diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa9e517..9ca0ff9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "mkdirp": "~0.5.0",
         "rimraf": "~2.2.8",
         "glob": "~4.3.0",
-        "aws-sdk": "~2.2.32",
+        "aws-sdk": "~2.7.5",
 	    "proxy-agent": "latest",
         "npm": "^2.10.0",
         "q": "^1.4.1"
diff --git a/test/unit/deploy_task_test.js b/test/unit/deploy_task_test.js
index d584f18..3b7141b 100644
--- a/test/unit/deploy_task_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/deploy_task_test.js
@@ -365,6 +365,36 @@ deployTaskTest.testVpcConfig = function(test) {
     gruntMock.execute(deployTask.getHandler, harnessParams);
 };
 
+deployTaskTest.testEnvironmentVariables = function(test) {
+    test.expect(4);
+
+    var deployTask = require('../../utils/deploy_task');
+
+    var harnessParams = {
+        options: {
+            environmentVariables: {
+              "key-1": "value-1",
+              "key-2": "value-2"
+            }
+        },
+        config: defaultGruntConfig,
+        callback: function(harness) {
+            test.equal(harness.status, true);
+            test.equal(harness.output.length, 3);
+            test.equal(harness.output[2], 'Config updated.');
+
+            test.ok(lambdaAPIMock.updateFunctionConfiguration.calledWithMatch({Environment: {
+              Variables: {
+                "key-1": "value-1",
+                "key-2": "value-2"
+              }
+            }}));
+            test.done();
+        }
+    };
+    gruntMock.execute(deployTask.getHandler, harnessParams);
+};
+
 deployTaskTest.testHandler = function(test) {
     test.expect(4);
 
diff --git a/utils/deploy_task.js b/utils/deploy_task.js
index fd6c675..24e8821 100644
--- a/utils/deploy_task.js
+++ b/utils/deploy_task.js
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ deployTask.getHandler = function (grunt) {
             aliases: null,
             enablePackageVersionAlias: false,
             subnetIds: null,
-            securityGroupIds: null
+            securityGroupIds: null,
+            environmentVariables: null
         });
-	
+
         if (options.profile !== null) {
             var credentials = new AWS.SharedIniFileCredentials({profile: options.profile});
             AWS.config.credentials = credentials;
@@ -149,6 +150,12 @@ deployTask.getHandler = function (grunt) {
                 configParams.Handler = options.handler;
             }
 
+            if (options.environmentVariables !== null) {
+                configParams.Environment = {
+                  Variables: options.environmentVariables
+                };
+            }
+
             if (options.subnetIds !== null && options.securityGroupIds !== null) {
                configParams.VpcConfig = {
                  SubnetIds : options.subnetIds,