diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ad3f263..a30c8b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ RUN \
     php83-pdo \
     php83-pdo_sqlite \
     php83-tokenizer && \
+  echo "**** configure php-fpm to pass env vars ****" && \
+  sed -E -i 's/^;?clear_env ?=.*$/clear_env = no/g' /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf && \
+  grep -qxF 'clear_env = no' /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf || echo 'clear_env = no' >> /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf && \
   echo "**** install grocy ****" && \
   mkdir -p /app/www && \
   if [ -z ${GROCY_RELEASE+x} ]; then \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 19fe570..e2e7ef8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ RUN \
     php83-pdo \
     php83-pdo_sqlite \
     php83-tokenizer && \
+  echo "**** configure php-fpm to pass env vars ****" && \
+  sed -E -i 's/^;?clear_env ?=.*$/clear_env = no/g' /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf && \
+  grep -qxF 'clear_env = no' /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf || echo 'clear_env = no' >> /etc/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf && \
   echo "**** install grocy ****" && \
   mkdir -p /app/www && \
   if [ -z ${GROCY_RELEASE+x} ]; then \
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 10ed543..539b24c 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - { date: "29.03.24:", desc: "Add `clear_env = no` to `php-fpm` to pass on environment variables to workers threads" }
   - { date: "06.03.24:", desc: "Existing users should update: site-confs/default.conf - Cleanup default site conf." }
   - { date: "06.03.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.19 with php 8.3."}
   - { date: "25.05.23:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.18, deprecate armhf." }