diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ChangeLog for yesod-bin
 
+## 1.6.1
+
+Added command line options `cert` and `key` to allow TLS certificate and key files to be passed to `yesod devel` [#1717](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1717)
+
 ## 1.6.0.6
 
 Fix the `add-handler` subcommand to support both the old default routes filename (`routes`) and the new one (`routes.yesodroutes`) [#1688](https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/pull/1688)
diff --git a/Devel.hs b/Devel.hs
--- a/Devel.hs
+++ b/Devel.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                                                         responseLBS)
 import           Network.Wai.Handler.Warp              (defaultSettings, runSettings,
                                                         setPort, setHost)
-import           Network.Wai.Handler.WarpTLS           (runTLS,
+import           Network.Wai.Handler.WarpTLS           (runTLS, tlsSettings,
                                                         tlsSettingsMemory)
 import           Network.Wai.Parse                     (parseHttpAccept)
 import           Say
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
       , proxyTimeout    :: Int
       , useReverseProxy :: Bool
       , develHost       :: Maybe String
+      , cert            :: Maybe (FilePath, FilePath)
       } deriving (Show, Eq)
 
 -- | Run a reverse proxy from the develPort and develTlsPort ports to
@@ -170,10 +171,12 @@
                 manager
         defaultSettings' = maybe id (setHost . fromString) (develHost opts) defaultSettings
         runProxyTls port app = do
-          let cert = $(embedFile "certificate.pem")
-              key = $(embedFile "key.pem")
-              tlsSettings = tlsSettingsMemory cert key
-          runTLS tlsSettings (setPort port defaultSettings') $ \req send -> do
+          let certDef = $(embedFile "certificate.pem")
+              keyDef = $(embedFile "key.pem")
+              theSettings = case cert opts of
+                Nothing -> tlsSettingsMemory certDef keyDef
+                Just (c,k) -> tlsSettings c k
+          runTLS theSettings (setPort port defaultSettings') $ \req send -> do
             let req' = req
                     { requestHeaders
                         = ("X-Forwarded-Proto", "https")
diff --git a/main.hs b/main.hs
--- a/main.hs
+++ b/main.hs
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@
              | Build { buildExtraArgs   :: [String] }
              | Touch
              | Devel { develSuccessHook :: Maybe String
-                     , develExtraArgs    :: [String]
+                     , develExtraArgs   :: [String]
                      , develPort        :: Int
                      , develTlsPort     :: Int
                      , proxyTimeout     :: Int
                      , noReverseProxy   :: Bool
                      , develHost        :: Maybe String
+                     , cert             :: Maybe (FilePath, FilePath)
                      }
              | DevelSignal
              | Test
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
                              , proxyTimeout = proxyTimeout
                              , useReverseProxy = not noReverseProxy
                              , develHost    = develHost
+                             , cert         = cert
                              } develExtraArgs
     DevelSignal     -> develSignal
   where
@@ -167,6 +169,11 @@
                             <> help "Disable reverse proxy" )
                      <*> optStr (long "host" <> metavar "HOST"
                             <> help "Host interface to bind to; IP address, '*' for all interfaces, '*4' for IP4, '*6' for IP6")
+                     <*> optional ( (,)
+                            <$> strOption (long "cert" <> metavar "CERT"
+                                   <> help "Path to TLS certificate file, requires that --key is also defined")
+                            <*> strOption (long "key" <> metavar "KEY"
+                                   <> help "Path to TLS key file, requires that --cert is also defined") )
 
 extraStackArgs :: Parser [String]
 extraStackArgs = many (strOption ( long "extra-stack-arg" <> short 'e' <> metavar "ARG"
diff --git a/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin.cabal
--- a/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-bin
-version:         1.6.0.6
+version:         1.6.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>