diff --git a/cli/args/flags.rs b/cli/args/flags.rs
index 824b73264f..59d7471670 100644
--- a/cli/args/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/args/flags.rs
@@ -2379,6 +2379,8 @@ fn publish_subcommand() -> Command {
           .long("token")
           .help("The API token to use when publishing. If unset, interactive authentication is be used")
       )
+      .arg(config_arg())
+      .arg(no_config_arg())
       .arg(
         Arg::new("dry-run")
           .long("dry-run")
@@ -3821,6 +3823,8 @@ fn vendor_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
 }
 
 fn publish_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
+  config_args_parse(flags, matches);
+
   flags.subcommand = DenoSubcommand::Publish(PublishFlags {
     token: matches.remove_one("token"),
     dry_run: matches.get_flag("dry-run"),
diff --git a/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs b/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
index 2dbd854a72..b614005cce 100644
--- a/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/publish_tests.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ itest!(dry_run {
   http_server: true,
 });
 
+itest!(config_flag {
+  args: "publish --token 'sadfasdf' --config=successful/deno.json",
+  output: "publish/successful.out",
+  cwd: Some("publish"),
+  envs: env_vars_for_jsr_tests(),
+  http_server: true,
+});
+
 #[test]
 fn ignores_directories() {
   let context = publish_context_builder().build();