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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ in a convenient way using [rofi](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi).
 ## Configuration
 
 rofi-pass may read its configuration values from `/etc/rofi-pass.conf` and/or `$HOME/.config/rofi-pass/config`.
+You can also set a configuration by using the environment variable ROFI_PASS_CONFIG (see example below).
 For an example configuration please take a look at the included `config.example` file.
 
+```
+ROFI_PASS_CONFIG="$HOME/path/to/config" rofi-pass
+```
+
 ## Extras
 
 ### addpass
diff --git a/rofi-pass b/rofi-pass
index 752ee2c..180dca5 100755
--- a/rofi-pass
+++ b/rofi-pass
@@ -724,6 +724,11 @@ main () {
     source "$HOME/.config/rofi-pass/config"
   fi
 
+  # check if path to config in environment variable exists and load it
+  if [[ -f "$ROFI_PASS_CONFIG" ]]; then
+    source "$ROFI_PASS_CONFIG"
+  fi
+
   # create tmp dir
   if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.cache/rofi-pass" ]]; then
     mkdir "$HOME/.cache/rofi-pass"