diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 8c480351..02a68ded 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -731,6 +731,11 @@ class uConf(object):
 
         kvm_list = ['FreeBSD', 'OpenBSD', 'NetBSD', 'DragonFly']
 
+        if 'UWSGI_PROFILE_OVERRIDE' in os.environ:
+            for item in os.environ['UWSGI_PROFILE_OVERRIDE'].split(';'):
+                k,v = item.split('=', 2)
+                uc.set(k, v)
+
         if 'UWSGI_AS_LIB' in os.environ:
             self.set('as_shared_library', 'true')
             self.set('bin_name', os.environ['UWSGI_AS_LIB'])