diff --git a/.changelog/3197.txt b/.changelog/3197.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95b2f668ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3197.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+builtin/k8s: Ensure pod.container.static_environment is applied
+```
diff --git a/builtin/k8s/platform.go b/builtin/k8s/platform.go
index 92512c18d2e..8bc1518d3bb 100644
--- a/builtin/k8s/platform.go
+++ b/builtin/k8s/platform.go
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ func (p *Platform) resourceDeploymentCreate(
 	for k, v := range p.config.StaticEnvVars {
 		envVars[k] = v
 	}
+	if p.config.Pod != nil && p.config.Pod.Container != nil {
+		for k, v := range p.config.Pod.Container.StaticEnvVars {
+			envVars[k] = v
+		}
+	}
 	for k, v := range deployConfig.Env() {
 		envVars[k] = v
 	}