Typesafe config: Load Config from path external to packaged scala application

Typesafe config: Load Config from path external to packaged scala application

My scala application will be packaged into a jar. When I run my app, it
needs to read a config file stored externally to my app jar. I am looking
for functionality similar to the Typesafe Config library but other
solutions are welcome too ! Is there a way to do something like below:
val hdfsConfig = ConfigFactory.load("my_path/hdfs.conf")