diff --git a/lib/fluent/config/types.rb b/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
index 9c9ba89c8d..ff61a09ab5 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/config/types.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def self.enum_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
 
     def self.hash_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
       return nil if val.nil?
+      val = Config.process_env_vars(val)
 
       param = if val.is_a?(String)
                 val.start_with?('{') ? JSON.parse(val) : Hash[val.strip.split(/\s*,\s*/).map{|v| v.split(':', 2)}]
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ def self.hash_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
 
     def self.array_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
       return nil if val.nil?
+      val = Config.process_env_vars(val)
 
       param = if val.is_a?(String)
                 val.start_with?('[') ? JSON.parse(val) : val.strip.split(/\s*,\s*/)
@@ -245,5 +247,16 @@ def self.array_value(val, opts = {}, name = nil)
     ARRAY_TYPE = Proc.new { |val, opts = {}, name = nil|
       Config.array_value(val, opts, name)
     }
+
+    def self.process_env_vars(val)
+      pattern = /#\{ENV\[[^}]+\]\}/
+      env_vars = val.scan(pattern)
+      env_vars.each do |env_var|
+        env_value = ENV[env_var[7..-4]]
+        raise ConfigError, "Environment variable #{env_var} not found" unless env_value
+        val.gsub!(env_var, env_value)
+      end
+      val
+    end
   end
 end