diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index fadb0e7..a211509 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class nodepool (
   $vhost_name = 'nodepool.openstack.org',
   $image_log_document_root = '/var/log/nodepool/image',
   $enable_image_log_via_http = false,
+  $environment = {},
 ) {
 
   class { 'mysql::server':
diff --git a/templates/nodepool.default.erb b/templates/nodepool.default.erb
index 657027e..a0be88d 100644
--- a/templates/nodepool.default.erb
+++ b/templates/nodepool.default.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-<% if scope.lookupvar("nodepool::statsd_host") != "" %>
+<% if scope.lookupvar("nodepool::statsd_host") != "" -%>
 export STATSD_HOST=<%= scope.lookupvar("nodepool::statsd_host") %>
 export STATSD_PORT=8125
-<% end %>
+<% end -%>
+<% scope.lookupvar("nodepool::environment").keys.sort.each do |key| -%>
+export <%= key %>='<%= scope.lookupvar("nodepool::environment")[key] %>'
+<% end -%>
 DAEMON_ARGS="-c /etc/nodepool/nodepool.yaml -l /etc/nodepool/logging.conf"
-