diff --git a/agetpkg b/agetpkg
index 021952e0e67ab8d90ef4e42878437320870a2278..3ff7a3f5b4dbfc08d4fd5de271e9781ba3cc03c8 100755
--- a/agetpkg
+++ b/agetpkg
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def parse_argv():
     p_main.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true",
         help="display more information")
     p_main.add_argument("--url", help="archive URL, default: %s" % ARCHIVE_URL,
-        default=ARCHIVE_URL)
+        default=environ.get("ARCHIVE_URL", ARCHIVE_URL))
     p_main.add_argument("-t", "--timeout", default=10, help="connection timeout (10s)")
     p_main.add_argument("package",
         help="regex to match a package name")