diff --git a/src/widgets/kpropertiesdesktopbase.ui b/src/widgets/kpropertiesdesktopbase.ui
index a87a4ca0dee9b75ec751a96535ca1e8a63a2eb32..461563dc43253dd7991fef705badc77ff088e513 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kpropertiesdesktopbase.ui
+++ b/src/widgets/kpropertiesdesktopbase.ui
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="3" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Environment Variables:</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="buddy">
+        <cstring>envarsEdit</cstring>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="3" column="1">
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="envarsEdit"/>
+     </item>
+     <item row="4" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="textLabel4">
        <property name="whatsThis">
         <string>Type the command to start this application here.
@@ -99,7 +112,7 @@ Following the command, you can have several placeholders which will be replaced
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="3" column="1">
+     <item row="4" column="1">
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
        <item>
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="programEdit">
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@ Following the command, you can have several placeholders which will be replaced
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
-     <item row="5" column="0">
+     <item row="6" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="textLabel5">
        <property name="whatsThis">
         <string>Sets the working directory for your application.</string>
@@ -143,21 +156,21 @@ Following the command, you can have several placeholders which will be replaced
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="5" column="1">
+     <item row="6" column="1">
       <widget class="KUrlRequester" name="pathEdit">
        <property name="whatsThis">
         <string>Sets the working directory for your application.</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="4" column="0">
+     <item row="5" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Arguments:</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="4" column="1">
+     <item row="5" column="1">
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="argumentsEdit"/>
      </item>
     </layout>
diff --git a/src/widgets/kpropertiesdialog.cpp b/src/widgets/kpropertiesdialog.cpp
index abd79163c0db7dfd913eac31c6582e0767dbc641..88ecf0de4e243ffac29cb0bfad61ec2085428539 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kpropertiesdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kpropertiesdialog.cpp
@@ -3305,6 +3305,7 @@ KDesktopPropsPlugin::KDesktopPropsPlugin(KPropertiesDialog *_props)
     connect(d->w->nameEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
     connect(d->w->genNameEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
     connect(d->w->commentEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
+    connect(d->w->envarsEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
     connect(d->w->programEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
     connect(d->w->argumentsEdit, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
     connect(d->w->pathEdit, &KUrlRequester::textChanged, this, &KPropertiesDialogPlugin::changed);
@@ -3397,13 +3398,28 @@ KDesktopPropsPlugin::KDesktopPropsPlugin(KPropertiesDialog *_props)
     d->w->commentEdit->setText(commentStr);
 
     QStringList execLine = KShell::splitArgs(commandStr);
+    QStringList enVars = {};
 
     if (!execLine.isEmpty()) {
+        // check for apps that use the env executable
+        // to set the environment
+        if (execLine[0] == QLatin1String("env")) {
+            execLine.pop_front();
+        }
+        for (auto env : execLine) {
+            if (!env.contains(QLatin1String("="))) {
+                break;
+            }
+            enVars += env;
+            execLine.pop_front();
+        }
+
         d->w->programEdit->setText(execLine.takeFirst());
     } else {
         d->w->programEdit->clear();
     }
     d->w->argumentsEdit->setText(KShell::joinArgs(execLine));
+    d->w->envarsEdit->setText(KShell::joinArgs(enVars));
 
     d->w->pathEdit->lineEdit()->setText(pathStr);
 
@@ -3742,7 +3758,12 @@ bool KDesktopPropsPlugin::supports(const KFileItemList &_items)
 
 QString KDesktopPropsPlugin::KDesktopPropsPluginPrivate::command() const
 {
-    QStringList execSplit = QStringList(w->programEdit->text()) + KShell::splitArgs(w->argumentsEdit->text());
+    QStringList execSplit = KShell::splitArgs(w->envarsEdit->text()) + QStringList(w->programEdit->text()) + KShell::splitArgs(w->argumentsEdit->text());
+
+    if (KShell::splitArgs(w->envarsEdit->text()).length()) {
+        execSplit.push_front(QLatin1String("env"));
+    }
+
     return KShell::joinArgs(execSplit);
 }