diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
index bf258397d..6ba1da344 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public class App {
         final boolean archiveDisabled = cli.isArchiveDisabled();
         final boolean assemblyDisabled = cli.isAssemblyDisabled();
         final boolean nuspecDisabled = cli.isNuspecDisabled();
+        final boolean centralDisabled = cli.isCentralDisabled();
         final boolean nexusDisabled = cli.isNexusDisabled();
         final String nexusUrl = cli.getNexusUrl();
         final String databaseDriverName = cli.getDatabaseDriverName();
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ public class App {
         Settings.setBoolean(Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_NUSPEC_ENABLED, !nuspecDisabled);
         Settings.setBoolean(Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_ASSEMBLY_ENABLED, !assemblyDisabled);
 
+        Settings.setBoolean(Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_CENTRAL_ENABLED, !centralDisabled);
         Settings.setBoolean(Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_NEXUS_ENABLED, !nexusDisabled);
         if (nexusUrl != null && !nexusUrl.isEmpty()) {
             Settings.setString(Settings.KEYS.ANALYZER_NEXUS_URL, nexusUrl);
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
index 9bec420a4..c2cb5e938 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/CliParser.java
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ public final class CliParser {
                 .withDescription("Disable the .NET Assembly Analyzer.")
                 .create();
 
+        final Option disableCentralAnalyzer = OptionBuilder.withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.DISABLE_CENTRAL)
+                .withDescription("Disable the Central Analyzer. If this analyzer is disabled it is likely you also want to disable the Nexus Analyzer.")
+                .create();
+
         final Option disableNexusAnalyzer = OptionBuilder.withLongOpt(ARGUMENT.DISABLE_NEXUS)
                 .withDescription("Disable the Nexus Analyzer.")
                 .create();
@@ -360,6 +364,7 @@ public final class CliParser {
                 .addOption(disableArchiveAnalyzer)
                 .addOption(disableAssemblyAnalyzer)
                 .addOption(disableNuspecAnalyzer)
+                .addOption(disableCentralAnalyzer)
                 .addOption(disableNexusAnalyzer)
                 .addOption(nexusUrl)
                 .addOption(nexusUsesProxy)
@@ -456,6 +461,15 @@ public final class CliParser {
         return (line != null) && line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.DISABLE_NEXUS);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the disableCentral command line argument was specified.
+     *
+     * @return true if the disableCentral command line argument was specified; otherwise false
+     */
+    public boolean isCentralDisabled() {
+        return (line != null) && line.hasOption(ARGUMENT.DISABLE_CENTRAL);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the url to the nexus server if one was specified.
      *
@@ -876,6 +890,10 @@ public final class CliParser {
          * Disables the Nuspec Analyzer.
          */
         public static final String DISABLE_NUSPEC = "disableNuspec";
+        /**
+         * Disables the Central Analyzer.
+         */
+        public static final String DISABLE_CENTRAL = "disableCentral";
         /**
          * Disables the Nexus Analyzer.
          */