diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a80898a5a..e0bfb04936 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
     "express": "4.17.1",
     "file-loader": "4.2.0",
     "find-cache-dir": "3.0.0",
+    "flat": "^5.0.2",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^3.1.1",
     "fs-extra": "7.0.1",
     "glob": "7.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/workspace/package.json b/packages/workspace/package.json
index 0437f349a2..f18f6ef29a 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/package.json
+++ b/packages/workspace/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "yargs": "^11.0.0",
     "chalk": "2.4.2",
     "@nrwl/cli": "*",
-    "axios": "0.19.2"
+    "axios": "0.19.2",
+    "flat": "^5.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 3fe0a5112f..2abcccdd2f 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Cache, TaskWithCachedResult } from './cache';
 import { cliCommand } from '../core/file-utils';
 import { ProjectGraph } from '../core/project-graph';
 import { AffectedEventType, Task } from './tasks-runner';
-import { getOutputs } from './utils';
+import { getOutputs, unparse } from './utils';
 import { fork } from 'child_process';
 import { DefaultTasksRunnerOptions } from './default-tasks-runner';
 import { output } from '../utils/output';
@@ -318,13 +318,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
   }
 
   private getCommandArgs(task: Task) {
-    const args = Object.entries(task.overrides || {}).map(([prop, value]) =>
-      typeof value === 'boolean'
-        ? value
-          ? `--${prop}`
-          : `--no-${prop}`
-        : `--${prop}=${value}`
-    );
+    const args: string[] = unparse(task.overrides || {});
 
     const config = task.target.configuration
       ? `:${task.target.configuration}`
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.spec.ts
index c71f557929..df04766ec9 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { getOutputsForTargetAndConfiguration } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils';
+import {
+  getOutputsForTargetAndConfiguration,
+  unparse,
+} from '@nrwl/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils';
 
 describe('utils', () => {
   describe('getOutputsForTargetAndConfiguration', () => {
@@ -181,4 +184,59 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       ).toEqual(['dist/root-myapp']);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('unparse', () => {
+    it('should unparse options whose values are primitives', () => {
+      const options = {
+        boolean1: false,
+        boolean2: true,
+        number: 4,
+        string: 'foo',
+        'empty-string': '',
+        ignore: null,
+      };
+
+      expect(unparse(options)).toEqual([
+        '--no-boolean1',
+        '--boolean2',
+        '--number=4',
+        '--string=foo',
+        '--empty-string=',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should unparse options whose values are arrays', () => {
+      const options = {
+        array1: [1, 2],
+        array2: [3, 4],
+      };
+
+      expect(unparse(options)).toEqual([
+        '--array1=1',
+        '--array1=2',
+        '--array2=3',
+        '--array2=4',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should unparse options whose values are objects', () => {
+      const options = {
+        foo: {
+          x: 'x',
+          y: 'y',
+          w: [1, 2],
+          z: [3, 4],
+        },
+      };
+
+      expect(unparse(options)).toEqual([
+        '--foo.x=x',
+        '--foo.y=y',
+        '--foo.w=1',
+        '--foo.w=2',
+        '--foo.z=3',
+        '--foo.z=4',
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
index 78c8bcd6c5..773d17384c 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Task } from './tasks-runner';
 import { ProjectGraphNode } from '../core/project-graph';
+import * as flatten from 'flat';
 
 const commonCommands = ['build', 'test', 'lint', 'e2e', 'deploy'];
 
@@ -75,3 +76,34 @@ export function getOutputsForTargetAndConfiguration(
     return [];
   }
 }
+
+export function unparse(options: Object): string[] {
+  const unparsed = [];
+  for (const key of Object.keys(options)) {
+    const value = options[key];
+    unparseOption(key, value, unparsed);
+  }
+
+  return unparsed;
+}
+
+function unparseOption(key: string, value: any, unparsed: string[]) {
+  if (value === true) {
+    unparsed.push(`--${key}`);
+  } else if (value === false) {
+    unparsed.push(`--no-${key}`);
+  } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    value.forEach((item) => unparseOption(key, item, unparsed));
+  } else if (Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object Object]') {
+    const flattened = flatten(value, { safe: true });
+    for (const flattenedKey in flattened) {
+      unparseOption(
+        `${key}.${flattenedKey}`,
+        flattened[flattenedKey],
+        unparsed
+      );
+    }
+  } else if (typeof value === 'string' || value != null) {
+    unparsed.push(`--${key}=${value}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 03727d4ed3..390a6ecc5b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10094,6 +10094,11 @@ flat-cache@^2.0.1:
     rimraf "2.6.3"
     write "1.0.3"
 
+flat@^5.0.2:
+  version "5.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flat/-/flat-5.0.2.tgz#8ca6fe332069ffa9d324c327198c598259ceb241"
+  integrity sha512-b6suED+5/3rTpUBdG1gupIl8MPFCAMA0QXwmljLhvCUKcUvdE4gWky9zpuGCcXHOsz4J9wPGNWq6OKpmIzz3hQ==
+
 flatted@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flatted/-/flatted-2.0.2.tgz#4575b21e2bcee7434aa9be662f4b7b5f9c2b5138"