@@ -1939,7 +1939,9 @@ def main():

     #optparser.disable_interspersed_args()

     config_file = None

-    if os.getenv("HOME"):

+    if os.getenv("S3CMD_CONFIG"):

+        config_file = os.getenv("S3CMD_CONFIG")

+    elif os.getenv("HOME"):

         config_file = os.path.join(os.getenv("HOME"), ".s3cfg")

     elif os.name == "nt" and os.getenv("USERPROFILE"):

         config_file = os.path.join(os.getenv("USERPROFILE").decode('mbcs'), "Application Data", "s3cmd.ini")