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1diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
2index a470179bd..73cfa1a23 100644
3--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
4+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
5@@ -225,10 +225,15 @@ proc getUserConfigPath*(filename: RelativeFile): AbsoluteFile =
6 proc getSystemConfigPath*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: RelativeFile): AbsoluteFile =
7 # try standard configuration file (installation did not distribute files
8 # the UNIX way)
9- let p = getPrefixDir(conf)
10- result = p / RelativeDir"config" / filename
11+ let
12+ prefix = getPrefixDir(conf)
13+ env = getEnv("NIM_CONFIG_PATH")
14+ if env != "":
15+ result = env.toAbsoluteDir / filename
16+ else:
17+ result = prefix / RelativeDir"config" / filename
18 when defined(unix):
19- if not fileExists(result): result = p / RelativeDir"etc/nim" / filename
20+ if not fileExists(result): result = prefix / RelativeDir"etc/nim" / filename
21 if not fileExists(result): result = AbsoluteDir"/etc/nim" / filename
22
23 proc loadConfigs*(cfg: RelativeFile; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef) =