diff --git a/.changeset/long-brooms-look.md b/.changeset/long-brooms-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffbcf4ddec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-brooms-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+"supi": patch
+---
+
+Allow to specify the overriden dependency's parent package.
+
+For example, if `foo` should be overriden only in dependencies of bar v2, this configuration may be used:
+
+```json
+{
+  ...
+  "pnpm": {
+    "overriden": {
+      "bar@2>foo": "1.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/packages/supi/src/install/createVersionsOverrider.ts b/packages/supi/src/install/createVersionsOverrider.ts
index be5e6a2bbb..59e630abdf 100644
--- a/packages/supi/src/install/createVersionsOverrider.ts
+++ b/packages/supi/src/install/createVersionsOverrider.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 import { Dependencies, PackageManifest, ReadPackageHook } from '@pnpm/types'
 import parseWantedDependency from '@pnpm/parse-wanted-dependency'
+import semver = require('semver')
 
 export default function (overrides: Record<string, string>): ReadPackageHook {
-  const versionOverrides = Object.entries(overrides)
-    .map(([rawWantedDependency, newPref]) => ({
-      newPref,
-      wantedDependency: parseWantedDependency(rawWantedDependency),
-    } as VersionOverride))
+  const genericVersionOverrides = [] as VersionOverride[]
+  const versionOverrides = [] as VersionOverrideWithParent[]
+  Object.entries(overrides)
+    .forEach(([selector, newPref]) => {
+      if (selector.includes('>')) {
+        const [parentSelector, childSelector] = selector.split('>')
+        versionOverrides.push({
+          newPref,
+          parentWantedDependency: parseWantedDependency(parentSelector),
+          wantedDependency: parseWantedDependency(childSelector),
+        } as VersionOverrideWithParent)
+        return
+      }
+      genericVersionOverrides.push({
+        newPref,
+        wantedDependency: parseWantedDependency(selector),
+      } as VersionOverride)
+    })
   return ((pkg: PackageManifest) => {
-    if (pkg.dependencies) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, pkg.dependencies)
-    if (pkg.optionalDependencies) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, pkg.optionalDependencies)
+    overrideDepsOfPkg(pkg, versionOverrides.filter(({ parentWantedDependency }) => {
+      return parentWantedDependency.alias === pkg.name && (
+        !parentWantedDependency.pref || semver.satisfies(pkg.version, parentWantedDependency.pref)
+      )
+    }))
+    overrideDepsOfPkg(pkg, genericVersionOverrides)
     return pkg
   }) as ReadPackageHook
 }
 
 interface VersionOverride {
+  parentWantedDependency?: {
+    alias: string
+    pref?: string
+  }
   wantedDependency: {
     alias: string
     pref?: string
@@ -22,6 +44,19 @@ interface VersionOverride {
   newPref: string
 }
 
+interface VersionOverrideWithParent extends VersionOverride {
+  parentWantedDependency: {
+    alias: string
+    pref?: string
+  }
+}
+
+function overrideDepsOfPkg (pkg: PackageManifest, versionOverrides: VersionOverride[]) {
+  if (pkg.dependencies) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, pkg.dependencies)
+  if (pkg.optionalDependencies) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, pkg.optionalDependencies)
+  return pkg
+}
+
 function overrideDeps (versionOverrides: VersionOverride[], deps: Dependencies) {
   for (const versionOverride of versionOverrides) {
     if (
diff --git a/packages/supi/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts b/packages/supi/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..421419bd98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/supi/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import createVersionOverrider from 'supi/lib/install/createVersionsOverrider'
+import promisifyTape from 'tape-promise'
+import tape = require('tape')
+
+const test = promisifyTape(tape)
+
+test('createVersionsOverrider() overrides dependencies of specified packages only', (t: tape.Test) => {
+  const overrider = createVersionOverrider({
+    'foo@1>bar@^1.2.0': '3.0.0',
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(overrider({
+    name: 'foo',
+    version: '1.2.0',
+    dependencies: {
+      bar: '^1.2.0',
+    },
+  }), {
+    name: 'foo',
+    version: '1.2.0',
+    dependencies: {
+      bar: '3.0.0',
+    },
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(overrider({
+    name: 'foo',
+    version: '2.0.0',
+    dependencies: {
+      bar: '^1.2.0',
+    },
+  }), {
+    name: 'foo',
+    version: '2.0.0',
+    dependencies: {
+      bar: '^1.2.0',
+    },
+  })
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/packages/supi/test/index.ts b/packages/supi/test/index.ts
index 3e55778413..3417c96362 100644
--- a/packages/supi/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/supi/test/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import './allProjectsAreUpToDate.test'
 import './api'
 import './breakingChanges'
 import './cache'
+import './createVersionOverrider.test'
 import './install'
 import './link'
 import './lockfile'
diff --git a/packages/supi/test/install/overrides.ts b/packages/supi/test/install/overrides.ts
index a4efc3ec0e..5fb0a8e763 100644
--- a/packages/supi/test/install/overrides.ts
+++ b/packages/supi/test/install/overrides.ts
@@ -13,21 +13,26 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
   const project = prepareEmpty(t)
 
   await addDistTag({ package: 'bar', version: '100.0.0', distTag: 'latest' })
+  await addDistTag({ package: 'foo', version: '100.0.0', distTag: 'latest' })
 
   const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({
     pnpm: {
       overrides: {
+        'foobarqar>foo': 'npm:qar@100.0.0',
         'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
         'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
       },
     },
-  }, ['pkg-with-1-dep@100.0.0', 'foobar@100.0.0'], await testDefaults())
+  }, ['pkg-with-1-dep@100.0.0', 'foobar@100.0.0', 'foobarqar@1.0.0'], await testDefaults())
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
+    t.equal(lockfile.packages['/foobarqar/1.0.0'].dependencies['foo'], '/qar/100.0.0')
+    t.equal(lockfile.packages['/foobar/100.0.0'].dependencies['foo'], '100.0.0')
     t.ok(lockfile.packages['/dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep/101.0.0'])
     t.ok(lockfile.packages['/bar/100.1.0'])
     t.deepEqual(lockfile.overrides, {
+      'foobarqar>foo': 'npm:qar@100.0.0',
       'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
       'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
     })
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
     t.ok(lockfile.packages['/dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep/101.0.0'])
     t.ok(lockfile.packages['/bar/100.0.0'])
     t.deepEqual(lockfile.overrides, {
+      'foobarqar>foo': 'npm:qar@100.0.0',
       'bar@^100.0.0': '100.0.0',
       'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
     })