diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e65bd826..0e44e9ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -619,14 +619,13 @@ ipfs:
     - cd /tmp
     - wget https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.20.0/kubo_v0.20.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
     - tar -xvzf kubo_v0.20.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz
-    - export PATH=/tmp/kubo:$PATH
-    - ipfs init
+    - /tmp/kubo/ipfs init
     - test -d /tmp/fdroid/repo || mkdir -p /tmp/fdroid/repo
     - cp $FDROIDSERVER/tests/config.py $FDROIDSERVER/tests/keystore.jks /tmp/fdroid/
     - cp $FDROIDSERVER/tests/repo/com.politedroid_6.apk /tmp/fdroid/repo/
     - cd /tmp/fdroid
-    - 'printf "ipfs = True\n" >> config.py'
+    - 'echo ipfs = \"/tmp/kubo/ipfs\" >> config.py'
     - $FDROIDSERVER/fdroid update --verbose --create-metadata
     - $FDROIDSERVER/fdroid deploy --verbose
-    - ipfs files ls /repo
-    - ipfs files ls /repo/com.politedroid_6.apk
+    - /tmp/kubo/ipfs files ls /repo
+    - /tmp/kubo/ipfs files ls /repo/com.politedroid_6.apk
diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/examples/config.yml
index 1c6b1be2..1bb974cd 100644
--- a/examples/config.yml
+++ b/examples/config.yml
@@ -268,11 +268,11 @@
 # awssecretkey: {env: awssecretkey}
 
 
-# To deploy to IPFS you need the ipfs command line utility in $PATH and have a
-# `ipfs daemon` running. To serve the repo permanently, you either need to keep
-# the daemon running or use a pinning service.
+# To deploy to IPFS you need the ipfs command line utility and specify
+# the path as an argument. To serve the repo permanently, you either need to
+# keep the daemon running or use a pinning service.
 #
-# ipfs: true
+# ipfs: /path/to/ipfs
 
 
 # If you want to force 'fdroid server' to use a non-standard serverwebroot.
diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index 135ec83e..82c4ddde 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -333,7 +333,16 @@ def update_ipfs(repo_section):
     logging.debug(_('adding {section} to ipfs').format(section=repo_section))
 
     return subprocess.check_output(
-        ['ipfs', 'add', '-r', '-Q', '--to-files', f"/{repo_section}", repo_section], text=True
+        [
+            config.get("ipfs"),
+            'add',
+            '-r',
+            '-Q',
+            '--to-files',
+            f"/{repo_section}",
+            repo_section,
+        ],
+        text=True,
     ).strip()
 
 
@@ -346,7 +355,14 @@ def update_ipns(ipfs_hash, ipns_key):
     )
 
     subprocess.check_call(
-        ['ipfs', 'name', 'publish', '--key', ipns_key, '/ipfs/{}'.format(ipfs_hash)]
+        [
+            config.get("ipfs"),
+            'name',
+            'publish',
+            '--key',
+            ipns_key,
+            '/ipfs/{}'.format(ipfs_hash),
+        ]
     )