diff --git a/src/Conda.jl b/src/Conda.jl
index dc47444..a8f93d5 100644
--- a/src/Conda.jl
+++ b/src/Conda.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ const conda = if Compat.Sys.iswindows()
     conda_bat = joinpath(p, "conda.bat")
     isfile(conda_bat) ? conda_bat : joinpath(p, "conda.exe")
 else
-    joinpath(bin_dir(ROOTENV), "conda")
+    if haskey(ENV, "CONDA_EXE")
+        ENV["CONDA_EXE"]
+    else
+        joinpath(bin_dir(ROOTENV), "conda")
+    end
 end
 
 "Path to the condarc file"