diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index c3b99cecc..f0df49325 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -163,3 +163,4 @@ Jason Madden <jason@nextthought.com>
 Eugene Obukhov <irvind25@gmail.com>
 Jan-Philip Gehrcke <jgehrcke@googlemail.com>
 Mark Adams <mark@markadams.me>
+Hasan Ramezani <hasan.r67@gmail.com>
diff --git a/gunicorn/app/base.py b/gunicorn/app/base.py
index f3d3b4f13..4988838ce 100644
--- a/gunicorn/app/base.py
+++ b/gunicorn/app/base.py
@@ -154,6 +154,17 @@ def load_config(self):
             if default_config is not None:
                 self.load_config_from_file(default_config)
 
+        # Load up environment configuration
+        env_vars = self.cfg.get_cmd_args_from_env()
+        if env_vars:
+            env_args = parser.parse_args(env_vars)
+            for k, v in vars(env_args).items():
+                if v is None:
+                    continue
+                if k == "args":
+                    continue
+                self.cfg.set(k.lower(), v)
+
         # Lastly, update the configuration with any command line
         # settings.
         for k, v in args.__dict__.items():
diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 117d677ca..08100e6bc 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import ssl
 import sys
 import textwrap
+import shlex
 
 from gunicorn import __version__
 from gunicorn import _compat
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ def set(self, name, value):
             raise AttributeError("No configuration setting for: %s" % name)
         self.settings[name].set(value)
 
+    def get_cmd_args_from_env(self):
+        if 'GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS' in self.env_orig:
+            return shlex.split(self.env_orig['GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS'])
+        return []
+
     def parser(self):
         kwargs = {
             "usage": self.usage,
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 9f9a2fe97..597a5e679 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -285,3 +285,24 @@ def test_always_use_configured_logger():
     c.set('statsd_host', 'localhost:12345')
     # still uses custom logger over statsd
     assert c.logger_class == MyLogger
+
+
+def test_load_enviroment_variables_config(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS", "--workers=4")
+    with AltArgs():
+        app = NoConfigApp()
+    assert app.cfg.workers == 4
+
+
+def test_invalid_enviroment_variables_config(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS", "--foo=bar")
+    with AltArgs():
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+            NoConfigApp()
+
+
+def test_cli_overrides_enviroment_variables_module(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS", "--workers=4")
+    with AltArgs(["prog_name", "-c", cfg_file(), "--workers", "3"]):
+        app = NoConfigApp()
+    assert app.cfg.workers == 3