diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index e9be5b245..b527e3497 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ New Features in 0.3.0
   Labgrid.
 - ``labgrid-client write-image`` gained a new argument ``--mode`` to specify
   which tool should be used to write the image (either ``dd`` or ``bmaptool``)
+- Exporter configuration file ``exporter.yaml`` now allows use of environment
+  variables.
 
 Breaking changes in 0.3.0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 08232fa0b..f596c76fa 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -2211,3 +2211,7 @@ Use ``#`` for line statements (like the for loops in the example) and ``##``
 for line comments.
 Statements like ``{{ 4000 + idx }}`` are expanded based on variables in the
 Jinja2 template.
+
+The template processing also supports use of OS environment variables, using
+something like `{{ env['FOOBAR'] }}` to insert the content of environment
+variable `FOOBAR`.
diff --git a/labgrid/remote/config.py b/labgrid/remote/config.py
index 6370162b4..f7bf6faf1 100644
--- a/labgrid/remote/config.py
+++ b/labgrid/remote/config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import attr
 import jinja2
+import os
 
 from ..util.yaml import load
 from ..exceptions import NoConfigFoundError
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self):
             raise NoConfigFoundError(
                 "{} could not be found".format(self.filename)
             )
-        rendered = template.render()
+        rendered = template.render(env=os.environ)
         pprint(('rendered', rendered))
         self.data = load(rendered)
         pprint(('loaded', self.data))