diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b088da64ddc..03836c83080 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/12285 Set up OpenTelemetry metrics reporting to prometheus
 - https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/12279 Upgrade to go-f3 v0.0.5
 - https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/12295 Upgrade to go-f3 v0.0.6
+- https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/pull/12292: feat: p2p: allow overriding bootstrap nodes with environmemnt variable
 
 ## New features
 
diff --git a/build/bootstrap.go b/build/bootstrap.go
index d6f8864c645..da8ffc6dfa5 100644
--- a/build/bootstrap.go
+++ b/build/bootstrap.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package build
 import (
 	"context"
 	"embed"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/addrutil"
 )
 
+const (
+	BootstrappersOverrideEnvVarKey = "LOTUS_P2P_BOOTSTRAPPERS"
+)
+
 //go:embed bootstrap
 var bootstrapfs embed.FS
 
@@ -19,6 +24,10 @@ func BuiltinBootstrap() ([]peer.AddrInfo, error) {
 	if DisableBuiltinAssets {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
+	if bootstrappers, found := os.LookupEnv(BootstrappersOverrideEnvVarKey); found {
+		log.Infof("Using bootstrap nodes overridden by environment variable %s", BootstrappersOverrideEnvVarKey)
+		return addrutil.ParseAddresses(context.TODO(), strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(bootstrappers), ","))
+	}
 	if buildconstants.BootstrappersFile != "" {
 		spi, err := bootstrapfs.ReadFile(path.Join("bootstrap", buildconstants.BootstrappersFile))
 		if err != nil {