diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
index 16fed9e12..ff87d7a2a 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.ml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ open Utils
 (** Name of the infer configuration file *)
 let inferconfig_file = ".inferconfig"
 
+let inferconfig_home = ref None
+
 (** Look up a key in a json file containing a list of strings *)
 let lookup_string_list key json =
   Yojson.Basic.Util.filter_member key [json]
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ type filter_config =
 
 let load_filters analyzer =
   try
-    let json = Yojson.Basic.from_file inferconfig_file in
+    let json =
+      match !inferconfig_home with
+      | Some dir ->
+          Yojson.Basic.from_file (Filename.concat dir inferconfig_file)
+      | None -> Yojson.Basic.from_file inferconfig_file in
     let inferconfig =
       {
         whitelist = lookup_string_list (analyzer ^ "_whitelist") json;
@@ -54,7 +60,6 @@ let load_filters analyzer =
     Some inferconfig
   with Sys_error _ -> None
 
-
 let is_matching patterns =
   fun source_file ->
       let path = DB.source_file_to_rel_path source_file in
@@ -79,7 +84,6 @@ module FileContainsStringMatcher = struct
       | End_of_file -> false in
     loop ()
 
-
   let create_matcher s_patterns =
     if s_patterns = [] then
       default_matcher
@@ -98,7 +102,6 @@ module FileContainsStringMatcher = struct
               pattern_found
 end
 
-
 let filters_from_inferconfig inferconfig : filters =
   let path_filter =
     let whitelist_filter : path_filter =
@@ -191,7 +194,6 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
         Format.fprintf fmt "Source contains (%s) {\n%a}\n"
           (Sil.string_of_language language) pp_source_contains sc
 
-
   let detect_language assoc =
     let rec loop = function
       | [] ->
@@ -202,7 +204,6 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
       | _:: tl -> loop tl in
     loop assoc
 
-
   let detect_pattern assoc =
     let language = detect_language assoc in
     let is_method_pattern key = list_exists (string_equal key) ["class"; "method"]
@@ -217,7 +218,6 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
       | _:: tl -> loop tl in
     loop assoc
 
-
   let create_pattern (assoc : (string * Yojson.Basic.json) list) =
     let collect_params l =
       let collect accu = function
@@ -247,14 +247,12 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
     | Source_contains (language, sc) ->
         Source_contains (language, create_string_contains sc assoc)
 
-
   let rec translate accu (json : Yojson.Basic.json) : pattern list =
     match json with
     | `Assoc l -> (create_pattern l):: accu
     | `List l -> list_fold_left translate accu l
     | _ -> assert false
 
-
   let create_method_matcher language m_patterns =
     if language <> Sil.Java then assert false
     else
@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
               class_patterns
           with Not_found -> false
 
-
   let create_file_matcher language patterns =
     let s_patterns, m_patterns =
       let collect (s_patterns, m_patterns) = function
@@ -300,7 +297,6 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
     fun source_file proc_name ->
         m_matcher source_file proc_name || s_matcher source_file proc_name
 
-
   let load_matcher language =
     try
       let patterns =
@@ -313,10 +309,8 @@ module NeverReturnNull = struct
     with Sys_error _ ->
         default_matcher
 
-
 end (* of module NeverReturnNull *)
 
-
 (* This function loads and list the path that are being filtered by the analyzer. The results *)
 (* are of the form: path/to/file.java -> {infer, eradicate} meaning that analysis results will *)
 (* be reported on path/to/file.java both for infer and for eradicate *)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
index 04adc5f99..ca13e101f 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferconfig.mli
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 (** Filter type for a source file *)
 type path_filter = DB.source_file -> bool
 
+val inferconfig_home : string option ref
+
 (** Filter type for an error name. *)
 type error_filter = Localise.t -> bool
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferprint.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferprint.ml
index f61bd7344..3eb6b244d 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferprint.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferprint.ml
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ let arg_desc =
       .inferconfig lives).";
       "-analyzer", Arg.String (fun s -> analyzer := Some (Utils.analyzer_of_string s)), Some "analyzer",
       "setup the analyzer for the path filtering";
+      "-inferconfig_home", Arg.String (fun s -> Inferconfig.inferconfig_home := Some s), Some "dir",
+      "Path to the .inferconfig file";
       ] in
     Arg2.create_options_desc false "Options" desc in
   let reserved_arg =