diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 3e9ea80..d36dc6d 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+if [ -z "$RCLONE_CONFIG_FILE" ]; then 
+    echo "$RCLONE_CONFIG_FILE" > "${RCLONE_CONFIG:=/config/rclone.conf}"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "${RCLONE_CONFIG}" ]; then
     RCLONE_CONFIG="/config/rclone.conf"
     [ -e "${RCLONE_CONFIG}" ] || echo "No config file found"