diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cdd0769a3..94cccb6247 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ RPM packages, which has been left unchanged.
 1. [20669](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/20669): Remove blank lines from payloads sent by `influx write`.
 1. [20657](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/20657): Allow for creating users without initial passwords in `influx user create`.
 1. [20679](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/20679): Fix incorrect "bucket not found" errors when passing `--bucket-id` to `influx write`.
+1. [20702](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/20702): Fix loading config when `INFLUXD_CONFIG_PATH` points to a directory with `.` in its name.
 
 ## v2.0.3 [2020-12-14]
 
diff --git a/kit/cli/viper.go b/kit/cli/viper.go
index 15eb8c594c..7cbf54b24f 100644
--- a/kit/cli/viper.go
+++ b/kit/cli/viper.go
@@ -60,20 +60,6 @@ func NewCommand(v *viper.Viper, p *Program) *cobra.Command {
 	// This normalizes "-" to an underscore in env names.
 	v.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer("-", "_"))
 
-	if configPath := v.GetString("CONFIG_PATH"); configPath != "" {
-		switch strings.ToLower(path.Ext(configPath)) {
-		case ".json", ".toml", ".yaml", ".yml":
-			v.SetConfigFile(configPath)
-		case "":
-			v.AddConfigPath(configPath)
-		}
-	} else {
-		// defaults to looking in same directory as program running for
-		// a file with base `config` and extensions .json|.toml|.yaml|.yml
-		v.SetConfigName("config")
-		v.AddConfigPath(".")
-	}
-
 	// done before we bind flags to viper keys.
 	// order of precedence (1 highest -> 3 lowest):
 	//	1. flags
@@ -88,8 +74,20 @@ func NewCommand(v *viper.Viper, p *Program) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func initializeConfig(v *viper.Viper) error {
-	err := v.ReadInConfig()
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	configPath := v.GetString("CONFIG_PATH")
+	if configPath == "" {
+		// Default to looking in the working directory of the running process.
+		configPath = "."
+	}
+
+	switch strings.ToLower(path.Ext(configPath)) {
+	case ".json", ".toml", ".yaml", ".yml":
+		v.SetConfigFile(configPath)
+	default:
+		v.AddConfigPath(configPath)
+	}
+
+	if err := v.ReadInConfig(); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); !ok {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/kit/cli/viper_test.go b/kit/cli/viper_test.go
index aa58e75e3b..713cc2c2aa 100644
--- a/kit/cli/viper_test.go
+++ b/kit/cli/viper_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -420,3 +421,96 @@ func Test_ConfigPrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, fn)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_ConfigPathDotDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	testDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testDir)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		dir  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "dot at start",
+			dir:  ".directory",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "dot in middle",
+			dir:  "config.d",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "dot at end",
+			dir:  "forgotmyextension.",
+		},
+	}
+
+	config := map[string]string{
+		"foo": "bar",
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			configDir := filepath.Join(testDir, tc.dir)
+			require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(configDir, 0700))
+
+			_, err = writeTomlConfig(configDir, config)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer setEnvVar("TEST_CONFIG_PATH", configDir)()
+
+			var foo string
+			program := &Program{
+				Name: "test",
+				Opts: []Opt{
+					{
+						DestP: &foo,
+						Flag:  "foo",
+					},
+				},
+				Run: func() error { return nil },
+			}
+
+			cmd := NewCommand(viper.New(), program)
+			cmd.SetArgs([]string{})
+			require.NoError(t, cmd.Execute())
+
+			require.Equal(t, "bar", foo)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_LoadConfigCwd(t *testing.T) {
+	testDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testDir)
+
+	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer os.Chdir(pwd)
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.Chdir(testDir))
+
+	config := map[string]string{
+		"foo": "bar",
+	}
+	_, err = writeJsonConfig(testDir, config)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var foo string
+	program := &Program{
+		Name: "test",
+		Opts: []Opt{
+			{
+				DestP: &foo,
+				Flag:  "foo",
+			},
+		},
+		Run: func() error { return nil },
+	}
+
+	cmd := NewCommand(viper.New(), program)
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{})
+	require.NoError(t, cmd.Execute())
+
+	require.Equal(t, "bar", foo)
+}