diff --git a/plugins/sge/sge_job_stats b/plugins/sge/sge_job_stats
index 7350eed0..0423ca1e 100755
--- a/plugins/sge/sge_job_stats
+++ b/plugins/sge/sge_job_stats
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-. /opt/sge/default/common/settings.sh
+SGE_SETTINGS=${SGE_SETTINGS:-/opt/sge/default/common/settings.sh}
+
+. $SGE_SETTINGS
 
 qstat -u '*' | awk '
 	BEGIN{maxnum = 0; running = 0; waiting = 0}