diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c20c24..ffd5da8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### ✨ Improved
 
 * Switch to using `smtp-02.lco.cl` as mail server.
+* Allow to define an external configuration file via the `$LVMAPI_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable.
 
 ### 🔧 Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/lvmapi/__init__.py b/src/lvmapi/__init__.py
index 5ebda44..909b9e8 100644
--- a/src/lvmapi/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lvmapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
+import os
 import pathlib
 
-from sdsstools import get_package_version, read_yaml_file
+from sdsstools import get_package_version
+from sdsstools.configuration import get_config
 
 
 # pip package name
@@ -11,5 +13,7 @@
 # package name should be pip package name
 __version__ = get_package_version(path=__file__, package_name=NAME)
 
+internal_config_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "config.yaml"
+config_path = os.getenv("LVMAPI_CONFIG_PATH", None)
 
-config = read_yaml_file(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "config.yaml")
+config = get_config("lvmapi", config_file=internal_config_path, user_path=config_path)
diff --git a/src/lvmapi/app.py b/src/lvmapi/app.py
index 6210328..d7bc045 100644
--- a/src/lvmapi/app.py
+++ b/src/lvmapi/app.py
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import logging
 import os
 
 import taskiq_fastapi
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
 
-from lvmapi import auth
+from lvmapi import auth, config
 from lvmapi.broker import broker, broker_shutdown, broker_startup
 from lvmapi.routers import (
     actors,
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@
 from lvmapi.tools.kubernetes import Kubernetes
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
+
+if config._CONFIG_FILE is not None:
+    logger.info(f"Using configuration from {config._CONFIG_FILE}.")
+
+
 app = FastAPI(swagger_ui_parameters={"tagsSorter": "alpha"})
 
 app.include_router(auth.router)