diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.h b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.h
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	CONFFILE_REPO,
 } pkg_conf_file_t;
 
-int config_init(void);
+int config_init(const char *);
 void config_finish(void);
 int config_string(pkg_config_key, const char **);
 int config_bool(pkg_config_key, bool *);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/config.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
  * etc...
  */
 static void
-parse_repo_file(ucl_object_t *obj)
+parse_repo_file(ucl_object_t *obj, const char *requested_repo)
 {
 	ucl_object_iter_t it = NULL;
 	const ucl_object_t *cur;
@@ -337,13 +337,17 @@
 		if (cur->type != UCL_OBJECT)
 			continue;
 
+		if (requested_repo != NULL && strcmp(requested_repo, key) != 0)
+			continue;
+
 		config_parse(cur, CONFFILE_REPO);
 	}
 }
 
 
 static int
-read_conf_file(const char *confpath, pkg_conf_file_t conftype)
+read_conf_file(const char *confpath, const char *requested_repo,
+    pkg_conf_file_t conftype)
 {
 	struct ucl_parser *p;
 	ucl_object_t *obj = NULL;
@@ -367,7 +371,7 @@
 		if (conftype == CONFFILE_PKG)
 			config_parse(obj, conftype);
 		else if (conftype == CONFFILE_REPO)
-			parse_repo_file(obj);
+			parse_repo_file(obj, requested_repo);
 	}
 
 	ucl_object_unref(obj);
@@ -377,7 +381,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-load_repositories(const char *repodir)
+load_repositories(const char *repodir, const char *requested_repo)
 {
 	struct dirent *ent;
 	DIR *d;
@@ -401,8 +405,10 @@
 			    repodir,
 			    repodir[strlen(repodir) - 1] == '/' ? "" : "/",
 			    ent->d_name);
-			if (access(path, F_OK) == 0 &&
-			    read_conf_file(path, CONFFILE_REPO)) {
+			if (access(path, F_OK) != 0)
+				continue;
+			if (read_conf_file(path, requested_repo,
+			    CONFFILE_REPO)) {
 				ret = 1;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@
 }
 
 int
-config_init(void)
+config_init(const char *requested_repo)
 {
 	char *val;
 	int i;
@@ -457,7 +463,7 @@
 	localbase = getlocalbase();
 	snprintf(confpath, sizeof(confpath), "%s/etc/pkg.conf", localbase);
 
-	if (access(confpath, F_OK) == 0 && read_conf_file(confpath,
+	if (access(confpath, F_OK) == 0 && read_conf_file(confpath, NULL,
 	    CONFFILE_PKG))
 		goto finalize;
 
@@ -475,7 +481,7 @@
 	}
 
 	STAILQ_FOREACH(cv, c[REPOS_DIR].list, next)
-		if (load_repositories(cv->value))
+		if (load_repositories(cv->value, requested_repo))
 			goto finalize;
 
 finalize:
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.7 b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.7
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.7
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.7
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 31, 2020
+.Dd February 7, 2021
 .Dt PKG 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 .Nm
 add
 .Op Fl f
+.Op Fl r Ar reponame
 .Op Fl y
 .Ao Pa pkg.txz Ac
 .Nm
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 .Op Fl 4 | Fl 6
 bootstrap
 .Op Fl f
+.Op Fl r Ar reponame
 .Op Fl y
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@
 installed, and then have the original command forwarded to it.
 If already installed, the command requested will be forwarded to the real
 .Xr pkg 8 .
-.It Nm Li add Oo Fl f Oc Oo Fl y Oc Ao Pa pkg.txz Ac
+.It Nm Li add Oo Fl f Oc Oo Fl r Ar reponame Oc Oo Fl y Oc Ao Pa pkg.txz Ac
 Install
 .Xr pkg 8
 from a local package instead of fetching from remote.
@@ -83,13 +85,19 @@
 .Fl y
 flag is specified, no confirmation will be asked when bootstrapping
 .Xr pkg 8 .
+.Pp
+If a
+.Ar reponame
+has been specified, then the signature configuration for that repository will be
+used.
 .It Nm Fl N
 Do not bootstrap, just determine if
 .Xr pkg 8
 is actually installed or not.
 Returns 0 and the number of packages installed
 if it is, otherwise 1.
-.It Nm Oo Fl 4 | Fl 6 Oc Li bootstrap Oo Fl f Oc Oo Fl y Oc
+.It Nm Oo Fl 4 | Fl 6 Oc Li bootstrap Oo Fl f Oc \
+Oo Fl r Ar reponame Oc Oo Fl y Oc
 Attempt to bootstrap and do not forward anything to
 .Xr pkg 8
 after it is installed.
@@ -110,14 +118,30 @@
 .Fl y
 flag is specified, no confirmation will be asked when bootstrapping
 .Xr pkg 8 .
+.Pp
+If a
+.Ar reponame
+has been specified, then the configuration for that repository will be used.
 .El
 .Sh CONFIGURATION
 Configuration varies in whether it is in a repository configuration file
 or the global configuration file.
+The default repository configuration for
+.Fx
+is stored in
+.Pa /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf ,
+and additional repository configuration files will be searched for in
+.Ev REPOS_DIR ,
+or
+.Pa /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
+if it is unset.
 .Pp
-Repository configuration can be stored in
-.Pa /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
-in the following format:
+For bootstrapping,
+.Nm
+will process all repositories that it finds and use the last enabled repository
+by default.
+.Pp
+Repository configuration is stored in the following format:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 FreeBSD: {
   url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
@@ -127,6 +151,7 @@
   enabled: yes
 }
 .Ed
+.Pp
 .Bl -tag -width signature_type -compact
 .It url
 Refer to
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg/pkg.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char pkgpath[MAXPATHLEN];
-	const char *pkgarg;
+	const char *pkgarg, *repo_name;
 	bool activation_test, add_pkg, bootstrap_only, force, yes;
 	signed char ch;
 	const char *fetchOpts;
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@
 	fetchOpts = "";
 	force = false;
 	pkgarg = NULL;
+	repo_name = NULL;
 	yes = false;
 
 	struct option longopts[] = {
@@ -1070,7 +1071,7 @@
 
 	snprintf(pkgpath, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/sbin/pkg", getlocalbase());
 
-	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "-:fyN46", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
+	while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "-:fr::yN46", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'f':
 			force = true;
@@ -1087,6 +1088,46 @@
 		case '6':
 			fetchOpts = "6";
 			break;
+		case 'r':
+			/*
+			 * The repository can only be specified for an explicit
+			 * bootstrap request at this time, so that we don't
+			 * confuse the user if they're trying to use a verb that
+			 * has some other conflicting meaning but we need to
+			 * bootstrap.
+			 *
+			 * For that reason, we specify that -r has an optional
+			 * argument above and process the next index ourselves.
+			 * This is mostly significant because getopt(3) will
+			 * otherwise eat the next argument, which could be
+			 * something we need to try and make sense of.
+			 *
+			 * At worst this gets us false positives that we ignore
+			 * in other contexts, and we have to do a little fudging
+			 * in order to support separating -r from the reponame
+			 * with a space since it's not actually optional in
+			 * the bootstrap/add sense.
+			 */
+			if (add_pkg || bootstrap_only) {
+				if (optarg != NULL) {
+					repo_name = optarg;
+				} else if (optind < argc) {
+					repo_name = argv[optind];
+				}
+
+				if (repo_name == NULL || *repo_name == '\0') {
+					fprintf(stderr,
+					    "Must specify a repository with -r!\n");
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+
+				if (optarg == NULL) {
+					/* Advance past repo name. */
+					optreset = 1;
+					optind++;
+				}
+			}
+			break;
 		case 1:
 			// Non-option arguments, first one is the command
 			if (command == NULL) {
@@ -1126,7 +1167,7 @@
 		if (activation_test)
 			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "pkg is not installed");
 
-		config_init();
+		config_init(repo_name);
 
 		if (add_pkg) {
 			if (pkgarg == NULL) {