diff --git a/man/sploitctl.1 b/man/sploitctl.1
index 7475423..005150b 100644
--- a/man/sploitctl.1
+++ b/man/sploitctl.1
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Script to fetch, install, update and search exploit archives from well-known sit
 \fB\-V\fR           \- print version of sploitctl and exit
 .HP
 \fB\-H\fR           \- print help and exit
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.I SPLOIT_DIR
+Overrides the default exploit base directory.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .PP
 .HP
@@ -88,4 +92,4 @@ $ sploitctl \fB\-u\fR 0 \fB\-P\fR "http://127.0.0.1:9060" \fB\-A\fR "noleak" \fB
 sploitctl update's id are relative to the installed archives
 and are not static, so by installing an exploit archive it will
 show up in the update section so always do a -u ? before
-updating.
\ No newline at end of file
+updating.
diff --git a/sploitctl.py b/sploitctl.py
index 9b44267..9fc67ac 100755
--- a/sploitctl.py
+++ b/sploitctl.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 VERSION: str = "3.0.3"  # sploitctl.py version
 PROJECT: str = "sploitctl"
 
-exploit_path: str = "/usr/share/exploits"  # default exploit base directory
+exploit_path: str = os.getenv('SPLOIT_DIR') if os.getenv('SPLOIT_DIR') else "/usr/share/exploits"  # default exploit base directory
 exploit_repo: dict = {}
 
 decompress_archive: bool = False