diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0838da55..17cbbcce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ async with InfluxDBClientAsync(url="http://localhost:8086", token="my-token", or
                                client_session_kwargs={'trust_env': True}) as client:
     pass
 ```
+### Features
+1. [#586](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/586): Add `config_name` key argument for ``from_config_file`` function to allow loading a specific configuration from a config file
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 1. [#583](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-python/pull/583): Async HTTP client doesn't always use `HTTP_PROXY`/`HTTPS_PROXY` environment variables. [async/await]
diff --git a/influxdb_client/client/_base.py b/influxdb_client/client/_base.py
index a3bc05d4..08e8ec54 100644
--- a/influxdb_client/client/_base.py
+++ b/influxdb_client/client/_base.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, token, debug=None, timeout=10_000, enable_gzip=False, or
     @classmethod
     def _from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gzip=False, **kwargs):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config_name = kwargs.get('config_name', 'influx2')
         is_json = False
         try:
             config.read(config_file)
@@ -111,11 +112,11 @@ def _from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_g
                 is_json = True
 
         def _config_value(key: str):
-            value = str(config[key]) if is_json else config['influx2'][key]
+            value = str(config[key]) if is_json else config[config_name][key]
             return value.strip('"')
 
         def _has_option(key: str):
-            return key in config if is_json else config.has_option('influx2', key)
+            return key in config if is_json else config.has_option(config_name, key)
 
         def _has_section(key: str):
             return key in config if is_json else config.has_section(key)
diff --git a/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py b/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py
index ca8dcb36..6079aac0 100644
--- a/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py
+++ b/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
         :param debug: Enable verbose logging of http requests
         :param enable_gzip: Enable Gzip compression for http requests. Currently, only the "Write" and "Query" endpoints
                             supports the Gzip compression.
+        :key config_name: Name of the configuration section of the configuration file
         :key str proxy_headers: A dictionary containing headers that will be sent to the proxy. Could be used for proxy
                                 authentication.
         :key urllib3.util.retry.Retry retries: Set the default retry strategy that is used for all HTTP requests
diff --git a/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client_async.py b/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client_async.py
index 76f014f3..a8a2d173 100644
--- a/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client_async.py
+++ b/influxdb_client/client/influxdb_client_async.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def from_config_file(cls, config_file: str = "config.ini", debug=None, enable_gz
         :param debug: Enable verbose logging of http requests
         :param enable_gzip: Enable Gzip compression for http requests. Currently, only the "Write" and "Query" endpoints
                             supports the Gzip compression.
+        :key config_name: Name of the configuration section of the configuration file
         :key str proxy_headers: A dictionary containing headers that will be sent to the proxy. Could be used for proxy
                                 authentication.
         :key urllib3.util.retry.Retry retries: Set the default retry strategy that is used for all HTTP requests
diff --git a/tests/config2.ini b/tests/config2.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7ea854a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config2.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[test_name]
+url=http://localhost:8086
+org=my-org
+token=my-token
+timeout=6000
+connection_pool_maxsize=55
+auth_basic=false
+profilers=query, operator
+
+[tags]
+id = 132-987-655
+customer = California Miner
+data_center = ${env.data_center}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py b/tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py
index fdd76390..ca37291b 100644
--- a/tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py
+++ b/tests/test_InfluxDBClient.py
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ def test_init_from_ini_file(self):
 
         self.assertConfig()
 
+    def test_init_from_ini_file_custom_name(self):
+        self.client = InfluxDBClient.from_config_file(
+            f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/config2.ini', config_name='test_name')
+
+        self.assertConfig()
+
     def test_init_from_toml_file(self):
         self.client = InfluxDBClient.from_config_file(f'{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/config.toml')