diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e16ee5b..81a48a6 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+Version 1.87  2026-07-10
+ * ini_file_readers can refer env variable such as %{env::FASTDFS_IPADDR}
+
 Version 1.86  2026-06-26
   * add function fc_parse_version
   * change return type of format_ip_address and format_ip_port
diff --git a/doc/ini_file_reader-Chinese.md b/doc/ini_file_reader-Chinese.md
index 3cc3003..d11b573 100644
--- a/doc/ini_file_reader-Chinese.md
+++ b/doc/ini_file_reader-Chinese.md
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ libfastcommon是在github开源的⼀个C函数库。它提供了ini⽂件解析
       [index]表示获取指定序号的本机IP，0表示获取第一个IP，-1表示获取最后一个IP，
       例如：[0]、inner[-1], outer[1]等等
     II. SHELL_EXEC 获取命令⾏输出，执行的command为配置项
-    III. REPLACE_VARS  替换配置项中%{VARIABLE}格式的变量，变量由#@set指令设置
+    III. REPLACE_VARS  替换配置项中%{VARIABLE}格式的变量，普通变量由#@set指令设置。
+       可以引用环境变量，格式为 %{env::VARIABLE}，例如 %{env::FASTDFS_IPADDR}
 ```
 
 ```
diff --git a/src/ini_file_reader.c b/src/ini_file_reader.c
index 31cc033..a69c1a3 100644
--- a/src/ini_file_reader.c
+++ b/src/ini_file_reader.c
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ static char *doReplaceVars(IniContext *pContext, const char *param,
 {
 #define VARIABLE_TAG_MIN_LENGTH  4   //%{v}
 
+#define ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_STR  "env::"
+#define ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_LEN  (sizeof(ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_STR) - 1)
+
+#define ENV_VARIABLE_MARK_STR       "%{"ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_STR
+
     SetDirectiveVars *set;
     const char *p;
     const char *e;
@@ -319,11 +324,13 @@ static char *doReplaceVars(IniContext *pContext, const char *param,
 
     set = iniGetVars(pContext);
     if (set == NULL || set->vars == NULL) {
-        logWarning("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
-                "NO set directives before, set value to %s",
-                __LINE__, param);
-        fc_strlcpy(output, param, FAST_INI_ITEM_VALUE_SIZE);
-        return output;
+        if (strstr(param, ENV_VARIABLE_MARK_STR) == NULL) {
+            logWarning("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, "
+                    "NO set directives before, set value to %s",
+                    __LINE__, param);
+            fc_strlcpy(output, param, FAST_INI_ITEM_VALUE_SIZE);
+            return output;
+        }
     }
 
     pEnd = param + strlen(param);
@@ -354,8 +361,17 @@ static char *doReplaceVars(IniContext *pContext, const char *param,
             *(name + name_len) = '\0';
             fc_trim(name);
             name_len = strlen(name);
-            if (name_len > 0) {
-                value = (char *)fc_hash_find(set->vars, name, name_len);
+            if (name_len > ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_LEN &&
+                    memcmp(name, ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_STR,
+                        ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_LEN) == 0)
+            {
+                value = getenv(name + ENV_VAR_NAME_STARTWITH_LEN);
+            } else if (name_len > 0) {
+                if (set != NULL && set->vars != NULL) {
+                    value = (char *)fc_hash_find(set->vars, name, name_len);
+                } else {
+                    value = NULL;
+                }
             } else {
                 value = NULL;
             }