diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dcc37b..8e09cce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ## [1.9.8] - unreleased
 ### Added
 - Examples command; thanks @MaxG87
+- GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY; thanks @vlcinsky
 ### Changed
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
diff --git a/cmd/reclone.go b/cmd/reclone.go
index 0acc814..3cf5ba7 100644
--- a/cmd/reclone.go
+++ b/cmd/reclone.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ func reCloneFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, argz []string) {
 		os.Setenv("GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET", "true")
 	}
 
+	if cmd.Flags().Changed("env-config-only") {
+		os.Setenv("GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY", "true")
+	}
+
 	path := configs.GhorgReCloneLocation()
 	yamlBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -164,18 +168,20 @@ func runReClone(rc ReClone) {
 	os.Setenv("GHORG_RECLONE_RUNNING", "true")
 	defer os.Setenv("GHORG_RECLONE_RUNNING", "false")
 
-	// have to unset all ghorg envs because root command will set them on initialization of ghorg cmd
-	for _, e := range os.Environ() {
-		keyValue := strings.SplitN(e, "=", 2)
-		env := keyValue[0]
-		ghorgEnv := strings.HasPrefix(env, "GHORG_")
+	if os.Getenv("GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY") == "false" {
+		// have to unset all ghorg envs because root command will set them on initialization of ghorg cmd
+		for _, e := range os.Environ() {
+			keyValue := strings.SplitN(e, "=", 2)
+			env := keyValue[0]
+			ghorgEnv := strings.HasPrefix(env, "GHORG_")
 
-		// skip global flags and reclone flags which are set in the conf.yaml
-		if env == "GHORG_COLOR" || env == "GHORG_CONFIG" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_PATH" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_RUNNING" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if ghorgEnv {
-			os.Unsetenv(env)
+			// skip global flags and reclone flags which are set in the conf.yaml
+			if env == "GHORG_COLOR" || env == "GHORG_CONFIG" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_PATH" || env == "GHORG_RECLONE_RUNNING" {
+				continue
+			}
+			if ghorgEnv {
+				os.Unsetenv(env)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 1600ad7..98d39d6 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ var (
 	ghorgReCloneVerbose          bool
 	ghorgReCloneQuiet            bool
 	ghorgReCloneList             bool
+	ghorgReCloneEnvConfigOnly    bool
 	noToken                      bool
 	quietMode                    bool
 	args                         []string
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ func getOrSetDefaults(envVar string) {
 			os.Setenv(envVar, "false")
 		case "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE":
 			os.Setenv(envVar, "false")
+		case "GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY":
+			os.Setenv(envVar, "false")
 		case "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET":
 			os.Setenv(envVar, "false")
 		case "GHORG_COLOR":
@@ -223,6 +226,7 @@ func InitConfig() {
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_INSECURE_GITEA_CLIENT")
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_BACKUP")
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE")
+	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY")
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET")
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_CONCURRENCY")
 	getOrSetDefaults("GHORG_INCLUDE_SUBMODULES")
@@ -318,6 +322,7 @@ func init() {
 	reCloneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ghorgReCloneVerbose, "verbose", false, "GHORG_RECLONE_VERBOSE - Verbose logging output")
 	reCloneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ghorgReCloneQuiet, "quiet", false, "GHORG_RECLONE_QUIET - Quiet logging output")
 	reCloneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ghorgReCloneList, "list", false, "Prints reclone commands and optional descriptions to stdout then will exit 0. Does not obsfucate tokens, and is only available as a commandline argument")
+	reCloneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ghorgReCloneEnvConfigOnly, "env-config-only", false, "GHORG_RECLONE_ENV_CONFIG_ONLY - Only use environment variables to set the configuration for all reclones.")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(lsCmd, versionCmd, cloneCmd, reCloneCmd, examplesCmd)
 }