diff --git a/lib/cldr/download.rb b/lib/cldr/download.rb
index 926c8ff..6a80c77 100644
--- a/lib/cldr/download.rb
+++ b/lib/cldr/download.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ module Download
     DEFAULT_VERSION = 41
 
     class << self
-      def download(source = DEFAULT_SOURCE, target = DEFAULT_TARGET, version = DEFAULT_VERSION, &block)
+      def download(source = DEFAULT_SOURCE, target = DEFAULT_TARGET, version = DEFAULT_VERSION, pre_release: false, &block)
+        if pre_release
+          download_prerelease(source, target, version, &block)
+        else
+          download_release(source, target, version, &block)
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def download_release(source, target, version, &block)
         source = format(source, version: version)
         target ||= File.expand_path(DEFAULT_TARGET)
 
@@ -28,6 +38,27 @@ def download(source = DEFAULT_SOURCE, target = DEFAULT_TARGET, version = DEFAULT
           end
         end
       end
+
+      def download_prerelease(source, target, version, &block)
+        source = format(source, version: version)
+        target ||= File.expand_path(DEFAULT_TARGET)
+
+        URI.parse(source).open do |tempfile|
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p(target)
+          Zip.on_exists_proc = true
+          Zip::File.open(tempfile.path) do |file|
+            root_dir = file.first.name
+            production_dir = root_dir + "production"
+            file.each do |entry|
+              next unless entry.name.start_with?(production_dir)
+
+              path = target + "/" + entry.name.gsub(production_dir, "")
+              FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
+              file.extract(entry, path)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/cldr/thor.rb b/lib/cldr/thor.rb
index 55f4c37..66755d2 100644
--- a/lib/cldr/thor.rb
+++ b/lib/cldr/thor.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Cldr
   class Thor < ::Thor
     namespace "cldr"
 
-    desc "download [--version=#{Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION}] [--target=#{Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_TARGET}] [--source=#{format(Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_SOURCE, version: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION)}]", "Download and extract CLDR data"
+    desc "download [--version=#{Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION}] [--target=#{Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_TARGET}] [--source=#{format(Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_SOURCE, version: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION)}] [--pre-release]", "Download and extract CLDR data"
     option :version, aliases: [:v], type: :numeric,
       default: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION,
       banner: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_VERSION,
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ class Thor < ::Thor
       default: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_SOURCE,
       banner: Cldr::Download::DEFAULT_SOURCE,
       desc: "Override the location of the CLDR zip to download. Overrides --version"
+    option :"pre-release", type: :boolean,
+      default: false,
+      desc: "Whether the source is a pre-release version"
     def download
-      Cldr::Download.download(options["source"], options["target"], options["version"]) { putc(".") }
+      Cldr::Download.download(options["source"], options["target"], options["version"], pre_release: options["pre-release"]) { putc(".") }
     end
 
     DEFAULT_MINIMUM_DRAFT_STATUS = Cldr::DraftStatus::CONTRIBUTED