diff --git a/compose/config/config.py b/compose/config/config.py
index f1195c8ec67..a8f00ac9a69 100644
--- a/compose/config/config.py
+++ b/compose/config/config.py
@@ -598,7 +598,10 @@ def resolve_environment(service_dict, environment=None):
     """
     env = {}
     for env_file in service_dict.get('env_file', []):
-        env.update(env_vars_from_file(env_file))
+        try:
+            env.update(env_vars_from_file(env_file))
+        except ConfigurationError as exc:
+            log.warn('{} - ignoring'.format(exc.msg))
 
     env.update(parse_environment(service_dict.get('environment')))
     return dict(resolve_env_var(k, v, environment) for k, v in six.iteritems(env))
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
index 6bf4986ff56..508b195d01f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
@@ -2936,13 +2936,13 @@ def test_resolve_environment_with_multiple_env_files(self):
         )
 
     def test_resolve_environment_nonexistent_file(self):
-        with pytest.raises(ConfigurationError) as exc:
+        with mock.patch('compose.config.config.log') as mock_logging:
             config.load(build_config_details(
                 {'foo': {'image': 'example', 'env_file': 'nonexistent.env'}},
                 working_dir='tests/fixtures/env'))
 
-        assert 'Couldn\'t find env file' in exc.exconly()
-        assert 'nonexistent.env' in exc.exconly()
+        assert 'Couldn\'t find env file' in mock_logging.warn.call_args[0][0]
+        assert 'nonexistent.env' in mock_logging.warn.call_args[0][0]
 
     @mock.patch.dict(os.environ)
     def test_resolve_environment_from_env_file_with_empty_values(self):