diff --git a/ng-dev/utils/config.ts b/ng-dev/utils/config.ts
index d81db0dbc..c98fca748 100644
--- a/ng-dev/utils/config.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/utils/config.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ const USER_CONFIG_FILE_PATH = '.ng-dev.user';
 /** The local user configuration for ng-dev. */
 let userConfig: {[key: string]: any} | null = null;
 
+/**
+ * Set the cached configuration object to be loaded later. Only to be used on CI situations in
+ * which loading from the `.ng-dev/` directory is not possible.
+ */
+export function setConfig(config: {}) {
+  cachedConfig = config;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the configuration from the file system, returning the already loaded
  * copy if it is defined.