diff --git a/pio-tools/override_copy.py b/pio-tools/override_copy.py
index 5318f9169..137da4171 100644
--- a/pio-tools/override_copy.py
+++ b/pio-tools/override_copy.py
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ if os.path.isfile("platformio_override.ini"):
     print ("*** use provided platformio_override.ini as planned ***")
 else: 
     shutil.copy("platformio_override_sample.ini", "platformio_override.ini")
+
+# copy platformio_tasmota_cenv_sample.ini to platformio_tasmota_cenv.ini
+if os.path.isfile("platformio_tasmota_cenv.ini"):
+    print ("*** use provided platformio_tasmota_cenv.ini as planned ***")
+else: 
+    shutil.copy("platformio_tasmota_cenv_sample.ini", "platformio_tasmota_cenv.ini"