diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/lib/code.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/lib/code.ts
index c6a17f1848708..8c17ac82d246e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/lib/code.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/lib/code.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ export interface DockerRunOptions {
    * @default - no additional volumes are mounted
    */
   readonly volumes?: DockerVolume[];
+
+  /**
+   * The environment variables to pass to the container.
+   *
+   * @default - No environment variables.
+   */
+  readonly environment?: { [key: string]: string; };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -282,11 +289,13 @@ export class DockerImageCode extends AssetCode {
     }
 
     const volumes = options.volumes || [];
+    const environment = options.environment || {};
 
     const dockerArgs: string[] = [
       'run', '--rm',
       '-v', `${options.assetPath}:/asset`,
       ...flatten(volumes.map(v => ['-v', `${v.hostPath}:${v.containerPath}`])),
+      ...flatten(Object.entries(environment).map(([k, v]) => ['--env', `${k}=${v}`])),
       options.image,
       ...options.command,
     ];
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/integ.docker.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/integ.docker.expected.json
index ed1b35fd53888..9816dcb18319f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/integ.docker.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/integ.docker.expected.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       "Properties": {
         "Code": {
           "S3Bucket": {
-            "Ref": "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8S3BucketB1206B28"
+            "Ref": "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9S3BucketDED3100C"
           },
           "S3Key": {
             "Fn::Join": [
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                       "Fn::Split": [
                         "||",
                         {
-                          "Ref": "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8S3VersionKeyDD15AE2C"
+                          "Ref": "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9S3VersionKeyB85BA10F"
                         }
                       ]
                     }
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                       "Fn::Split": [
                         "||",
                         {
-                          "Ref": "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8S3VersionKeyDD15AE2C"
+                          "Ref": "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9S3VersionKeyB85BA10F"
                         }
                       ]
                     }
@@ -87,17 +87,17 @@
     }
   },
   "Parameters": {
-    "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8S3BucketB1206B28": {
+    "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9S3BucketDED3100C": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"b30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8\""
+      "Description": "S3 bucket for asset \"567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9\""
     },
-    "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8S3VersionKeyDD15AE2C": {
+    "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9S3VersionKeyB85BA10F": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"b30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8\""
+      "Description": "S3 key for asset version \"567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9\""
     },
-    "AssetParametersb30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8ArtifactHash9F155131": {
+    "AssetParameters567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9ArtifactHash5913CC34": {
       "Type": "String",
-      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"b30f71084d0e75786c0a52e418612bc916c98f85291d24847aa53400a0c735e8\""
+      "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"567c99719fe54bd90e4a5f05163782b41e552ba606dbf49929efb314d18938d9\""
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/test.code.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/test.code.ts
index d7cb353eadc2e..9d797e44b0cc9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/test.code.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda/test/test.code.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ export = {
           containerPath: '/src',
         },
       ],
+      environment: {
+        VAR1: 'value1',
+        VAR2: 'value2',
+      },
       command,
     });
 
@@ -220,6 +224,8 @@ export = {
       'run', '--rm',
       '-v', `${dockerAssetPath}:/asset`,
       '-v', `${srcPath}:/src`,
+      '--env', 'VAR1=value1',
+      '--env', 'VAR2=value2',
       'alpine',
       ...command,
     ]));