diff --git a/news/266.bugfix b/news/266.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc8431a9af0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/266.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow '=' to be used in the value of an override, eg. foo=bar=10 (key foo, value bar=10).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 222a0025b79..fa9b09bc38d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ def run(self):
             "Operating System :: MacOS",
             "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
         ],
-        install_requires=["omegaconf>=1.4.0rc1", 'pathlib2>=2.2.0;python_version<"3.0"'],
+        install_requires=[
+            "omegaconf>=1.4.0rc1",
+            'pathlib2>=2.2.0;python_version<"3.0"',
+        ],
         # Install development dependencies with
         # pip install -e .[dev]
         extras_require={