diff --git a/command/helpers.go b/command/helpers.go
index a09382fef..74b221bba 100644
--- a/command/helpers.go
+++ b/command/helpers.go
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ func (j *JobGetter) ApiJobWithArgs(jpath string, vars []string, varfiles []strin
 			ArgVars:  vars,
 			AllowFS:  true,
 			VarFiles: varfiles,
+			Envs:     os.Environ(),
 		})
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/command/helpers_test.go b/command/helpers_test.go
index d07f3deed..dcdd7f207 100644
--- a/command/helpers_test.go
+++ b/command/helpers_test.go
@@ -338,16 +338,20 @@ variables {
   var1 = "default-val"
   var2 = "default-val"
   var3 = "default-val"
+  var4 = "default-val"
 }
 
 job "example" {
-  datacenters = ["${var.var1}", "${var.var2}", "${var.var3}"]
+  datacenters = ["${var.var1}", "${var.var2}", "${var.var3}", "${var.var4}"]
 }
 `
 
+	os.Setenv("NOMAD_VAR_var4", "from-envvar")
+	defer os.Unsetenv("NOMAD_VAR_var4")
+
 	cliArgs := []string{`var2=from-cli`}
 	fileVars := `var3 = "from-varfile"`
-	expected := []string{"default-val", "from-cli", "from-varfile"}
+	expected := []string{"default-val", "from-cli", "from-varfile", "from-envvar"}
 
 	hclf, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "hcl")
 	require.NoError(t, err)