diff --git a/HELP.md b/HELP.md
index 38e6c1ba..d2311e98 100644
--- a/HELP.md
+++ b/HELP.md
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ Some config options can be overridden with `environment variables` such:
 - `CLOUDCMD_TERMINAL_PATH` - set terminal path
 - `CLOUDCMD_CONFIG_DIALOG` - enable config dialog
 - `CLOUDCMD_AUTH` - enable authentication
+- `CLOUDCMD_USERNAME` - set username
 - `CLOUDCMD_PASSWORD` - set password
 
 Menu
diff --git a/bin/cloudcmd.js b/bin/cloudcmd.js
index ee8b48be..3c156f72 100755
--- a/bin/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/bin/cloudcmd.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const args = require('minimist')(argv.slice(2), {
         editor      : choose(env('editor'), config('editor')),
         packer      : config('packer') || 'tar',
         zip         : config('zip'),
-        username    : config('username'),
+        username    : env('username') || config('username'),
         root        : config('root'),
         prefix      : config('prefix'),
         progress    : config('progress'),