Maven alternate pom

Is there an argument when calling a maven build to specify an alternate file in place of the standard pom.xml file name? Basically, I have a need to run the test goal of my maven build with a variety of configurations. Right now I am having to use an external script to update the standard pom with this configurations, then revert the file after. I would much rather just be able to maintain several seperate configuration files and call maven with the specific one I need. What I am wondering is if there is some way to override the pom.xml such as ``` mvn clean test (uses standard pom.xml) mvn clean test -Dmaven.source=alternate.xml mvn clean test -Dmaven.source=alternate2.xml ``` Is this possible?