diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
index f5be1865678..25ee2b00981 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
@@ -616,6 +616,12 @@ static void colormanage_free_config()
 
 void colormanagement_init()
 {
+  /* Handle Blender specific override. */
+  const char *blender_ocio_env = BLI_getenv("BLENDER_OCIO");
+  if (blender_ocio_env) {
+    BLI_setenv("OCIO", blender_ocio_env);
+  }
+
   /* First try config from environment variable. */
   const char *ocio_env = BLI_getenv("OCIO");
 
diff --git a/source/creator/creator_args.cc b/source/creator/creator_args.cc
index 0dc4aaa4e63..ce01cb2f3fb 100644
--- a/source/creator/creator_args.cc
+++ b/source/creator/creator_args.cc
@@ -883,7 +883,9 @@ static void print_help(bArgs *ba, bool all)
       "  $BLENDER_CUSTOM_SPLASH_BANNER Full path to an image to overlay on the splash screen.\n");
 
   if (defs.with_opencolorio) {
-    PRINT("  $OCIO                      Path to override the OpenColorIO configuration file.\n");
+    PRINT(
+        "  $BLENDER_OCIO              Path to override the OpenColorIO configuration file.\n"
+        "                             If not set, the $OCIO environment variable is used.\n");
   }
   if (defs.win32 || all) {
     PRINT("  $TEMP                      Store temporary files here (MS-Windows).\n");