diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 015d36e..ed95072 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ Certain external libraries require additional software to be installed. Check th
 
 ## Features
 
+**Pass extra FFmpeg configuration flags**. You can pass additional flags directly to FFmpeg's `./configure` script using the `--extra-ffmpeg-config-flags` argument. For example:
+```bash
+./ffmpeg-android-maker.sh --extra-ffmpeg-config-flags="--disable-programs --disable-doc"
+```
+This allows you to customize the FFmpeg build without modifying the build scripts.
+
 **Add an arbitrary external library that FFMpeg supports to the building process**. Just specify how the source code needs to be downloaded and how to perform the build operation. More about this is [here](https://github.com/Javernaut/ffmpeg-android-maker/wiki/External-libraries-integration).
 
 **Setting your own FFmpeg version and origin**. You can actually override the version of FFmpeg used by the script. See details [here](https://github.com/Javernaut/ffmpeg-android-maker/wiki/Setting-the-FFmpeg-version).
diff --git a/scripts/export-build-variables.sh b/scripts/export-build-variables.sh
index beca8d6..5472a5f 100755
--- a/scripts/export-build-variables.sh
+++ b/scripts/export-build-variables.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ export FAM_YASM=${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/bin/yasm
 export FFMPEG_EXTRA_LD_FLAGS=
 
 # A variable to which certain dependencies can add addtional arguments during ffmpeg build.sh
-export EXTRA_BUILD_CONFIGURATION_FLAGS=
+# Also includes any user-provided extra configuration flags
+export EXTRA_BUILD_CONFIGURATION_FLAGS=${USER_EXTRA_FFMPEG_CONFIG_FLAGS}
 
 export INSTALL_DIR=${BUILD_DIR_EXTERNAL}/${ANDROID_ABI}
 
diff --git a/scripts/parse-arguments.sh b/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
index d54e264..ade1b83 100755
--- a/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
+++ b/scripts/parse-arguments.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SOURCE_TYPE=TAR
 SOURCE_VALUE=7.1.2
 EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=()
 FFMPEG_GPL_ENABLED=false
+USER_EXTRA_CONFIG_FLAGS=""
 
 # All FREE libraries that are supported
 SUPPORTED_LIBRARIES_FREE=(
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ for argument in "$@"; do
     ;;
   --enable-libbluray | -bluray)
     EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=("libbluray")
-    ;; 
+    ;;
   --enable-libxml2 | -xml2)
     EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=("libxml2")
     ;;
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ for argument in "$@"; do
     EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES+=" ${SUPPORTED_LIBRARIES_GPL[@]}"
     FFMPEG_GPL_ENABLED=true
     ;;
+  # Pass extra FFmpeg configuration flags directly to ./configure
+  --extra-ffmpeg-config-flags=*)
+    USER_EXTRA_CONFIG_FLAGS="${argument#*=}"
+    ;;
   *)
     echo "Unknown argument $argument"
     ;;
@@ -159,3 +164,6 @@ export FFMPEG_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=${EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES[@]}
 # Desired Android API level to use during compilation
 # Will be replaced with 21 for 64bit ABIs if the value is less than 21
 export DESIRED_ANDROID_API_LEVEL=${API_LEVEL}
+
+# User-provided extra configuration flags for FFmpeg's ./configure
+export USER_EXTRA_FFMPEG_CONFIG_FLAGS=${USER_EXTRA_CONFIG_FLAGS}