diff --git a/docs/guides/production.md b/docs/guides/production.md
index 87c64e7fe..40ec8ab92 100644
--- a/docs/guides/production.md
+++ b/docs/guides/production.md
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ into your application.  One example of the file `_configs/production/config.json
 }
 ```
 
+If dynamic config is preferred, just replace `config.json` with file `config.js`. One example of `config.js` might look like this:
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+  APP_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "prod" : "dev",
+  MY_GLOBAL_VARIABLE: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" ? "foo" : "bar"
+}
+```
+
 To use these config variables inside your application, just use the `config()` function inside `react-server` and
 you're all set!  This works reliably on both server and client sides of the application--fully isomorphic! 
 Here's an example:
diff --git a/packages/react-server/core/config.js b/packages/react-server/core/config.js
index d2048f358..1aa379c31 100644
--- a/packages/react-server/core/config.js
+++ b/packages/react-server/core/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * Thin wrapper around the environment-specific configuration file
  */
@@ -10,13 +9,17 @@ if (SERVER_SIDE) {
 	module.exports = function () {
 		// only read out the config once, and then cache it. -sra.
 		if (null === config) {
-			/*eslint-disable no-process-env */
+
+			//eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
 			if (process.env.REACT_SERVER_CONFIGS) {
-				var fs = require("fs");
-				/*eslint-disable no-process-env */
-				var configFile = fs.readFileSync(process.env.REACT_SERVER_CONFIGS + "/config.json");
-				/*eslint-disable no-process-env */
-				config = Object.freeze(JSON.parse(configFile));
+				var path = require('path');
+				//eslint-disable-next-line no-process-env
+				var configFilePath = process.env.REACT_SERVER_CONFIGS;
+
+				// Node.js tries to load `config.js` file first. If `config.js` doesn't exist, Node.js
+				// then try to load `config.json`.
+				var configFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), configFilePath + "/config");
+				config = require(configFilePath);
 			} else {
 				config = Object.freeze({});
 			}