diff --git a/glass-dev-1.rockspec b/glass-dev-1.rockspec
index 990d16b..d613b9e 100644
--- a/glass-dev-1.rockspec
+++ b/glass-dev-1.rockspec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ build = {
       glass = "glass.lua",
       ["glass.cosmo"] = "glass/cosmo.lua",
       ["glass.discount"] = "glass/discount.lua",
+      ["glass.environment"] = "glass/environment.lua",
       ["glass.json"] = "glass/json.lua",
       ["glass.lua"] = "glass/lua.lua",
       ["glass.moonhtml"] = "glass/moonhtml.lua",
diff --git a/glass/environment.lua b/glass/environment.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f36860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glass/environment.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- Loader for environment variables
+-- @module glass.environment
+
+--- Loads values from environment variables
+-- @treturn string The value of the environment variable
+return function(name)
+	return os.getenv(name:match("[^/].+$"))
+end