diff --git a/xsessionrc b/xsessionrc
index be4b6d6a..960d45eb 100644
--- a/xsessionrc
+++ b/xsessionrc
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
 # Use gpg-agent
 eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)
 
+# The environment was set to ~/.environment according to other files...
+if [ -f ~/.environment ]; then
+    source ~/.environment
+fi
+
 # Allow custom things to be put to ~/.xcustom
 if [ -f ~/.xcustom ]; then
     . ~/.xcustom