diff --git a/app/config/env.js b/app/config/env.js
index 0fff85fda37b94f803485430683bf9b230e6fb3e..dd5c554af023ad5a5c2281ce5925acb334886dc0 100644
--- a/app/config/env.js
+++ b/app/config/env.js
@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
+const program = require('commander');
 
 const config = {};
 
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES) {
+  config.repositories = list(process.env.RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES);
+}
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_DEP_TYPES) {
+  config.depTypes = list(process.env.RENOVATE_DEP_TYPES);
+}
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_FORCE) {
+  config.force = process.env.RENOVATE_FORCE;
+}
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_IGNORE_DEPS) {
+  config.ignoreDeps = list(process.env.RENOVATE_IGNORE_DEPS);
+}
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_LABELS) {
+  config.labels = list(process.env.RENOVATE_LABELS);
+}
 if (process.env.LOG_LEVEL) {
   config.logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL;
 }
+if (process.env.RENOVATE_PACKAGE_FILES) {
+  if (config.repositories) {
+    // We can't use package files if we don't have repositories
+    config.repositories = config.repositories.map(repository => ({
+      repository,
+      packageFiles: list(process.env.RENOVATE_PACKAGE_FILES),
+    }));
+  } else {
+    logger.error('Defining package files via env requires at least one repository too');
+    program.outputHelp();
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
 if (process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN) {
   config.token = process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN;
 }
@@ -12,3 +41,7 @@ if (process.env.RENOVATE_TOKEN) {
 logger.debug(`Env config: ${JSON.stringify(config)}`);
 
 module.exports = config;
+
+function list(val) {
+  return val.split(',');
+}
diff --git a/app/config/index.js b/app/config/index.js
index 0b6dc0b532ed7a8c4d93148c616078bb28c11048..e5c6c336105fdd82327fd10e9e79932401042ee0 100644
--- a/app/config/index.js
+++ b/app/config/index.js
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ logger.debug('Generating config');
 // Get configs
 const defaultConfig = require('./default');
 const fileConfig = require('./file');
-const envConfig = require('./env');
 const cliConfig = require('./cli');
+const envConfig = require('./env');
 
 // Get global config
 const config = Object.assign({}, defaultConfig, fileConfig, envConfig, cliConfig);