diff --git a/frankenphp.c b/frankenphp.c
index e4bee605d..1f59893e7 100644
--- a/frankenphp.c
+++ b/frankenphp.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef struct frankenphp_server_context {
 
 __thread frankenphp_server_context *local_ctx = NULL;
 __thread uintptr_t thread_index;
+__thread zval *os_environment = NULL;
 
 static void frankenphp_free_request_context() {
   frankenphp_server_context *ctx = SG(server_context);
@@ -663,7 +664,24 @@ static void frankenphp_register_variables(zval *track_vars_array) {
   /* In CGI mode, we consider the environment to be a part of the server
    * variables
    */
-  php_import_environment_variables(track_vars_array);
+
+  frankenphp_server_context *ctx = SG(server_context);
+
+  /* in non-worker mode we import the os environment regularly */
+  if (!ctx->has_main_request) {
+    php_import_environment_variables(track_vars_array);
+    go_register_variables(thread_index, track_vars_array);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  /* In worker mode we cache the os environment */
+  if (os_environment == NULL) {
+    os_environment = malloc(sizeof(zval));
+    array_init(os_environment);
+    php_import_environment_variables(os_environment);
+  }
+  zend_hash_copy(Z_ARR_P(track_vars_array), Z_ARR_P(os_environment),
+                 (copy_ctor_func_t)zval_add_ref);
 
   go_register_variables(thread_index, track_vars_array);
 }
@@ -886,6 +904,13 @@ int frankenphp_execute_script(char *file_name) {
   zend_catch { status = EG(exit_status); }
   zend_end_try();
 
+  // free the cached os environment before shutting down the script
+  if (os_environment != NULL) {
+    zval_ptr_dtor(os_environment);
+    free(os_environment);
+    os_environment = NULL;
+  }
+
   zend_destroy_file_handle(&file_handle);
 
   frankenphp_free_request_context();
diff --git a/worker_test.go b/worker_test.go
index 25d25f993..b848cb490 100644
--- a/worker_test.go
+++ b/worker_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -136,3 +137,18 @@ func ExampleServeHTTP_workers() {
 	})
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
 }
+
+func TestWorkerHasOSEnvironmentVariableInSERVER(t *testing.T) {
+	os.Setenv("CUSTOM_OS_ENV_VARIABLE", "custom_env_variable_value")
+	runTest(t, func(handler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request), _ *httptest.Server, i int) {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/worker.php", nil)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handler(w, req)
+
+		resp := w.Result()
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+		assert.Contains(t, string(body), "CUSTOM_OS_ENV_VARIABLE")
+		assert.Contains(t, string(body), "custom_env_variable_value")
+	}, &testOptions{workerScript: "worker.php", nbWorkers: 1, nbParrallelRequests: 1})
+}