diff --git a/dvc/fs/s3.py b/dvc/fs/s3.py
index b5cc9bf69..b24e67d31 100644
--- a/dvc/fs/s3.py
+++ b/dvc/fs/s3.py
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ class BaseS3FileSystem(FSSpecWrapper):
             login_info["profile"]
         )
 
+        shared_creds = config.get("credentialpath")
+        if shared_creds:
+            os.environ.setdefault("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE", shared_creds)
+
+        config_path = config.get("configpath")
+        if config_path:
+            os.environ.setdefault("AWS_CONFIG_FILE", config_path)
+
         return unflatten(
             {
                 key: value
diff --git a/tests/unit/fs/test_s3.py b/tests/unit/fs/test_s3.py
index 938c239b0..ad9c11ef6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/fs/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/unit/fs/test_s3.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import importlib
+import os
 import sys
 import textwrap
 
@@ -41,6 +42,31 @@ def test_verify_ssl_default_param(dvc):
     assert fs.fs_args["client_kwargs"]["verify"]
 
 
+def test_s3_config_credentialpath(dvc, monkeypatch):
+    environment = {}
+    monkeypatch.setattr(os, "environ", environment)
+
+    config = {"url": url, "credentialpath": "somewhere"}
+    S3FileSystem(dvc, config)
+    assert environment["AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE"] == "somewhere"
+    environment.clear()
+
+    config = {"url": url, "configpath": "somewhere"}
+    S3FileSystem(dvc, config)
+    assert environment["AWS_CONFIG_FILE"] == "somewhere"
+    environment.clear()
+
+    config = {
+        "url": url,
+        "credentialpath": "somewhere",
+        "configpath": "elsewhere",
+    }
+    S3FileSystem(dvc, config)
+    assert environment["AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE"] == "somewhere"
+    assert environment["AWS_CONFIG_FILE"] == "elsewhere"
+    environment.clear()
+
+
 def test_ssl_verify_bool_param(dvc):
     config = {"url": url, "ssl_verify": False}
     fs = S3FileSystem(dvc, config)