diff --git a/src/include/utils.h b/src/include/utils.h
index 8a40012e..60b3fe07 100644
--- a/src/include/utils.h
+++ b/src/include/utils.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 
+char* vgpu_getenv(const char* name);
 int try_lock_unified_lock();
 int try_unlock_unified_lock();
 
diff --git a/src/libvgpu.c b/src/libvgpu.c
index 49ef9878..a95b89aa 100644
--- a/src/libvgpu.c
+++ b/src/libvgpu.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ FUNC_ATTR_VISIBLE void* dlsym(void* handle, const char* symbol) {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        char *path_search=getenv("CUDA_REDIRECT");
+        char *path_search=vgpu_getenv("CUDA_REDIRECT");
         if ((path_search!=NULL) && (strlen(path_search)>0)){
             vgpulib = dlopen(path_search,RTLD_LAZY);
         }else{
diff --git a/src/log_utils.c b/src/log_utils.c
index 998cdc01..79e9139a 100644
--- a/src/log_utils.c
+++ b/src/log_utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include "include/utils.h"
 
 /*
  * Cached log level, read once from LIBCUDA_LOG_LEVEL by log_utils_init().
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ int g_log_level = 2;
 FILE *fp1 = NULL;
 
 void log_utils_init(void) {
-    const char *env = getenv("LIBCUDA_LOG_LEVEL");
+    const char *env = vgpu_getenv("LIBCUDA_LOG_LEVEL");
     if (env != NULL) {
         g_log_level = atoi(env);
     }
diff --git a/src/multiprocess/multiprocess_memory_limit.c b/src/multiprocess/multiprocess_memory_limit.c
index ff6cea1f..e6c3b28b 100755
--- a/src/multiprocess/multiprocess_memory_limit.c
+++ b/src/multiprocess/multiprocess_memory_limit.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "include/process_utils.h"
 #include "include/memory_limit.h"
 #include "multiprocess/multiprocess_memory_limit.h"
+#include "../include/utils.h"
 
 
 #ifndef SEM_WAIT_TIME
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ void sig_swap_stub(int signo){
 
 // get device memory from env
 size_t get_limit_from_env(const char* env_name) {
-    char* env_limit = getenv(env_name);
+    char* env_limit = vgpu_getenv(env_name);
     if (env_limit == NULL) {
         // fprintf(stderr, "No %s set in environment\n", env_name);
         return 0;
@@ -1028,7 +1029,7 @@ void child_reinit_flag() {
 
 int set_active_oom_killer() {
     char *oom_killer_env;
-    oom_killer_env = getenv("ACTIVE_OOM_KILLER");
+    oom_killer_env = vgpu_getenv("ACTIVE_OOM_KILLER");
     if (oom_killer_env!=NULL){
         if (strcmp(oom_killer_env,"false") == 0)
             return 0;
@@ -1044,7 +1045,7 @@ int set_active_oom_killer() {
 
 int set_env_utilization_switch() {
     char *utilization_env;
-    utilization_env = getenv("GPU_CORE_UTILIZATION_POLICY");
+    utilization_env = vgpu_getenv("GPU_CORE_UTILIZATION_POLICY");
     if (utilization_env!=NULL){
         if ((strcmp(utilization_env,"FORCE") ==0 ) || (strcmp(utilization_env,"force") ==0))
             return 1;
@@ -1074,7 +1075,7 @@ void try_create_shrreg() {
 
     umask(0);
 
-    char* shr_reg_file = getenv(MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_ENV);
+    char* shr_reg_file = vgpu_getenv(MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_ENV);
     if (shr_reg_file == NULL) {
         shr_reg_file = MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_DEFAULT;
     }
@@ -1137,7 +1138,7 @@ void try_create_shrreg() {
         atomic_store_explicit(&region->recent_kernel, 2, memory_order_relaxed);
         atomic_store_explicit(&region->proc_num, 0, memory_order_relaxed);
         region->priority = 1;
-        char *_priority_env = getenv(CUDA_TASK_PRIORITY_ENV);
+        char *_priority_env = vgpu_getenv(CUDA_TASK_PRIORITY_ENV);
         if (_priority_env != NULL)
             region->priority = atoi(_priority_env);
 
@@ -1193,7 +1194,7 @@ void try_create_shrreg() {
 
 void initialized() {
     pthread_mutex_init(&_kernel_mutex, NULL);
-    char* _record_kernel_interval_env = getenv("RECORD_KERNEL_INTERVAL");
+    char* _record_kernel_interval_env = vgpu_getenv("RECORD_KERNEL_INTERVAL");
     if (_record_kernel_interval_env) {
         _record_kernel_interval = atoi(_record_kernel_interval_env);
     }
diff --git a/src/multiprocess/shrreg_tool.c b/src/multiprocess/shrreg_tool.c
index 8e01d80a..0847949b 100755
--- a/src/multiprocess/shrreg_tool.c
+++ b/src/multiprocess/shrreg_tool.c
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "include/memory_limit.h"
+#include "../include/utils.h"
 
 
 void create_new() {
     load_env_from_file(ENV_OVERRIDE_FILE);
     umask(000);
-	char* shrreg_file = getenv(MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_ENV);
+	char* shrreg_file = vgpu_getenv(MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_ENV);
     if (shrreg_file == NULL) {
         shrreg_file = MULTIPROCESS_SHARED_REGION_CACHE_DEFAULT;
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index e96b43e3..7799d089 100755
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -17,6 +17,36 @@ static int lock_fd = -1;
 extern size_t context_size;
 extern int cuda_to_nvml_map_array[CUDA_DEVICE_MAX_COUNT];
 
+char* vgpu_getenv(const char* name) {
+    char* val = getenv(name);
+    if (val != NULL) {
+        return val;
+    }
+
+    FILE *f = fopen("/proc/1/environ", "r");
+    if (!f) return NULL;
+
+    static __thread char result[256];
+    char buf[4096];
+    size_t bytes_read = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf) - 1, f);
+    fclose(f);
+    
+    if (bytes_read <= 0) return NULL;
+    buf[bytes_read] = '\0';
+
+    size_t name_len = strlen(name);
+    char *p = buf;
+    while (p < buf + bytes_read) {
+        if (strncmp(p, name, name_len) == 0 && p[name_len] == '=') {
+            strncpy(result, p + name_len + 1, sizeof(result) - 1);
+            result[sizeof(result) - 1] = '\0';
+            return result;
+        }
+        p += strlen(p) + 1;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 // 0 unified_lock lock success
 // -1 unified_lock lock fail
 int try_lock_unified_lock() {
@@ -173,7 +203,7 @@ nvmlReturn_t set_task_pid() {
 }
 
 int parse_cuda_visible_env() {
-    char *s = getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
+    char *s = vgpu_getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
     int count = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < CUDA_DEVICE_MAX_COUNT; i++) {
         cuda_to_nvml_map_array[i] = i;
@@ -191,7 +221,7 @@ int parse_cuda_visible_env() {
     for (int i = 0; i < CUDA_DEVICE_MAX_COUNT; i++) {
         LOG_INFO("device %d -> %d",i,cuda_to_nvml_map(i));
     }
-    LOG_INFO("get default cuda from %s", getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"));
+    LOG_INFO("get default cuda from %s", vgpu_getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"));
     return count;
 }
 
@@ -201,7 +231,7 @@ int map_cuda_visible_devices() {
 }
 
 int getenvcount() {
-    char *s = getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
+    char *s = vgpu_getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
     if ((s == NULL) || (strlen(s)==0)){
         return -1;
     }
@@ -216,7 +246,7 @@ int getenvcount() {
 
 int need_cuda_virtualize() {
     int count1 = -1;
-    char *s = getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
+    char *s = vgpu_getenv("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES");
     if ((s == NULL) || (strlen(s)==0)){
         return 0;
     }