diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
index 7313bddc..c062e8cf 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
@@ -346,7 +346,11 @@ module Sidekiq
         die 1
       end
       @parser.parse!(argv)
-      opts[:config_file] ||= 'config/sidekiq.yml' if File.exist?('config/sidekiq.yml')
+
+      %w[config/sidekiq.yml config/sidekiq.yml.erb].each do |filename|
+        opts[:config_file] ||= filename if File.exist?(filename)
+      end
+
       opts
     end