diff --git a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
index 5edd4fa..d4bcf6c 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/AbstractTask.php
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ abstract class AbstractTask
      */
     final protected function runCommand($command, &$output = null)
     {
+        $command = ltrim($this->getEnvVarsString() . ' ' . $command);
         if ($this->getStage() == self::STAGE_DEPLOY || $this->getStage() == self::STAGE_POST_RELEASE) {
             return $this->runCommandRemote($command, $output);
         } else {
@@ -305,4 +306,56 @@ abstract class AbstractTask
         }
         return $result;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the array of environment variables
+     * Returned array contains both system variables and variables set in config
+     * WARNING: To access system's variables you need to set proper value in your php.ini at variables_order key
+     * @see http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.variables-order
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getEnvVariables()
+    {
+        $configVars = array_merge(
+            $this->getConfig()->general('env', []),
+            $this->getConfig()->environmentConfig('env', []),
+            $this->getConfig()->getParameter('env', []),
+            [
+                'variables' => $this->getConfig()->getParameter('env.variables', [])
+            ]
+        );
+
+        if (isset($configVars['variables'])) {
+            $configVars = $configVars['variables'];
+        }
+
+        $envVariables = array_merge(
+            $_ENV,
+            $configVars
+        );
+
+        return $envVariables;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns ready to inject environment string
+     * The string is build from env vars array in schema:
+     *  key1=value1 key2=value3 ...
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getEnvVarsString()
+    {
+        $envVarsArray = $this->getEnvVariables();
+        $envVars = array_map(
+            function ($key, $value) {
+                return "$key=$value";
+            },
+            array_keys($envVarsArray),
+            $this->getEnvVariables()
+        );
+
+        return join(' ', $envVars);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/docs/example-config/.mage/config/environment/production.yml b/docs/example-config/.mage/config/environment/production.yml
index 97a3fcc..1af997f 100644
--- a/docs/example-config/.mage/config/environment/production.yml
+++ b/docs/example-config/.mage/config/environment/production.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ tasks:
     - sampleTask
     - sampleTaskRollbackAware
 verbose_logging: true
+env:
+  variables:
+    symfony_env: prod
diff --git a/docs/example-config/.mage/config/general.yml b/docs/example-config/.mage/config/general.yml
index c3a9b6d..3accc0e 100644
--- a/docs/example-config/.mage/config/general.yml
+++ b/docs/example-config/.mage/config/general.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ verbose_logging: false
 scm:
   type: git
   url:  git://github.com/andres-montanez/Zend-Framework-Twig-example-app.git
+env:
+  variables:
+    node_path: "/bin/node"
+    symfony_env: prod