diff --git a/cmd/litestream/main.go b/cmd/litestream/main.go
index 9698bf50..74068e16 100644
--- a/cmd/litestream/main.go
+++ b/cmd/litestream/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/gcs"
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/s3"
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/sftp"
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ func NewMain() *Main {
 
 // Run executes the program.
 func (m *Main) Run(ctx context.Context, args []string) (err error) {
+	// Load environment variables from .env file
+	if _, err := os.Stat(".env"); err == nil {
+		err = godotenv.Load(".env")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error loading .env file: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Execute replication command if running as a Windows service.
 	if isService, err := isWindowsService(); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3eb918c9..91752d28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-ieproxy v0.0.11 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ee4a4621..1aeb2f03 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9Y
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1 h1:shLQSRRSCCPj3f2gpwzGwWFoC7ycTf1rcQZHOlsJ6N8=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1 h1:7eLL/+HRGLY0ldzfGMeQkb7vMd0as4CfYvUVzLqw0N0=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1/go.mod h1:f4LDr5Voq0i2e/R5DDNOoa2zzDfwtkZa6DnEwAbqwq4=
 github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0 h1:Jskdu9ieNAYnjxsi0LbQp1ulIKZV1LAFgK1tWhpZgl8=
 github.com/kr/fs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:FFnZGqtBN9Gxj7eW1uZ42v5BccTP0vu6NEaFoC2HwRg=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=