diff --git a/app/services/idv/vendor.rb b/app/services/idv/vendor.rb
index d367357f249..3b1deb41a55 100644
--- a/app/services/idv/vendor.rb
+++ b/app/services/idv/vendor.rb
@@ -16,5 +16,19 @@ def pick
     def available
       @_vendors ||= Figaro.env.proofing_vendors.split(/\W+/).map(&:to_sym)
     end
+
+    def upcase_env_vars
+      available.each do |vendor|
+        upcase_env_var(vendor)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def upcase_env_var(vendor)
+      ENV.keys.grep(/^#{vendor}_/).each do |env_var_name|
+        ENV[env_var_name.upcase] = ENV[env_var_name]
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/application.yml.example b/config/application.yml.example
index 02fa68df75c..3ed40ee4c52 100644
--- a/config/application.yml.example
+++ b/config/application.yml.example
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ development:
   dashboard_url: 'http://localhost:3001/api/service_providers'
   domain_name: 'localhost:3000'
   enable_test_routes: 'true'
+  equifax_avs_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_eid_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_endpoint: 'sekret'
+  equifax_password: 'sekret'
+  equifax_phone_username: 'sekret'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key: 'a2c813d4dca919340866ba58063e4072adc459b767a74cf2666d5c1eef3861db26708e7437abde1755eb24f4034386b0fea1850a1cb7e56bff8fae3cc6ade96c'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key_queue: '["old-key-one", "old-key-two"]'
   idp_sso_target_url: 'https://upaya-mockidp.18f.gov/saml/auth'
@@ -100,6 +105,11 @@ production:
   aws_region: 'change-me'
   domain_name: 'example.com'
   enable_test_routes: 'false'
+  equifax_avs_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_eid_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_endpoint: 'sekret'
+  equifax_password: 'sekret'
+  equifax_phone_username: 'sekret'
   google_analytics_key: 'UA-XXXXXXXXX-YY'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key: 'generate via `rake secret`'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key_queue: '["old-key-one", "old-key-two"]'
@@ -144,6 +154,11 @@ test:
   domain_name: 'www.example.com'
   ducksboard_uid: '8VEQre2c8b62mQV0sa'
   enable_test_routes: 'true'
+  equifax_avs_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_eid_username: 'sekret'
+  equifax_endpoint: 'sekret'
+  equifax_password: 'sekret'
+  equifax_phone_username: 'sekret'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key: 'a2c813d4dca919340866ba58063e4072adc459b767a74cf2666d5c1eef3861db26708e7437abde1755eb24f4034386b0fea1850a1cb7e56bff8fae3cc6ade96c'
   hmac_fingerprinter_key_queue: '["old-key-one", "old-key-two"]'
   idp_sso_target_url: 'http://identityprovider.example.com/saml/auth'
diff --git a/config/initializers/proofer.rb b/config/initializers/proofer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..466f9c78b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/proofer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# gems require UPPER case ENV variables so translate
+Idv::Vendor.new.upcase_env_vars
diff --git a/spec/services/idv/vendor_spec.rb b/spec/services/idv/vendor_spec.rb
index 30a4939f632..d98d8d59a8e 100644
--- a/spec/services/idv/vendor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/idv/vendor_spec.rb
@@ -30,4 +30,20 @@
       expect(subject.available).to eq [:foo, :bar]
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#update_env_vars' do
+    before do
+      allow(Figaro.env).to receive(:proofing_vendors).and_return('foo')
+      stub_const 'ENV', ENV.to_h.merge('foo_thing' => 'some value')
+    end
+
+    it 'sets UPPER case equivalue of existing ENV var' do
+      expect(ENV['FOO_THING']).to eq nil
+
+      subject.upcase_env_vars
+
+      expect(ENV['foo_thing']).to eq 'some value'
+      expect(ENV['FOO_THING']).to eq 'some value'
+    end
+  end
 end