diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/AppService.java b/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/AppService.java
index 893b2d4d..774ae3e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/AppService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/AppService.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public static class ShinyApp {
 		private String dockerImage;
 		private String[] dockerDns;
 		private String dockerMemory;
+		private String dockerEnvFile;
 		private String[] groups;
 		
 		public String getName() {
@@ -112,6 +113,13 @@ public void setDockerMemory(String dockerMemory) {
 			this.dockerMemory = dockerMemory;
 		}
 		
+		public String getDockerEnvFile() {
+			return dockerEnvFile;
+		}
+		public void setDockerEnvFile(String dockerEnvFile) {
+			this.dockerEnvFile = dockerEnvFile;
+		}
+		
 		public String[] getGroups() {
 			return groups;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/DockerService.java b/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/DockerService.java
index 8c6000c0..f9ac360a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/DockerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openanalytics/services/DockerService.java
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
  */
 package eu.openanalytics.services;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -246,7 +250,7 @@ private Proxy startProxy(String userName, String appName) {
 				    .image(app.getDockerImage())
 				    .exposedPorts("3838")
 				    .cmd(app.getDockerCmd())
-				    .env(String.format("SHINYPROXY_USERNAME=%s", userName))
+				    .env(buildEnv(userName, app))
 				    .build();
 			
 			ContainerCreation container = dockerClient.createContainer(containerConfig);
@@ -308,6 +312,22 @@ private boolean testContainer(Proxy proxy, int maxTries, int waitMs, int timeout
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	private List<String> buildEnv(String userName, ShinyApp app) throws IOException {
+		List<String> env = new ArrayList<>();
+		env.add(String.format("SHINYPROXY_USERNAME=%s", userName));
+		
+		String envFile = app.getDockerEnvFile();
+		if (envFile != null && Files.isRegularFile(Paths.get(envFile))) {
+			Properties envProps = new Properties();
+			envProps.load(new FileInputStream(envFile));
+			for (Object key: envProps.keySet()) {
+				env.add(String.format("%s=%s", key, envProps.get(key)));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return env;
+	}
+	
 	private int getFreePort() {
 		int startPort = Integer.valueOf(environment.getProperty("shiny.proxy.docker.port-range-start"));
 		int nextPort = startPort;