diff --git a/build/download.sh b/build/download.sh
index 89fe4f67a..44d71f1bc 100644
--- a/build/download.sh
+++ b/build/download.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ download() {
     tmp="$(ensure mktemp -d)"
     ensure cd "$tmp"
 
-    # Download latest Gauge zip installer
-    url="$(ensure curl -Ss https://api.github.com/repos/getgauge/gauge/releases/latest \
-    | grep "browser_download_url.*$OS.$ARCH.zip" \
-    | cut -d : -f 2,3 \
-    | tr -d \")"
+    # set api url
+    if [ $VERSION = "latest" ]; then
+        api_url="https://api.github.com/repos/getgauge/gauge/releases/latest"
+    else
+        api_url="https://api.github.com/repos/getgauge/gauge/releases/tags/$VERSION"
+    fi
+    # set download url
+    url="$(ensure curl -Ss $api_url \
+        | grep "browser_download_url.*$OS.$ARCH.zip" \
+        | cut -d : -f 2,3 \
+        | tr -d \")"
 
     say "Downloading binary from URL:$url"
     ensure curl -L -o gauge.zip $url
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ set_os_architecture() {
 
 handle_cmd_line_args() {
     LOCATION="/usr/local/bin"
+    VERSION="latest"
     for _arg in "$@"; do
         case "${_arg%%=*}" in
             --verbose)
@@ -119,6 +126,11 @@ handle_cmd_line_args() {
                     LOCATION="$(get_value_arg "$_arg")"
                 fi
                 ;;
+            --version)
+                if is_value_arg "$_arg" "version"; then
+                    VERSION="$(get_value_arg "$_arg")"
+                fi
+                ;;
         esac
     done
 }
@@ -194,4 +206,4 @@ main() {
     download
 }
 
-main "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+main "$@"