diff --git a/hydra/main.py b/hydra/main.py
index 1c244ad593..b5c0bd3279 100644
--- a/hydra/main.py
+++ b/hydra/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved
 import functools
-from typing import Callable, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
+
+from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 from ._internal.utils import get_args_parser, run_hydra
 from .types import TaskFunction
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ def main(
     config_path: Optional[str] = None,
     config_name: Optional[str] = None,
     strict: Optional[bool] = None,
-) -> Callable[[TaskFunction], Callable[[], None]]:
+) -> Callable[[TaskFunction], Any]:
     """
     :param config_path: the config path, a directory relative to the declaring python file.
     :param config_name: the name of the config (usually the file name without the .yaml extension)
@@ -20,14 +22,20 @@ def main(
 
     def main_decorator(task_function: TaskFunction) -> Callable[[], None]:
         @functools.wraps(task_function)
-        def decorated_main() -> None:
-            run_hydra(
-                args_parser=get_args_parser(),
-                task_function=task_function,
-                config_path=config_path,
-                config_name=config_name,
-                strict=strict,
-            )
+        def decorated_main(cfg_passthrough: Optional[DictConfig] = None) -> Any:
+            if cfg_passthrough is not None:
+                return task_function(cfg_passthrough)
+            else:
+                args = get_args_parser()
+                # no return value from run_hydra() as it may sometime actually run the task_function
+                # multiple times (--multirun)
+                run_hydra(
+                    args_parser=args,
+                    task_function=task_function,
+                    config_path=config_path,
+                    config_name=config_name,
+                    strict=strict,
+                )
 
         return decorated_main
 
diff --git a/news/575.feature b/news/575.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51591ff812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/575.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+hydra.main() now take an optional cfg object to passthrough to the function

diff --git a/tests/test_apps/app_with_cfg_groups/my_app.py b/tests/test_apps/app_with_cfg_groups/my_app.py
index 7f11824537..bb130df1d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_apps/app_with_cfg_groups/my_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_apps/app_with_cfg_groups/my_app.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved
+from typing import Any
+
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 import hydra
 
 
 @hydra.main(config_path="conf", config_name="config")
-def my_app(_: DictConfig) -> None:
-    pass
+def my_app(cfg: DictConfig) -> Any:
+    return cfg
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/test_compose.py b/tests/test_compose.py
index a5626cfdbe..70ccfa135f 100644
--- a/tests/test_compose.py
+++ b/tests/test_compose.py
@@ -250,3 +250,13 @@ def test_initialize_with_module(restore_singletons: Any) -> None:
     assert compose(config_name="config") == {
         "optimizer": {"type": "nesterov", "lr": 0.001}
     }
+
+
+def test_hydra_main_passthrough(restore_singletons: Any) -> None:
+    initialize_with_file(
+        calling_file="tests/test_apps/app_with_cfg_groups/my_app.py", config_path="conf"
+    )
+    from tests.test_apps.app_with_cfg_groups.my_app import my_app
+
+    cfg = compose(config_name="config", overrides=["optimizer.lr=0.1"])
+    assert my_app(cfg) == {"optimizer": {"type": "nesterov", "lr": 0.1}}

[Feature Request] Allow @hydra.main() to take a config object and pass it through
# 🚀 Feature Request

Allow @hydra.main() to take a config and pass it through
tests/test_compose.py::test_hydra_main_passthrough
tests/test_compose.py::test_initialize tests/test_compose.py::test_initialize_with_config_dir tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_decorator[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_decorator[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_decorator[compose.yaml-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_decorator[compose.yaml-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_config[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_config[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_config[compose.yaml-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_compose_config[compose.yaml-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_global_strict[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_global_strict[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_global_strict[compose.yaml-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_global_strict[compose.yaml-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_call_is_strict[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_call_is_strict[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_call_is_strict[compose.yaml-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_call_is_strict[compose.yaml-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_disabled_on_call[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_disabled_on_call[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_disabled_on_call[compose.yaml-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::TestCompose::test_strict_failure_disabled_on_call[compose.yaml-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs] tests/test_compose.py::test_strict_deprecation_warning tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[None-overrides0-expected0-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[None-overrides1-expected1-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[None-overrides2-expected2-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[None-overrides3-expected3-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[None-overrides4-expected4-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[config.yaml-overrides5-expected5-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::TestComposeCloudInfraExample::test_compose[config.yaml-overrides6-expected6-../hydra/test_utils/configs/cloud_infra_example] tests/test_compose.py::test_missing_init_py_error tests/test_compose.py::test_initialize_with_file tests/test_compose.py::test_initialize_with_module