diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 929cd18..fb29c2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,3 +143,12 @@ remove every line starting with "pyaudio" in requirements.txt
 
     $ sed -i '/# Packaged commands/,$d' anki/sound.py
     $ sed -i '/^pyaudio/d' requirements.txt
+
+ENVVAR configuration overrides
+==============================
+
+Configuration values can be set via environment variables using `ANKISYNCD_` prepended
+to the uppercase form of the configuration value. E.g. the environment variable,
+`ANKISYNCD_AUTH_DB_PATH` will set the configuration value `auth_db_path`
+
+Environment variables override the values set in the `ankisyncd.conf`.
diff --git a/ankisyncd/config.py b/ankisyncd/config.py
index 5b490f7..4bbae2c 100644
--- a/ankisyncd/config.py
+++ b/ankisyncd/config.py
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ paths = [
     os.path.join(dirname(dirname(realpath(__file__))), "ankisyncd.conf"),
 ]
 
+# Get values from ENV and update the config. To use this prepend `ANKISYNCD_`
+# to the uppercase form of the key. E.g, `ANKISYNCD_SESSION_MANAGER` to set
+# `session_manager`
+def load_from_env(conf):
+    logging.debug("Loading/overriding config values from ENV")
+    for env in os.environ:
+        if env.startswith('ANKISYNCD_'):
+            config_key = env[10:].lower()
+            conf[config_key] = os.getenv(env)
+            logging.info("Setting {} from ENV".format(config_key))
 
 def load(path=None):
     choices = paths
@@ -23,6 +33,7 @@ def load(path=None):
             parser.read(path)
             conf = parser['sync_app']
             logging.info("Loaded config from {}".format(path))
+            load_from_env(conf)
             return conf
         except KeyError:
             pass