diff --git a/agent/consul/server.go b/agent/consul/server.go
index 4520b11114..e153f9b28d 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server.go
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ func NewServerLogger(config *Config, logger *log.Logger, tokens *token.Store) (*
 		}
 		go s.Flood(nil, portFn, s.serfWAN)
 	}
-	
+
 	// Start enterprise specific functionality
 	if err := s.startEnterprise(); err != nil {
 		s.Shutdown()
diff --git a/agent/proxy/manager.go b/agent/proxy/manager.go
index e3c6dd7796..65ffff7381 100644
--- a/agent/proxy/manager.go
+++ b/agent/proxy/manager.go
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ func (m *Manager) newProxy(mp *local.ManagedProxy) (Proxy, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error configuring proxy logs: %s", err)
 		}
 
+		// Pass in the environmental variables for the proxy process
+		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+
 		// Build the daemon structure
 		proxy.Command = &cmd
 		proxy.ProxyID = id
diff --git a/agent/proxy/manager_test.go b/agent/proxy/manager_test.go
index 42286493c7..d9e63b6c63 100644
--- a/agent/proxy/manager_test.go
+++ b/agent/proxy/manager_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -261,6 +262,50 @@ func TestManagerRun_daemonPid(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEmpty(pidRaw)
 }
 
+// Test to check if the parent and the child processes
+// have the same environmental variables
+
+func TestManagerPassesEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	require := require.New(t)
+	state := local.TestState(t)
+	m, closer := testManager(t)
+	defer closer()
+	m.State = state
+	defer m.Kill()
+
+	// Add Proxy for the test
+	td, closer := testTempDir(t)
+	defer closer()
+	path := filepath.Join(td, "env-variables")
+	testStateProxy(t, state, "environTest", helperProcess("environ", path))
+
+	//Run the manager
+	go m.Run()
+
+	//Get the environmental variables from the OS
+	var fileContent []byte
+	var err error
+	var data []byte
+	envData := os.Environ()
+	sort.Strings(envData)
+	for _, envVariable := range envData {
+		data = append(data, envVariable...)
+		data = append(data, "\n"...)
+	}
+
+	// Check if the file written to from the spawned process
+	// has the necessary environmental variable data
+	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
+		if fileContent, err = ioutil.ReadFile(path); err != nil {
+			r.Fatalf("No file ya dummy")
+		}
+	})
+
+	require.Equal(fileContent, data)
+}
+
 // Test the Snapshot/Restore works.
 func TestManagerRun_snapshotRestore(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
diff --git a/agent/proxy/proxy_test.go b/agent/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 0a92373192..0ac0446a8f 100644
--- a/agent/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/agent/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ func TestHelperProcess(t *testing.T) {
 			default:
 			}
 		}
-
 	case "stop-kill":
 		// Setup listeners so it is ignored
 		ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
@@ -139,6 +140,36 @@ func TestHelperProcess(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			time.Sleep(25 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
+		// Check if the external process can access the enivironmental variables
+	case "environ":
+		stop := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+		signal.Notify(stop, os.Interrupt)
+		defer signal.Stop(stop)
+
+		//Get the path for the file to be written to
+		path := args[0]
+		var data []byte
+
+		//Get the environmental variables
+		envData := os.Environ()
+
+		//Sort the env data for easier comparison
+		sort.Strings(envData)
+		for _, envVariable := range envData {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(envVariable, "CONSUL") || strings.HasPrefix(envVariable, "CONNECT") {
+				continue
+			}
+			data = append(data, envVariable...)
+			data = append(data, "\n"...)
+		}
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(path, data, 0644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[Error] File write failed : %s", err)
+		}
+
+		// Clean up after we receive the signal to exit
+		defer os.Remove(path)
+
+		<-stop
 
 	case "output":
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "hello stdout\n")