# Node ID 2f0c73f339355ec0968cbd50c28fb94848e3890f
# Parent  32f058ce294a2d101565c176af7e6bfff4a14a33
diff --git a/configs/common/Options.py b/configs/common/Options.py
--- a/configs/common/Options.py
+++ b/configs/common/Options.py
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@
     parser.add_option("-o", "--options", default="",
                       help="""The options to pass to the binary, use " "
                               around the entire string""")
+    parser.add_option("-e", "--env", default="",
+                      help="Copy environment variables from text file into"\
+                           "workload stack.")
     parser.add_option("-i", "--input", default="",
                       help="Read stdin from a file.")
     parser.add_option("--output", default="",
diff --git a/configs/example/se.py b/configs/example/se.py
--- a/configs/example/se.py
+++ b/configs/example/se.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
         process.executable = wrkld
         process.cwd = os.getcwd()
 
+        if options.env:
+            with open(options.env, 'r') as f:
+                d = dict([line.rstrip().split('=', 1) for line in f])
+                process.env = [k + "=" + v for (k,v) in d.items()]
+
         if len(pargs) > idx:
             process.cmd = [wrkld] + pargs[idx].split()
         else: