diff --git a/e2e/config/test_config_create_with_filename b/e2e/config/test_config_create_with_filename
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32fabb11c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/config/test_config_create_with_filename
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export MISE_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME=mise.config.toml
+
+mise use tiny
+
+assert_contains "mise config" "mise.config.toml"
diff --git a/src/cli/config/generate.rs b/src/cli/config/generate.rs
index 598a1cf471..e5f81db0e2 100644
--- a/src/cli/config/generate.rs
+++ b/src/cli/config/generate.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use clap::ValueHint;
 use eyre::Result;
 
 use crate::config::{Settings, config_file};
-use crate::file;
 use crate::file::display_path;
+use crate::{env, file};
 
 /// [experimental] Generate a mise.toml file
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl ConfigGenerate {
     }
 
     fn tool_versions(&self, tool_versions: &Path) -> Result<String> {
-        let to = config_file::parse_or_init(&PathBuf::from("mise.toml"))?;
+        let to = config_file::parse_or_init(&PathBuf::from(&*env::MISE_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME))?;
         let from = config_file::parse(tool_versions)?;
         let tools = from.to_tool_request_set()?.tools;
         for (ba, tools) in tools {
diff --git a/src/config/config_file/mod.rs b/src/config/config_file/mod.rs
index 35cdcbef1e..55d3937b5d 100644
--- a/src/config/config_file/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/config_file/mod.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ fn init(path: &Path) -> Arc<dyn ConfigFile> {
 
 pub fn parse_or_init(path: &Path) -> eyre::Result<Arc<dyn ConfigFile>> {
     let path = if path.is_dir() {
-        path.join("mise.toml")
+        path.join(&*env::MISE_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
     } else {
         path.into()
     };