diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index ad9d59df..5c40ad6b 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@
 #
 # $server_jruby_gem_home::                  Where jruby gems are located for puppetserver
 #
+# $server_environment_vars::                A hash of environment variables and their values
+#                                           which the puppetserver is allowed to see.
+#                                           To pass an existing variable use {'MYVAR': '${MYVAR}'}.
+#
 # $allow_any_crl_auth::                     Allow any authentication for the CRL. This
 #                                           is needed on the puppet CA to accept clients
 #                                           from a the puppet CA proxy.
@@ -699,6 +703,7 @@
   Optional[Variant[String,Array[String]]] $server_jvm_extra_args = $puppet::params::server_jvm_extra_args,
   Optional[String] $server_jvm_cli_args = $puppet::params::server_jvm_cli_args,
   Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath] $server_jruby_gem_home = $puppet::params::server_jruby_gem_home,
+  Hash[String, String] $server_environment_vars = $puppet::params::server_environment_vars,
   Integer[1] $server_max_active_instances = $puppet::params::server_max_active_instances,
   Integer[0] $server_max_requests_per_instance = $puppet::params::server_max_requests_per_instance,
   Integer[0] $server_max_queued_requests = $puppet::params::server_max_queued_requests,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 2c813626..9ff10202 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@
   $server_ca_allow_auth_extensions        = false
   $server_ca_enable_infra_crl             = false
   $server_max_open_files                  = undef
+  $server_environment_vars                = {}
 
   $server_puppetserver_version      = undef
 
diff --git a/templates/server/puppetserver/conf.d/puppetserver.conf.erb b/templates/server/puppetserver/conf.d/puppetserver.conf.erb
index f22c4055..06c4da90 100644
--- a/templates/server/puppetserver/conf.d/puppetserver.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/server/puppetserver/conf.d/puppetserver.conf.erb
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ jruby-puppet: {
 
     # (optional) enable or disable environment class cache
     environment-class-cache-enabled: <%= @server_environment_class_cache_enabled %>
+
+    # (optional) A map of environment variables which are made visible to
+    # Ruby code running within JRuby, for example, via the Ruby ENV class.
+    # By default, the only environment variables whose values are set into JRuby from the shell are HOME and PATH.
+    # The default value for the GEM_HOME environment variable in JRuby is set from the value provided for the
+    # jruby-puppet.gem-home key.
+    # Any variable set from the map for the environment-vars key overrides these defaults.
+    # Avoid overriding HOME, PATH, or GEM_HOME here because these values are already configurable via the shell
+    # or jruby-puppet.gem-home.
+    environment-vars: {
+    <%- @server_environment_vars.each do |env_key, env_val| -%>
+      "<%= env_key %>" : <%= env_val %>
+    <%- end -%>
+    }
 <%- if @compile_mode %>
 
     compile-mode: <%= @compile_mode %>