diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9ce1ce4..58ae816 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
       args:
         uid: ${UID}
     environment:
+      - CI_ENVIRONMENT=${CI_ENVIRONMENT:-development}
       - APACHE_RUN_USER=#${UID}
       - APACHE_RUN_GROUP=#${UID}
     restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker/apache/Dockerfile b/docker/apache/Dockerfile
index f93a5cd..1e78632 100644
--- a/docker/apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/apache/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ COPY / /var/www/html/
 # so when we execute CLI commands, all the host file's ownership remains intact
 # otherwise command from inside container will create root-owned files and directories
 ARG uid=1000
+
+ARG CI_ENVIRONMENT
+
+ENV CI_ENVIRONMENT=$CI_ENVIRONMENT
+
 RUN useradd -G www-data,root -u $uid -d /home/devuser devuser
 RUN mkdir -p /home/devuser/.composer && \
     chown -R devuser:devuser /home/devuser