diff --git a/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py b/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
index da731057c86ef06519b729a4c4f3ab3d1f0f05d0..2b282ee079bad3fe0200ab250b048ba3d992bc03 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/tools/command_line.py
@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@ def parse_config_file(parsers, args, args_dictionary, keywords, skips):
 
     take_from_config_or_command_line(args, config, "sub_directory",
                                      parser.get_default("sub_directory"), is_resource=False)
-
+                                     
+    take_from_config_or_command_line(args, config, "env",
+                                     parser.get_default("env"), is_resource=False)
+                                     
     skip_keywords = tuple(['skip_' + k.replace('-', '_') for k in skips])
 
     for keyword in keywords + skip_keywords + ('execute_only',):