diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 988bedb06d9..65932a2e467 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - [#3166](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/3166): Sort the series keys inside of a tag set so output is deterministic.
 - [#1856](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/1856): Add `elapsed` function that returns the time delta between subsequent points.
 - [#5502](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/5502): Add checksum verification to TSM inspect tool
+- [#6444](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/6444): Allow setting the config path through an environment variable and default config path.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
index 76d499d1601..f689be938cc 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/command.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (cmd *Command) Run(args ...string) error {
 	runtime.SetBlockProfileRate(int(1 * time.Second))
 
 	// Parse config
-	config, err := cmd.ParseConfig(options.ConfigPath)
+	config, err := cmd.ParseConfig(options.GetConfigPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("parse config: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -239,3 +239,28 @@ type Options struct {
 	CPUProfile string
 	MemProfile string
 }
+
+// GetConfigPath returns the config path from the options.
+// It will return a path by searching in this order:
+//   1. The CLI option in ConfigPath
+//   2. The environment variable INFLUXDB_CONFIG_PATH
+//   3. The first influxdb.conf file on the path:
+//        - ~/.influxdb
+//        - /etc/influxdb
+func (opt *Options) GetConfigPath() string {
+	if opt.ConfigPath != "" {
+		return opt.ConfigPath
+	} else if envVar := os.Getenv("INFLUXDB_CONFIG_PATH"); envVar != "" {
+		return envVar
+	}
+
+	for _, path := range []string{
+		os.ExpandEnv("${HOME}/.influxdb/influxdb.conf"),
+		"/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf",
+	} {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
+			return path
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/config_command.go b/cmd/influxd/run/config_command.go
index 9194148dd72..377cdb77095 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/config_command.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/config_command.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ func (cmd *PrintConfigCommand) Run(args ...string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Parse config from path.
-	config, err := cmd.parseConfig(*configPath)
+	opt := Options{ConfigPath: *configPath}
+	config, err := cmd.parseConfig(opt.GetConfigPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("parse config: %s", err)
 	}