diff --git a/src/openstack_workload_generator/__main__.py b/src/openstack_workload_generator/__main__.py
index 8b22c94..3c73163 100644
--- a/src/openstack_workload_generator/__main__.py
+++ b/src/openstack_workload_generator/__main__.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
     type=str,
     default="default.yaml",
     help="The config file for environment creation, define a path to the"
-    " yaml file or a subpath in the profiles folder",
+    " yaml file or a subpath in the profiles folder of the tool "
+    "(you can overload the search path by setting the OPENSTACK_WORKLOAD_MANAGER_PROFILES environment variable)",
 )
 
 exclusive_group_domain = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
diff --git a/src/openstack_workload_generator/entities/helpers.py b/src/openstack_workload_generator/entities/helpers.py
index 8df63c7..d9866ca 100644
--- a/src/openstack_workload_generator/entities/helpers.py
+++ b/src/openstack_workload_generator/entities/helpers.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Tuple, Any
 import coloredlogs
 
@@ -66,6 +67,18 @@ def load_config(config_file: str):
             + f"/../../../profiles/{config_file}"
         )
 
+        if os.getenv("OPENSTACK_WORKLOAD_MANAGER_PROFILES", None):
+            potential_profile_file = str(
+                Path(
+                    os.getenv("OPENSTACK_WORKLOAD_MANAGER_PROFILES", "NONE")
+                )  # satisfy type-check
+                / Path(config_file)
+            )
+            LOGGER.info(
+                "Environment variable OPENSTACK_WORKLOAD_MANAGER_PROFILES set,"
+                f" searching for potential {potential_profile_file}"
+            )
+
         if os.path.exists(config_file):
             Config._file = config_file
         elif not str(config_file).startswith("/") and os.path.exists(