diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b86fc70a..ae0fc974 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - New: `--build-timeout` and `--build-timeout-multiplier` options for setting timeouts for the `build` and `check` cargo phases.
 
+- Changed: `--timeout-multiplier` now overrides `timeout_multiplier` from `.cargo/mutants.toml`.
+
 ## 24.4.0
 
 - Changes: Baselines and mutants are now built with `cargo test --no-run` rather than `cargo build --tests` as previously. This avoids wasted build effort if the `dev` and `test` Cargo profiles are not the same, and may better distinguish build failures from test failures. With `--test-tool=nextest`, the corresponding `cargo nextest run --no-run` is used.
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 822b0272..90bef6f9 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ impl Options {
             show_times: !args.no_times,
             show_all_logs: args.all_logs,
             test_timeout: args.timeout.map(Duration::from_secs_f64),
-            test_timeout_multiplier: config.timeout_multiplier.or(args.timeout_multiplier),
+            test_timeout_multiplier: args.timeout_multiplier.or(config.timeout_multiplier),
             build_timeout: args.build_timeout.map(Duration::from_secs_f64),
-            build_timeout_multiplier: config
+            build_timeout_multiplier: args
                 .build_timeout_multiplier
-                .or(args.build_timeout_multiplier),
+                .or(config.build_timeout_multiplier),
             test_tool: args.test_tool.or(config.test_tool).unwrap_or_default(),
         };
         options.error_values.iter().for_each(|e| {
@@ -317,6 +317,26 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(options.build_timeout_multiplier, Some(3.5));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cli_timeout_multiplier_overrides_config() {
+        let config = indoc! { r#"
+            timeout_multiplier = 1.0
+            build_timeout_multiplier = 2.0
+        "#};
+        let mut config_file = NamedTempFile::new().unwrap();
+        config_file.write_all(config.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let args = Args::parse_from([
+            "mutants",
+            "--timeout-multiplier=2.0",
+            "--build-timeout-multiplier=1.0",
+        ]);
+        let config = Config::read_file(config_file.path()).unwrap();
+        let options = Options::new(&args, &config).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(options.test_timeout_multiplier, Some(2.0));
+        assert_eq!(options.build_timeout_multiplier, Some(1.0));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_tool_from_config() {
         let config = indoc! { r#"