diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
index cbaf9e23..05390396 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ func main() {
 			Name:        "config",
 			Destination: &a.configFile,
 			Usage:       "The path to the configuration file to use",
+			EnvVars:     []string{config.FilePathOverrideEnvVar},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 33b8ba4d..3cb7541d 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	FilePathOverrideEnvVar = "NVCTK_CONFIG_FILE_PATH"
+
 	configOverride = "XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
 	configFilePath = "nvidia-container-runtime/config.toml"
 
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // GetConfigFilePath returns the path to the config file for the configured system
 func GetConfigFilePath() string {
+	if configFilePathOverride := os.Getenv(FilePathOverrideEnvVar); configFilePathOverride != "" {
+		return configFilePathOverride
+	}
 	if XDGConfigDir := os.Getenv(configOverride); len(XDGConfigDir) != 0 {
 		return filepath.Join(XDGConfigDir, configFilePath)
 	}