diff --git a/cmd/containerd-stargz-grpc/ipfs/resolvehandler.go b/cmd/containerd-stargz-grpc/ipfs/resolvehandler.go
index 22073bcae..b747ab230 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd-stargz-grpc/ipfs/resolvehandler.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd-stargz-grpc/ipfs/resolvehandler.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/fs/remote"
 	"github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/ipfs"
@@ -35,8 +36,12 @@ func (r *ResolveHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (r
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
+	var ipath string
+	if idir := os.Getenv("IPFS_PATH"); idir != "" {
+		ipath = idir
+	}
 	// HTTP is only supported as of now. We can add https support here if needed (e.g. for connecting to it via proxy, etc)
-	iurl, err := ipfsclient.GetIPFSAPIAddress("", "http")
+	iurl, err := ipfsclient.GetIPFSAPIAddress(ipath, "http")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/ipfs/converter.go b/ipfs/converter.go
index e8e9e8788..f3033e340 100644
--- a/ipfs/converter.go
+++ b/ipfs/converter.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/content"
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ func PushWithIPFSPath(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, ref string
 		return "", err
 	}
 	var ipath string
+	if idir := os.Getenv("IPFS_PATH"); idir != "" {
+		ipath = idir
+	}
 	if ipfsPath != nil {
 		ipath = *ipfsPath
 	}
diff --git a/ipfs/resolver.go b/ipfs/resolver.go
index b84793156..9a8b8be8f 100644
--- a/ipfs/resolver.go
+++ b/ipfs/resolver.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"path"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	ipfsclient "github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/ipfs/client"
@@ -46,8 +47,15 @@ func NewResolver(options ResolverOptions) (remotes.Resolver, error) {
 	if s != "ipfs" && s != "ipns" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported scheme %q", s)
 	}
+	var ipath string
+	if idir := os.Getenv("IPFS_PATH"); idir != "" {
+		ipath = idir
+	}
+	if options.IPFSPath != "" {
+		ipath = options.IPFSPath
+	}
 	// HTTP is only supported as of now. We can add https support here if needed (e.g. for connecting to it via proxy, etc)
-	iurl, err := ipfsclient.GetIPFSAPIAddress(options.IPFSPath, "http")
+	iurl, err := ipfsclient.GetIPFSAPIAddress(ipath, "http")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get IPFS URL from ipfs path")
 	}
diff --git a/script/integration/containerd/entrypoint.sh b/script/integration/containerd/entrypoint.sh
index 3ccf1ef30..fd618990e 100755
--- a/script/integration/containerd/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/script/integration/containerd/entrypoint.sh
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ if [ "${BUILTIN_SNAPSHOTTER}" != "true" ] ; then
     # Tests with IPFS if standalone snapshotter
     echo "Testing with IPFS..."
 
+    export IPFS_PATH="/tmp/ipfs"
+    mkdir -p "${IPFS_PATH}"
+
     ipfs init
     ipfs daemon --offline &
     retry curl -X POST localhost:5001/api/v0/version >/dev/null 2>&1 # wait for up