diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 10a57f5..770c3d2 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         $builtInConfig = config('expose');
 
+        $keyServerVariable = 'EXPOSE_CONFIG_FILE';
+        if (array_key_exists($keyServerVariable, $_SERVER) && is_string($_SERVER[$keyServerVariable]) && file_exists($_SERVER[$keyServerVariable])) {
+            $localConfig = require $_SERVER[$keyServerVariable];
+            config()->set('expose', array_merge($builtInConfig, $localConfig));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         $localConfigFile = getcwd().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'.expose.php';
 
         if (file_exists($localConfigFile)) {
diff --git a/docs/client/configuration.md b/docs/client/configuration.md
index 96051bd..ce21d6f 100644
--- a/docs/client/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/client/configuration.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ The configuration file will be written to your home directory inside a `.expose`
 
 `~/.expose/config.php`
 
+You can also provide a custom location of the config file by providing the full path as a server variable.
+
+```bash
+EXPOSE_CONFIG_FILE="~/my-custom-config.php" expose share
+```
+
 And the default content of the configuration file is this:
 
 ```php