diff --git a/graph.py b/graph.py
index 1568d09..6b9c974 100755
--- a/graph.py
+++ b/graph.py
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         parser.add_argument('--data', type=str, default=recipe_root)
         parser.add_argument('--target', type=str, nargs="*")
+        parser.add_argument('--prefer', type=str, nargs="*")
 
         args = parser.parse_args()
 
         recipes = satisfactory.Cookbook(args.data)
+        if args.prefer:
+            for alternative in args.prefer:
+                recipes.prefer(alternative)
 
         if args.target:
             graph(recipes, args.target)
diff --git a/satisfactory/__init__.py b/satisfactory/__init__.py
index 90e6003..2bd4a13 100644
--- a/satisfactory/__init__.py
+++ b/satisfactory/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import logging
 
 from typing import Dict, Generator, Iterable, NamedTuple, Set, List, Optional
 
+from collections import defaultdict
+
 
 class Recipe(NamedTuple):
     input: Dict[str, int]
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ class Item(NamedTuple):
 class Cookbook(object):
     __recipes: Dict[str, Item]
 
+    # Maps the name of an alternative recipe to the name of the component it
+    # applies to.
+    __alternatives: Dict[str, str] = defaultdict(lambda: [])
+
     def __init__(self, root: str):
         self.__recipes = dict()
 
@@ -51,6 +57,11 @@ class Cookbook(object):
                     except Exception as ex:
                         logging.error(f"Could not load {name}: {ex}")
 
+                    for recipe in self.__recipes[name].recipes:
+                        if recipe.requires:
+                            self.__alternatives[recipe.requires].append(name)
+
+
     def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> Dict[str, Dict]:
         return self.__recipes[item]
 
@@ -92,3 +103,14 @@ class Cookbook(object):
         :return: The names of all items that are resources.
         """
         return (i for i in self.all() if self.is_resource(i))
+
+    def prefer(self, alternative: str):
+        def compare(x):
+            if not x.requires:
+                return 1
+            if not x.requires == alternative:
+                return 1
+            return 0
+
+        for recipe_name in self.__alternatives[alternative]:
+            self.__recipes[recipe_name].recipes.sort(key=compare)