diff --git a/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/ImportCommand.java b/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/ImportCommand.java
index 00c7c42..7f26e6d 100644
--- a/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/ImportCommand.java
+++ b/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/ImportCommand.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ public void configure(Subparser subparser) {
                 .type(String.class)
                 .required(false)
                 .setDefault("car");
+        subparser.addArgument("--graph_elevation_provider")
+                .type(String.class)
+                .required(false)
+                .setDefault("");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ public void run(Bootstrap<?> bootstrap, Namespace args) {
         graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("graph.flag_encoders", vehicle);
         graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("datareader.file", args.getString("datasource"));
         graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("graph.location", "graph-cache");
+        graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("graph.elevation.provider", args.getString("graph_elevation_provider"));
         // always using fastest weighting, see comment in MatchCommand
         String weightingStr = "fastest";
         List<Profile> profiles = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/MatchCommand.java b/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/MatchCommand.java
index 4b68cc5..5928d11 100644
--- a/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/MatchCommand.java
+++ b/matching-web/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/matching/cli/MatchCommand.java
@@ -64,12 +64,17 @@ public void configure(Subparser subparser) {
                 .type(String.class)
                 .required(false)
                 .setDefault("");
+        subparser.addArgument("--graph_elevation_provider")
+                .type(String.class)
+                .required(false)
+                .setDefault("");
     }
 
     @Override
     public void run(Bootstrap bootstrap, Namespace args) {
         GraphHopperConfig graphHopperConfiguration = new GraphHopperConfig();
         String ghFolder = "graph-cache";
+        graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("graph.elevation.provider", args.getString("graph_elevation_provider"));
         graphHopperConfiguration.putObject("graph.location", ghFolder);
 
         String vehicle = args.getString("vehicle");