diff --git a/modules/lm-coursier/src/main/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXml.scala b/modules/lm-coursier/src/main/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXml.scala
index e9ac86ffe..bfdbe5439 100644
--- a/modules/lm-coursier/src/main/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXml.scala
+++ b/modules/lm-coursier/src/main/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXml.scala
@@ -6,9 +6,17 @@ import scala.xml.{Node, PrefixedAttribute}
 
 object IvyXml {
 
+  @deprecated("Use the override accepting 3 arguments", "2.0.0-RC6-6")
   def apply(
     currentProject: Project,
     exclusions: Seq[(String, String)]
+  ): String =
+    apply(currentProject, exclusions, Nil)
+
+  def apply(
+    currentProject: Project,
+    exclusions: Seq[(String, String)],
+    overrides: Seq[(String, String, String)]
   ): String = {
 
     // Important: width = Int.MaxValue, so that no tag gets truncated.
@@ -20,13 +28,14 @@ object IvyXml {
     val printer = new scala.xml.PrettyPrinter(Int.MaxValue, 2)
 
     """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>""" + '\n' +
-      printer.format(content(currentProject, exclusions))
+      printer.format(content(currentProject, exclusions, overrides))
   }
 
   // These are required for publish to be fine, later on.
   private def content(
     project: Project,
-    exclusions: Seq[(String, String)]
+    exclusions: Seq[(String, String)],
+    overrides: Seq[(String, String, String)]
   ): Node = {
 
     val props = project.module.attributes.toSeq ++ project.properties
@@ -103,11 +112,16 @@ object IvyXml {
         <exclude org={org} module={name} artifact="*" type="*" ext="*" matcher="exact"/>
     }
 
+    val overrideElems = overrides.toVector.map {
+      case (org, name, ver) =>
+        <override org={org} module={name} rev={ver} matcher="exact"/>
+    }
+
     <ivy-module version="2.0" xmlns:e="http://ant.apache.org/ivy/extra">
       {infoElem}
       <configurations>{confElems}</configurations>
       <publications>{publicationElems}</publications>
-      <dependencies>{dependencyElems}{excludeElems}</dependencies>
+      <dependencies>{dependencyElems}{excludeElems}{overrideElems}</dependencies>
     </ivy-module>
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/lm-coursier/src/test/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXmlTests.scala b/modules/lm-coursier/src/test/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXmlTests.scala
index 3ba8c49e2..131b3eba8 100644
--- a/modules/lm-coursier/src/test/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXmlTests.scala
+++ b/modules/lm-coursier/src/test/scala/lmcoursier/IvyXmlTests.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ object IvyXmlTests extends AnyPropSpec with Matchers {
       Info("", "", Nil, Nil, None)
     )
 
-    val content = IvyXml(project, Nil)
+    val content = IvyXml(project, Nil, Nil)
 
     assert(!content.contains("</conf>"))
   }
diff --git a/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/IvyXmlGeneration.scala b/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/IvyXmlGeneration.scala
index bd8a295ba..1714fe64b 100644
--- a/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/IvyXmlGeneration.scala
+++ b/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/IvyXmlGeneration.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package coursier.sbtcoursiershared
 
+import java.io.File
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
@@ -18,9 +19,10 @@ object IvyXmlGeneration {
   private def writeFiles(
     currentProject: Project,
     exclusions: Seq[(String, String)],
+    overrides: Seq[(String, String, String)],
     ivySbt: IvySbt,
     log: sbt.util.Logger
-  ): Unit = {
+  ): File = {
 
     val ivyCacheManager = ivySbt.withIvy(log)(ivy =>
       ivy.getResolutionCacheManager
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ object IvyXmlGeneration {
     val cacheIvyFile = ivyCacheManager.getResolvedIvyFileInCache(ivyModule)
     val cacheIvyPropertiesFile = ivyCacheManager.getResolvedIvyPropertiesInCache(ivyModule)
 
-    val content0 = IvyXml(currentProject, exclusions)
+    val content0 = IvyXml(currentProject, exclusions, overrides)
     cacheIvyFile.getParentFile.mkdirs()
     log.info(s"Writing Ivy file $cacheIvyFile")
     Files.write(cacheIvyFile.toPath, content0.getBytes(UTF_8))
@@ -44,8 +46,34 @@ object IvyXmlGeneration {
     // Just writing an empty file here... Are these only used?
     cacheIvyPropertiesFile.getParentFile.mkdirs()
     Files.write(cacheIvyPropertiesFile.toPath, Array.emptyByteArray)
+
+    cacheIvyFile
   }
 
+  def writeIvyXml: Def.Initialize[Task[File]] =
+    Def.task {
+      import SbtCoursierShared.autoImport._
+
+      val sv = sbt.Keys.scalaVersion.value
+      val sbv = sbt.Keys.scalaBinaryVersion.value
+      val log = sbt.Keys.streams.value.log
+      val currentProject = {
+        val proj = coursierProject.value
+        val publications = coursierPublications.value
+        proj.withPublications(publications)
+      }
+      val overrides = Inputs.forceVersions(sbt.Keys.dependencyOverrides.value, sv, sbv).map {
+        case (mod, ver) =>
+          (mod.organization.value, mod.name.value, ver)
+      }
+      val excludeDeps = Inputs.exclusionsSeq(InputsTasks.actualExcludeDependencies.value, sv, sbv, log)
+        .map {
+          case (org, name) =>
+            (org.value, name.value)
+        }
+      writeFiles(currentProject, excludeDeps, overrides, sbt.Keys.ivySbt.value, log)
+    }
+
   private def makeIvyXmlBefore[T](task: TaskKey[T]): Setting[Task[T]] =
     task := task.dependsOn {
       Def.taskDyn {
@@ -53,20 +81,8 @@ object IvyXmlGeneration {
         val doGen = coursierGenerateIvyXml.value
         if (doGen)
           Def.task {
-            val sv = sbt.Keys.scalaVersion.value
-            val sbv = sbt.Keys.scalaBinaryVersion.value
-            val log = sbt.Keys.streams.value.log
-            val currentProject = {
-              val proj = coursierProject.value
-              val publications = coursierPublications.value
-              proj.withPublications(publications)
-            }
-            val excludeDeps = Inputs.exclusionsSeq(InputsTasks.actualExcludeDependencies.value, sv, sbv, log)
-              .map {
-                case (org, name) =>
-                  (org.value, name.value)
-              }
-            writeFiles(currentProject, excludeDeps, sbt.Keys.ivySbt.value, log)
+            coursierWriteIvyXml.value
+            ()
           }
         else
           Def.task(())
diff --git a/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/SbtCoursierShared.scala b/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/SbtCoursierShared.scala
index 6ed65f7f3..9156660ec 100644
--- a/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/SbtCoursierShared.scala
+++ b/modules/sbt-coursier-shared/src/main/scala/coursier/sbtcoursiershared/SbtCoursierShared.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ object SbtCoursierShared extends AutoPlugin {
 
   object autoImport {
     val coursierGenerateIvyXml = settingKey[Boolean]("")
+    val coursierWriteIvyXml = taskKey[File]("")
     val coursierProject = TaskKey[Project]("coursier-project")
     val coursierInterProjectDependencies = TaskKey[Seq[Project]]("coursier-inter-project-dependencies", "Projects the current project depends on, possibly transitively")
     val coursierExtraProjects = TaskKey[Seq[Project]]("coursier-extra-projects", "")
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ object SbtCoursierShared extends AutoPlugin {
         SbtCoursierCache.default.clear()
       },
       coursierGenerateIvyXml := true,
+      coursierWriteIvyXml := IvyXmlGeneration.writeIvyXml.value,
       coursierProject := InputsTasks.coursierProjectTask.value,
       coursierInterProjectDependencies := InputsTasks.coursierInterProjectDependenciesTask.value,
       coursierExtraProjects := InputsTasks.coursierExtraProjectsTask.value
diff --git a/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/build.sbt b/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/build.sbt
index 834048659..5740f479e 100644
--- a/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/build.sbt
+++ b/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/build.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 scalaVersion := "2.12.8"
+
+organization := "io.get-coursier.test"
+name := "dependency-overrides"
+version := "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
+
 libraryDependencies += "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier" % "2.0.0-RC2-6"
 dependencyOverrides += "io.get-coursier" %% "coursier-core" % "1.1.0-M14-7"
+
+lazy val check = taskKey[Unit]("")
+
+check := {
+  val f = coursierWriteIvyXml.value
+  val content = new String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(f.toPath), "UTF-8")
+  System.err.println(s"ivy.xml:\n'$content'")
+  assert(content.contains("<override "), s"No override found in '$content'")
+}
diff --git a/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/test b/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/test
index 62ea636c1..fdc9600e4 100644
--- a/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/test
+++ b/modules/sbt-coursier/src/sbt-test/shared-1/dependency-overrides/test
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 > run
+> check