diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 15e76943541f0..eeb28361a5a20 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11052,6 +11052,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "turborepo-dirs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-next",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "turborepo-env"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-dirs/Cargo.toml b/crates/turborepo-dirs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2fe47fff69ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/turborepo-dirs/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "turborepo-dirs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+dirs-next = "2.0.0"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-dirs/src/lib.rs b/crates/turborepo-dirs/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a87fac533bb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/turborepo-dirs/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use dirs_next::config_dir as dirs_config_dir;
+
+/// Returns the path to the user's configuration directory. This is a wrapper
+/// around `dirs_next::config_dir` that also checks the `TURBO_CONFIG_DIR_PATH`
+/// environment variable. If the environment variable is set, it will return
+/// that path instead of `dirs_next::config_dir`.
+pub fn config_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    if let Ok(dir) = std::env::var("TURBO_CONFIG_DIR_PATH") {
+        return Some(PathBuf::from(dir));
+    }
+    dirs_config_dir()
+}