diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cf4b4a..37db6a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ export BAT_INFRASTRUCTURE=
 
 # Run tests with --fail-fast and skip cleanup in case of failure (optional)
 export BAT_DEBUG_MODE=
+
+# Provide an alternate directory where Bat::CloudConfig#load_template(cpi) should find "cloud_config_${cpi}.yml.erb" files 
+export BAT_CC_TEMPLATES_DIR=
 ```
 
 #### Environment variables for the BOSH v2 cli
diff --git a/lib/bat/cloud_config.rb b/lib/bat/cloud_config.rb
index b08c52e..6476b5e 100644
--- a/lib/bat/cloud_config.rb
+++ b/lib/bat/cloud_config.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ module Bosh; end # Ugly hack
 
 module Bat
   class CloudConfig
-    def initialize(spec)
+    DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_DIR = File.expand_path("../../../templates/", __FILE__)
+
+    def initialize(env, spec)
+      @env = env
       @spec = spec
       generate_cloud_config(spec)
     end
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ def store_cloud_config(content)
     end
 
     def load_template(cpi)
-      template = File.expand_path("../../../templates/cloud_config_#{cpi}.yml.erb", __FILE__)
+      template = File.join(cc_templates_dir, "cloud_config_#{cpi}.yml.erb")
+
       File.read(template)
     end
 
@@ -64,5 +68,15 @@ def tempfile(name)
     def to_s
       "#{name}"
     end
+
+    def cc_templates_dir
+      if @env.cc_templates_dir &&
+         @env.cc_templates_dir != "" &&
+         Dir.exist?(@env.cc_templates_dir)
+        @env.cc_templates_dir
+      else
+        DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_DIR
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/bat/env.rb b/lib/bat/env.rb
index 02f4cd8..d131ff2 100644
--- a/lib/bat/env.rb
+++ b/lib/bat/env.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class Env
 
     OPTIONAL_VARS = {
       debug_mode:           'BAT_DEBUG_MODE',
+      cc_templates_dir:     'BAT_CC_TEMPLATES_DIR',
     }.freeze
 
     def self.from_env
diff --git a/lib/bat/requirements.rb b/lib/bat/requirements.rb
index 7d3a757..648cc1a 100644
--- a/lib/bat/requirements.rb
+++ b/lib/bat/requirements.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ module Bat
   class Requirements
     include RSpec::Matchers
 
-    def initialize(stemcell_path, bosh_runner, spec_state, logger)
-      @stemcell_path = stemcell_path
+    def initialize(env, bosh_runner, spec_state, logger)
+      @env = env
       @bosh_runner = bosh_runner
       @spec_state = spec_state
       @logger = logger
     end
 
     def stemcell
-      @stemcell ||= Bat::Stemcell.from_path(@stemcell_path)
+      @stemcell ||= Bat::Stemcell.from_path(@env.stemcell_path)
     end
 
     def release
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def only_scan_and_fix_processing?
     end
 
     def update_cloud_config(deployment_spec)
-      cloud_config = Bat::CloudConfig.new(deployment_spec)
+      cloud_config = Bat::CloudConfig.new(@env, deployment_spec)
 
       update_cc_output = @bosh_runner.bosh_safe("update-cloud-config #{cloud_config.to_path}")
       puts update_cc_output
diff --git a/spec/bat/requirements_spec.rb b/spec/bat/requirements_spec.rb
index 362712a..1bb0fc8 100644
--- a/spec/bat/requirements_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bat/requirements_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
+require 'bat/env'
 require 'bat/requirements'
 require 'bat/bosh_runner'
 require 'bat/spec_state'
@@ -7,10 +8,13 @@
 require 'common/exec'
 
 describe Bat::Requirements do
-  subject(:requirements) { described_class.new("/some-stemcell/path", bosh_runner, spec_state, logger) }
+  subject(:requirements) { described_class.new(bat_env, bosh_runner, spec_state, logger) }
+
   let(:bosh_runner) { Bat::BoshRunner.new("bosh", logger) }
   let(:logger) { Logger.new('/dev/null') }
   let(:spec_state) { Bat::SpecState.new(false) }
+  let(:stemcell_path) { "/some-stemcell/path" }
+  let(:bat_env) { instance_double(Bat::Env, stemcell_path: stemcell_path) }
 
   describe "#tasks_processing?" do
     let(:tasks_result) { Bosh::Exec::Result.new('bosh tasks', tasks_json, 0) }
diff --git a/spec/system/spec_helper.rb b/spec/system/spec_helper.rb
index c2a16fd..34d6fd6 100644
--- a/spec/system/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/system/spec_helper.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class OnlyScanAndFixProcessing < StandardError;end
 env = Bat::Env.from_env
 spec_state = Bat::SpecState.new(env.debug_mode)
 bosh_runner = Bat::BoshRunner.new(ENV['BAT_BOSH_CLI'], logger)
-requirements = Bat::Requirements.new(env.stemcell_path, bosh_runner, spec_state, logger)
+requirements = Bat::Requirements.new(env, bosh_runner, spec_state, logger)
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include(Bat::BoshHelper)