diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c51467e..de02bd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Define a struct with `env` struct tags:
 ```go
 type Config struct {
     Hostname  string `env:"SERVER_HOSTNAME,default=localhost"`
-    Port      uint16 `env:"SERVER_PORT,default=8080"`
+    Port      uint16 `env:"HTTP_PORT;SERVER_PORT,default=8080"`
 
     AWS struct {
         ID        string   `env:"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"`
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 ```
 
-Fields *must be exported* (i.e. begin with a capital letter) in order
-for `envdecode` to work with them.  An error will be returned if a
+Fields _must be exported_ (i.e. begin with a capital letter) in order
+for `envdecode` to work with them. An error will be returned if a
 struct with no exported fields is decoded (including one that contains
 no `env` tags at all).
 Default values may be provided by appending ",default=value" to the
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ All parse errors will fail fast and return an error in this mode.
 
 ## Supported types
 
-* Structs (and pointer to structs)
-* Slices of below defined types, separated by semicolon
-* `bool`
-* `float32`, `float64`
-* `int`, `int8`, `int16`, `int32`, `int64`
-* `uint`, `uint8`, `uint16`, `uint32`, `uint64`
-* `string`
-* `time.Duration`, using the [`time.ParseDuration()` format](http://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration)
-* `*url.URL`, using [`url.Parse()`](https://godoc.org/net/url#Parse)
-* Types those implement a `Decoder` interface
+- Structs (and pointer to structs)
+- Slices of below defined types, separated by semicolon
+- `bool`
+- `float32`, `float64`
+- `int`, `int8`, `int16`, `int32`, `int64`
+- `uint`, `uint8`, `uint16`, `uint32`, `uint64`
+- `string`
+- `time.Duration`, using the [`time.ParseDuration()` format](http://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration)
+- `*url.URL`, using [`url.Parse()`](https://godoc.org/net/url#Parse)
+- Types those implement a `Decoder` interface
 
 ## Custom `Decoder`
 
diff --git a/envdecode.go b/envdecode.go
index c8c0a65..d97d698 100644
--- a/envdecode.go
+++ b/envdecode.go
@@ -146,7 +146,15 @@ func decode(target interface{}, strict bool) (int, error) {
 		}
 
 		parts := strings.Split(tag, ",")
-		env := os.Getenv(parts[0])
+		overrides := strings.Split(parts[0], `;`)
+
+		var env string
+		for _, override := range overrides {
+			v := os.Getenv(override)
+			if v != "" {
+				env = v
+			}
+		}
 
 		required := false
 		hasDefault := false
diff --git a/envdecode_test.go b/envdecode_test.go
index 6c340c9..bf6fd33 100644
--- a/envdecode_test.go
+++ b/envdecode_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ type testConfigRequiredDefault struct {
 	RequiredDefault string `env:"TEST_REQUIRED_DEFAULT,required,default=test"`
 }
 
+type testConfigOverride struct {
+	OverrideString string `env:"TEST_OVERRIDE_A;TEST_OVERRIDE_B,default=override_default"`
+}
+
 type testNoExportedFields struct {
 	aString  string  `env:"TEST_STRING"`
 	anInt64  int64   `env:"TEST_INT64"`
@@ -318,6 +322,40 @@ func TestDecode(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	var tco testConfigOverride
+	err = Decode(&tco)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if tco.OverrideString != "override_default" {
+		t.Fatalf(`Expected "override_default" but got %s`, tco.OverrideString)
+	}
+
+	os.Setenv("TEST_OVERRIDE_A", "override_a")
+
+	tco = testConfigOverride{}
+	err = Decode(&tco)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if tco.OverrideString != "override_a" {
+		t.Fatalf(`Expected "override_a" but got %s`, tco.OverrideString)
+	}
+
+	os.Setenv("TEST_OVERRIDE_B", "override_b")
+
+	tco = testConfigOverride{}
+	err = Decode(&tco)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if tco.OverrideString != "override_b" {
+		t.Fatalf(`Expected "override_b" but got %s`, tco.OverrideString)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestDecodeErrors(t *testing.T) {