diff --git a/apache/config.sls b/apache/config.sls
index 29bc7e2..1d63599 100644
--- a/apache/config.sls
+++ b/apache/config.sls
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ include:
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if grains['os_family']=="FreeBSD" %}
+/usr/local/etc/{{ apache.service }}/envvars.d/by_salt.env:
+  file.managed:
+    - template: jinja
+    - source:
+      - salt://apache/files/{{ salt['grains.get']('os_family') }}/envvars-{{ apache.version }}.jinja
+    - require:
+      - pkg: apache
+    - watch_in:
+      - service: apache
+
 {{ apache.portsfile }}:
   file.managed:
     - template: jinja
diff --git a/apache/files/FreeBSD/envvars-2.4.jinja b/apache/files/FreeBSD/envvars-2.4.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3cac31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache/files/FreeBSD/envvars-2.4.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Managed by saltstack
+
+# envvars - default environment variables for apache2ctl
+
+# this won't be correct after changing uid
+unset HOME
+
+# for supporting multiple apache2 instances
+if [ "${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}" != "${APACHE_CONFDIR}" ] ; then
+  SUFFIX="-${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}"
+else
+  SUFFIX=
+fi
+
+# Since there is no sane way to get the parsed apache2 config in scripts, some
+# settings are defined via environment variables and then used in apache2ctl,
+# /etc/init.d/apache2, /etc/logrotate.d/apache2, etc.
+export APACHE_RUN_USER={{ salt['pillar.get']('apache:user', 'www-data') }}
+export APACHE_RUN_GROUP={{ salt['pillar.get']('apache:group', 'www-data') }}
+# temporary state file location. This might be changed to /run in Wheezy+1
+export APACHE_PID_FILE=/var/run/apache2/apache2$SUFFIX.pid
+export APACHE_RUN_DIR=/var/run/apache2$SUFFIX
+export APACHE_LOCK_DIR=/var/lock/apache2$SUFFIX
+# Only /var/log/apache2 is handled by /etc/logrotate.d/apache2.
+export APACHE_LOG_DIR=/var/log/apache2$SUFFIX
+
+## The locale used by some modules like mod_dav
+export LANG=C
+## Uncomment the following line to use the system default locale instead:
+#. /etc/default/locale
+
+export LANG
+
+## The command to get the status for 'apache2ctl status'.
+## Some packages providing 'www-browser' need '--dump' instead of '-dump'.
+#export APACHE_LYNX='www-browser -dump'
+
+## If you need a higher file descriptor limit, uncomment and adjust the
+## following line (default is 8192):
+#APACHE_ULIMIT_MAX_FILES='ulimit -n 65536'
+
+## If you would like to pass arguments to the web server, add them below
+## to the APACHE_ARGUMENTS environment.
+#export APACHE_ARGUMENTS=''
+
+## Enable the debug mode for maintainer scripts.
+## This will produce a verbose output on package installations of web server modules and web application
+## installations which interact with Apache
+#export APACHE2_MAINTSCRIPT_DEBUG=1
+
+{%- for envvar in salt['pillar.get']('apache:envvars', []) %}
+{{ envvar }}
+{%- endfor %}