+						override,
+					),
+					1,
+				)
+			}
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	},
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		xsdFile, goModule, outputDir := c.Args()[0], c.Args()[1], c.Args()[2]
+
+		for _, typeOverride := range c.StringSlice("type-override") {
+			xsd.AddStaticTypeOverride(typeOverride)
+		}
+
 		err := xsd2go.Convert(xsdFile, goModule, outputDir, c.StringSlice("xmlns-override"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
@@ -52,5 +71,9 @@ var convert = cli.Command{
 			Name:  "xmlns-override",
 			Usage: "Allows to explicitly set gopackage name for given XMLNS. Example: --xmlns-override='http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#=xml_signatures'",
 		},
+		cli.StringSliceFlag{
+			Name:  "type-override",
+			Usage: "Allows to explicitly override a static simple type mapping. Example: --type-override='decimal=string' or --type-override='decimal=decimal:github.com/ericlagergren/decimal",
+		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/xsd/schema.go b/pkg/xsd/schema.go
index 4799aac..4b6e1c3 100644
--- a/pkg/xsd/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/xsd/schema.go
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ func (sch *Schema) findReferencedElement(ref reference) *Element {
 	}
 	if innerSchema != sch {
 		sch.registerImportedModule(innerSchema)
-
 	}
 	return innerSchema.GetElement(ref.Name())
 }
@@ -257,6 +256,9 @@ func (sch *Schema) GoImportsNeeded() []string {
 	for _, importedMod := range sch.importedModules {
 		imports = append(imports, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sch.ModulesPath, importedMod.GoPackageName()))
 	}
+	for _, importedMod := range GetStaticTypeImports() {
+		imports = append(imports, importedMod)
+	}
 	sort.Strings(imports)
 	return imports
 }
@@ -297,8 +299,7 @@ type Import struct {
 
 func (i *Import) load(ws *Workspace, baseDir string) (err error) {
 	if i.SchemaLocation != "" {
-		i.ImportedSchema, err =
-			ws.loadXsd(filepath.Join(baseDir, i.SchemaLocation), true)
+		i.ImportedSchema, err = ws.loadXsd(filepath.Join(baseDir, i.SchemaLocation), true)
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -312,8 +313,7 @@ type Include struct {
 
 func (i *Include) load(ws *Workspace, baseDir string) (err error) {
 	if i.SchemaLocation != "" {
-		i.IncludedSchema, err =
-			ws.loadXsd(filepath.Join(baseDir, i.SchemaLocation), false)
+		i.IncludedSchema, err = ws.loadXsd(filepath.Join(baseDir, i.SchemaLocation), false)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/pkg/xsd/types.go b/pkg/xsd/types.go
index 59a78b2..1f55d6d 100644
--- a/pkg/xsd/types.go
+++ b/pkg/xsd/types.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package xsd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 )
@@ -287,9 +289,43 @@ var staticTypes = map[string]staticType{
 	"hexBinary":          "string",
 }
 
+var (
+	staticTypeImports = map[string]string{}
+	staticTypeUsed    = map[string]struct{}{}
+)
+
+func AddStaticTypeOverride(override string) {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(override, "=", 2)
+	typeParts := strings.SplitN(parts[1], ":", 2)
+
+	typeName := parts[0]
+
+	staticTypes[typeName] = staticType(typeParts[0])
+
+	if len(typeParts) == 2 {
+		staticTypeImports[typeName] = typeParts[1]
+	}
+}
+
+func GetStaticTypeImports() []string {
+	imports := []string{}
+
+	for name, mod := range staticTypeImports {
+		if _, found := staticTypeUsed[name]; found {
+			imports = append(imports, mod)
+		}
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(imports)
+
+	return imports
+}
+
 func StaticType(name string) staticType {
 	typ, found := staticTypes[name]
 	if found {
+		staticTypeUsed[name] = struct{}{}
+
 		return typ
 	}
 	panic("Type xsd:" + name + " not implemented")