diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
index 4e0a8e13..ba709ed8 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ def _find_extra_config_dirs(parsed_pod_file, pod):
                         config_dir = host_path.split("/")[2]
                         if config_dir != pod:
                             config_dirs.add(config_dir)
+        for env_file in service_info.get("env_file", []):
+            if env_file.startswith("../config"):
+                config_dir = env_file.split("/")[2]
+                if config_dir != pod:
+                    config_dirs.add(config_dir)
     return config_dirs