diff --git a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
index c9958f4b745e..f544765ddad9 100644
--- a/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-io/src/cloud/options.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ use url::Url;
 #[cfg(feature = "file_cache")]
 use crate::file_cache::get_env_file_cache_ttl;
 #[cfg(feature = "aws")]
-use crate::path_utils::resolve_homedir;
-#[cfg(feature = "aws")]
 use crate::pl_async::with_concurrency_budget;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "aws")]
@@ -211,6 +209,8 @@ fn read_config(
     builder: &mut AmazonS3Builder,
     items: &[(&Path, &[(&str, AmazonS3ConfigKey)])],
 ) -> Option<()> {
+    use crate::path_utils::resolve_homedir;
+
     for (path, keys) in items {
         if keys
             .iter()
@@ -474,26 +474,64 @@ impl CloudOptions {
             CloudType::Hf => {
                 #[cfg(feature = "http")]
                 {
-                    let mut this = Self::default();
+                    use polars_core::config;
 
-                    if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("HF_TOKEN") {
-                        this.config = Some(CloudConfig::Http {
-                            headers: vec![("Authorization".into(), format!("Bearer {}", v))],
-                        })
-                    }
+                    use crate::path_utils::resolve_homedir;
+
+                    let mut this = Self::default();
+                    let mut token = None;
+                    let verbose = config::verbose();
 
                     for (i, (k, v)) in config.into_iter().enumerate() {
                         let (k, v) = (k.as_ref(), v.into());
 
                         if i == 0 && k == "token" {
-                            this.config = Some(CloudConfig::Http {
-                                headers: vec![("Authorization".into(), format!("Bearer {}", v))],
-                            })
+                            if verbose {
+                                eprintln!("HF token sourced from storage_options");
+                            }
+                            token = Some(v);
                         } else {
-                            polars_bail!(ComputeError: "unknown configuration key: {}", k)
+                            polars_bail!(ComputeError: "unknown configuration key for HF: {}", k)
                         }
                     }
 
+                    token = token
+                        .or_else(|| {
+                            let v = std::env::var("HF_TOKEN").ok();
+                            if v.is_some() && verbose {
+                                eprintln!("HF token sourced from HF_TOKEN env var");
+                            }
+                            v
+                        })
+                        .or_else(|| {
+                            let hf_home = std::env::var("HF_HOME");
+                            let hf_home = hf_home.as_deref();
+                            let hf_home = hf_home.unwrap_or("~/.cache/huggingface");
+                            let hf_home = resolve_homedir(std::path::Path::new(&hf_home));
+                            let cached_token_path = hf_home.join("token");
+
+                            let v = std::string::String::from_utf8(
+                                std::fs::read(&cached_token_path).ok()?,
+                            )
+                            .ok()
+                            .filter(|x| !x.is_empty());
+
+                            if v.is_some() && verbose {
+                                eprintln!(
+                                    "HF token sourced from {}",
+                                    cached_token_path.to_str().unwrap()
+                                );
+                            }
+
+                            v
+                        });
+
+                    if let Some(v) = token {
+                        this.config = Some(CloudConfig::Http {
+                            headers: vec![("Authorization".into(), format!("Bearer {}", v))],
+                        })
+                    }
+
                     Ok(this)
                 }
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "http"))]