diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df2185ff48..96fd3432bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Yii2 Queue Extension Change Log
 2.3.2 under development
 -----------------------
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Enh #412: Added path to an `.ini` file to a child process (werdender)
 
 
 2.3.1 December 23, 2020
diff --git a/src/cli/Command.php b/src/cli/Command.php
index 886ce8ce62..21caa9fea1 100644
--- a/src/cli/Command.php
+++ b/src/cli/Command.php
@@ -162,17 +162,24 @@ public function actionExec($id, $ttr, $attempt, $pid)
      */
     protected function handleMessage($id, $message, $ttr, $attempt)
     {
-        // Child process command: php yii queue/exec "id" "ttr" "attempt" "pid"
+        // Child process command: php [-c <PATH_TO_INI_FILE>] yii queue/exec "id" "ttr" "attempt" "pid"
         $cmd = [
-            $this->phpBinary,
-            $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'],
-            $this->uniqueId . '/exec',
-            $id,
-            $ttr,
-            $attempt,
-            $this->queue->getWorkerPid() ?: 0,
+            $this->phpBinary
         ];
 
+        $config = get_cfg_var('cfg_file_path');
+        if (is_string($config)) {
+            $cmd[] = '-c';
+            $cmd[] = $config;
+        }
+        
+        $cmd[] = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'];
+        $cmd[] = $this->uniqueId . '/exec';
+        $cmd[] = $id;
+        $cmd[] = $ttr;
+        $cmd[] = $attempt;
+        $cmd[] = $this->queue->getWorkerPid() ?: 0;
+
         foreach ($this->getPassedOptions() as $name) {
             if (in_array($name, $this->options('exec'), true)) {
                 $cmd[] = '--' . $name . '=' . $this->$name;