diff --git a/.changeset/healthy-poets-compare.md b/.changeset/healthy-poets-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6555b2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/healthy-poets-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+'@verdaccio/config': patch
+---
+
+Feature
+
+- add option to set storage from environment variable VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH
+
+#### Related tickets
+
+https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/issues/1681
diff --git a/docs/env.variables.md b/docs/env.variables.md
index 943618176..fa915ed80 100644
--- a/docs/env.variables.md
+++ b/docs/env.variables.md
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ The default header to identify the protocol is `X-Forwarded-Proto`, but there ar
 ```
 $ VERDACCIO_FORWARDED_PROTO=CloudFront-Forwarded-Proto verdaccio --listen 5000
 ```
+
+#### VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH
+
+By default, the storage is taken from config file, but using this variable allows to set it from environment variable.
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config.ts b/packages/config/src/config.ts
index 8fd6ec0fc..a6ff40225 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/config.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Config implements AppConfig {
 
   public constructor(config: ConfigRuntime) {
     const self = this;
-    this.storage = config.storage;
+    this.storage = process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH || config.storage;
     this.config_path = config.config_path;
     this.plugins = config.plugins;
     this.security = _.merge(defaultSecurity, config.security);
diff --git a/packages/config/test/config-parsing.spec.ts b/packages/config/test/config-parsing.spec.ts
index e317c8a51..550bc0cf7 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/config-parsing.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/config/test/config-parsing.spec.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-import path from 'path';
 import { parseConfigFile } from '../src';
+import { parseConfigurationFile } from './utils';
 
 describe('Package access utilities', () => {
-  const parseConfigurationFile = (conf) => {
-    const { name, ext } = path.parse(conf);
-    const format = ext.startsWith('.') ? ext.substring(1) : 'yaml';
-
-    return path.join(__dirname, `./partials/config/${format}/${name}.${format}`);
-  };
-
   describe('JSON format', () => {
     test('parse default.json', () => {
       const config = parseConfigFile(parseConfigurationFile('default.json'));
diff --git a/packages/config/test/config.spec.ts b/packages/config/test/config.spec.ts
index 677896e87..09b50e3e9 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/config/test/config.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   ROLES,
   WEB_TITLE,
 } from '../src';
+import { parseConfigurationFile } from './utils';
 
 const resolveConf = (conf) => {
   const { name, ext } = path.parse(conf);
@@ -80,6 +81,32 @@ describe('check basic content parsed file', () => {
     checkDefaultConfPackages(config);
   });
 
+  test('should set storage to value set in VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH environment variable', () => {
+    const storageLocation = '/tmp/verdaccio';
+    process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH = storageLocation;
+    const config = new Config(parseConfigFile(resolveConf('default')));
+    expect(config.storage).toBe(storageLocation);
+    delete process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH;
+  });
+
+  test('should set storage path to VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH if both config and env are set', () => {
+    const storageLocation = '/tmp/verdaccio';
+    process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH = storageLocation;
+    const config = new Config(parseConfigFile(parseConfigurationFile('storage')));
+    expect(config.storage).toBe(storageLocation);
+    delete process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH;
+  });
+
+  test('should take storage from environment variable if not exists in configs', () => {
+    const storageLocation = '/tmp/verdaccio';
+    process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH = storageLocation;
+    const defaultConfig = parseConfigFile(resolveConf('default'));
+    delete defaultConfig.storage;
+    const config = new Config(defaultConfig);
+    expect(config.storage).toBe(storageLocation);
+    delete process.env.VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH;
+  });
+
   test('parse docker.yaml', () => {
     const config = new Config(parseConfigFile(resolveConf('docker')));
     checkDefaultUplink(config);
diff --git a/packages/config/test/package-access.spec.ts b/packages/config/test/package-access.spec.ts
index 92ae386b5..a78bbb613 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/package-access.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/config/test/package-access.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import path from 'path';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import {
@@ -7,15 +6,9 @@ import {
   PACKAGE_ACCESS,
 } from '../src/package-access';
 import { parseConfigFile } from '../src';
+import { parseConfigurationFile } from './utils';
 
 describe('Package access utilities', () => {
-  const parseConfigurationFile = (conf) => {
-    const { name, ext } = path.parse(conf);
-    const format = ext.startsWith('.') ? ext.substring(1) : 'yaml';
-
-    return path.join(__dirname, `./partials/config/${format}/${name}.${format}`);
-  };
-
   describe('normalisePackageAccess', () => {
     test('should test basic conversion', () => {
       const { packages } = parseConfigFile(parseConfigurationFile('pkgs-basic'));
diff --git a/packages/config/test/partials/config/yaml/storage.yaml b/packages/config/test/partials/config/yaml/storage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a04462260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/test/partials/config/yaml/storage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+storage: './storage_default_storage'
+
+logs:
+  - type: stdout
+    format: pretty
+    level: warn
diff --git a/packages/config/test/uplinks.spec.ts b/packages/config/test/uplinks.spec.ts
index 44525d034..b1b43d278 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/uplinks.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/config/test/uplinks.spec.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-import path from 'path';
-
 import { hasProxyTo, sanityCheckUplinksProps, uplinkSanityCheck } from '../src/uplinks';
 import { normalisePackageAccess, parseConfigFile } from '../src';
+import { parseConfigurationFile } from './utils';
 
 describe('Uplinks Utilities', () => {
-  const parseConfigurationFile = (conf) => {
-    const { name, ext } = path.parse(conf);
-    const format = ext.startsWith('.') ? ext.substring(1) : 'yaml';
-
-    return path.join(__dirname, `./partials/config/${format}/${name}.${format}`);
-  };
-
   describe('uplinkSanityCheck', () => {
     test('should test basic conversion', () => {
       const uplinks = uplinkSanityCheck(
diff --git a/packages/config/test/utils/index.ts b/packages/config/test/utils/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca6664513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/test/utils/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { parseConfigurationFile } from './parse-configuration-file';
diff --git a/packages/config/test/utils/parse-configuration-file.ts b/packages/config/test/utils/parse-configuration-file.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a466024cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/config/test/utils/parse-configuration-file.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import path from 'path';
+
+export const parseConfigurationFile = (conf: string) => {
+  const { name, ext } = path.parse(conf);
+  const format = ext.startsWith('.') ? ext.substring(1) : 'yaml';
+
+  return path.join(__dirname, `../partials/config/${format}/${name}.${format}`);
+};