diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 73478cae6..75a6526db 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.0
 	github.com/howeyc/gopass v0.0.0-20190910152052-7cb4b85ec19c // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.3.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/r3labs/diff v0.0.0-20190801153147-a71de73c46ad
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index edce65654..c4a868ce2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af h1:pmfjZENx5i
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.0.0-20180206201540-c2b33e8439af/go.mod h1:Nht3zPeWKUH0NzdCt2Blrr5ys8VGpn0CEB0cQHVjt7k=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0 h1:OS12ieG61fsCg5+qLJ+SsW9NicxNkg3b25OyT2yCeUc=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0/go.mod h1:9QtRXoHjLGCJ5IBSaohpXITPlowMeeYCZ7fLUTSywik=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/joyent/triton-go v0.0.0-20190112182421-51ffac552869/go.mod h1:U+RSyWxWd04xTqnuOQxnai7XGS2PrPY2cfGoDKtMHjA=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v0.0.0-20180701071628-ab8a2e0c74be/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
diff --git a/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go b/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
index 5d65e5854..9b8c9e4f4 100644
--- a/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
+++ b/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tmpl
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/roboll/helmfile/pkg/helmexec"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -201,6 +202,12 @@ func SetValueAtPath(path string, value interface{}, values Values) (Values, erro
 }
 
 func RequiredEnv(name string) (string, error) {
+	var dotEnv map[string]string
+	dotEnv, _ = godotenv.Read(".env")
+	if val := dotEnv[name]; len(val) > 0 {
+		return val, nil
+	}
+
 	if val, exists := os.LookupEnv(name); exists && len(val) > 0 {
 		return val, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tmpl/context_tmpl.go b/pkg/tmpl/context_tmpl.go
index 16d7e81d8..8ae7996df 100644
--- a/pkg/tmpl/context_tmpl.go
+++ b/pkg/tmpl/context_tmpl.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package tmpl
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+	"os"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ func (c *Context) newTemplate() *template.Template {
 
 	funcMap := sprig.TxtFuncMap()
 
+	funcMap["env"] = Getenv
+
 	for orig, alias := range aliases {
 		aliased[alias] = funcMap[orig]
 	}
@@ -36,6 +40,16 @@ func (c *Context) newTemplate() *template.Template {
 	return tmpl
 }
 
+func Getenv(key string) string {
+	var dotEnv map[string]string
+	dotEnv, _ = godotenv.Read(".env")
+	if val := dotEnv[key]; len(val) > 0 {
+		return val
+	} else {
+		return os.Getenv(key)
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Context) RenderTemplateToBuffer(s string, data ...interface{}) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	var t, parseErr = c.newTemplate().Parse(s)
 	if parseErr != nil {