diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c329524..69e56212 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test/fixtures/ts/node_modules/aliyun-egg/
 !test/fixtures/test-files-stack/node_modules/
 !test/fixtures/example/node_modules/
 !test/fixtures/example-ts-error-stack/node_modules/
+!test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/
 
 
 **/run/*.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d3b2be1..307b1db6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $ egg-bin dev
 - `--cluster` worker process number, skip this argvs will start only `1` worker, provide this without value will start `cpu` count worker.
 - `--sticky` start a sticky cluster server, default to `false`.
 - `--typescript` / `--ts` enable typescript support, default to `false`. Also support read from `package.json`'s `egg.typescript`.
-- `--require` will add to `execArgv`, support multiple.
+- `--require` will add to `execArgv`, support multiple. Also support read from `package.json`'s `egg.require`
 
 ### debug
 
diff --git a/lib/cmd/dev.js b/lib/cmd/dev.js
index 3ae25083..dc7a146c 100644
--- a/lib/cmd/dev.js
+++ b/lib/cmd/dev.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class DevCommand extends Command {
   * formatArgs(context) {
     const { cwd, argv } = context;
     /* istanbul ignore next */
-    argv.baseDir = argv._[0] || argv.baseDir || cwd;
+    argv.baseDir = argv.baseDir || cwd;
     /* istanbul ignore next */
     if (!path.isAbsolute(argv.baseDir)) argv.baseDir = path.join(cwd, argv.baseDir);
 
diff --git a/lib/command.js b/lib/command.js
index 0b750ee0..7d05ddd3 100644
--- a/lib/command.js
+++ b/lib/command.js
@@ -34,22 +34,26 @@ class Command extends BaseCommand {
     // remove unuse args
     argv.$0 = undefined;
 
+    // read package.json
+    let baseDir = argv.baseDir || cwd;
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(baseDir)) baseDir = path.join(cwd, baseDir);
+    const pkgFile = path.join(baseDir, 'package.json');
+    const pkgInfo = fs.existsSync(pkgFile) ? require(pkgFile) : null;
+    const eggInfo = pkgInfo && pkgInfo.egg;
+    execArgvObj.require = execArgvObj.require || [];
+
     // read `egg.typescript` from package.json if not pass argv
-    if (argv.typescript === undefined) {
-      let baseDir = argv._[0] || argv.baseDir || cwd;
-      if (!path.isAbsolute(baseDir)) baseDir = path.join(cwd, baseDir);
-      const pkgFile = path.join(baseDir, 'package.json');
-      if (fs.existsSync(pkgFile)) {
-        const pkgInfo = require(pkgFile);
-        if (pkgInfo && pkgInfo.egg && pkgInfo.egg.typescript === true) {
-          argv.typescript = true;
-        }
-      }
+    if (argv.typescript === undefined && eggInfo && eggInfo.typescript === true) {
+      argv.typescript = true;
+    }
+
+    // read `egg.require` from package.json
+    if (eggInfo && eggInfo.require && Array.isArray(eggInfo.require)) {
+      execArgvObj.require = execArgvObj.require.concat(eggInfo.require);
     }
 
     // execArgv
     if (argv.typescript) {
-      execArgvObj.require = execArgvObj.require || [];
       execArgvObj.require.push(require.resolve('ts-node/register'));
 
       // tell egg loader to load ts file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/index.js b/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc41c309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.startCluster = options => {
+  console.log('options: %j', options);
+  if (process.execArgv.length) {
+    console.log('process.execArgv:', process.execArgv);
+  }
+  console.log('NODE_ENV: %s', process.env.NODE_ENV);
+
+  // make sure exit
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    console.log('exist by setTimeout');
+    process.exit(0);
+  }, 3000);
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/package.json b/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e36e661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/egg-require/node_modules/aliyun-egg/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "aliyun-egg",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "egg": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/egg-require/package.json b/test/fixtures/egg-require/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..feec7eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/egg-require/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "demo-app",
+  "egg": {
+    "framework": "aliyun-egg",
+    "require": [
+      "../require-script"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/cmd/dev.test.js b/test/lib/cmd/dev.test.js
index 230d5dca..d976467b 100644
--- a/test/lib/cmd/dev.test.js
+++ b/test/lib/cmd/dev.test.js
@@ -147,4 +147,15 @@ describe('test/lib/cmd/dev.test.js', () => {
       .expect('code', 0)
       .end();
   });
+
+  it('should support egg.require', () => {
+    mm(process.env, 'NODE_ENV', 'development');
+    return coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'dev' ], {
+      cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../../fixtures/egg-require'),
+    })
+      // .debug()
+      .expect('stdout', /hey, you require me by --require/)
+      .expect('code', 0)
+      .end();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/my-egg-bin.test.js b/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
index 4c574eab..6ad1d3cc 100644
--- a/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
+++ b/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('test/my-egg-bin.test.js', () => {
       .expect('stdout', /"baseDir":".\/dist"/)
       .expect('stdout', /debugPort: 6666/)
       .notExpect('stdout', /"argv: {.*debugBrk":true/)
-      .expect('debugOptions:', /{"debug":true,"debug-brk":5555,"inspect":6666,"inspect-brk":true}/)
+      .expect('stdout', /{"debug":true,"debug-brk":5555,"inspect":6666,"inspect-brk":true}/)
       .expect('stdout', /execArgv: \["--debug","--debug-brk=5555","--expose_debug_as=v8debug","--inspect=6666","--inspect-brk","--es_staging","--harmony","--harmony_default_parameters"]/)
       .expect('code', 0)
       .end(done);
diff --git a/test/ts.test.js b/test/ts.test.js
index 12f24993..25a1627a 100644
--- a/test/ts.test.js
+++ b/test/ts.test.js
@@ -141,16 +141,6 @@ describe('test/ts.test.js', () => {
         .end();
     });
 
-    it('should start app with relative path', () => {
-      return coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'dev', './example-ts-pkg' ], { cwd: path.dirname(cwd) })
-        // .debug()
-        .expect('stdout', /hi, egg, 12345/)
-        .expect('stdout', /ts env: true/)
-        .expect('stdout', /started/)
-        .expect('code', 0)
-        .end();
-    });
-
     it('should test app', () => {
       return coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'test' ], { cwd })
         // .debug()