diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 12629ca7dcffd1ce0da9c8252b557c0b8215a20d..60a5f94b61895e882b46c02186c61391bc8261a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 MEX_DESCRIPTION="This provides some additional tools for makefiles."
 MEX_LICENSE="Released under the BSD two-clause license, see the LICENSE file for more information."
 MEX_ASSURE="python3 ls tree clang"
+MEX_ENVIRONMENT="local.env second.env"
 
 include makext.mk
 
@@ -8,6 +9,14 @@ help: .help
 
 demo-assure: .assure
 	@echo "All good, continuing..."
+
+demo-envars:
+	@echo "Envrionment variables"
+	@echo "  HOME: $(HOME)"
+	@echo "  TERM: $(TERM)"
+	@echo "  ENV: $(MEX_ENVIRONMENT)"
+	@echo "  AUDIO_BUCKET: $(AUDIO_BUCKET)"
+	@echo "  DB_HOST: $(DB_HOST)"
 
 build-app: clean-cache # Build the application
 	@echo "Building the application..."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff8801476926ba7509d3c7a95337d491345b7650..947115717a45f7ce05269cf73f0f10ba5301e910 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ > This extensions are abusing GNU Make in some sense since it was not 
 > meant to really be a task runner. Keep that in mind. However, dispite
 > that, I constantly find myself using it as such.
 
-| Extension | Description                                         |
-|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|
-| .help     | Displays all targets with a comment in help format. |
-| .assure   | Check for the existance of programs on a machine.   |
+| Extension   | Description                                         |
+|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
+| help        | Displays all targets with a comment in help format. |
+| assure      | Check for the existance of programs on a machine.   |
+| environment | Loads environmental variables from other files.     |
 
 Additional features:
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
 ## Assure extension
 
 Often times project uses multiple programs and to ensure that these
-programs are already installed before recipes are executed `assure` can
+programs are already installed before recipes are executed `.assure` can
 be used. If programs are missing recipes can only partially be executed
 leaving project in a potentially broken state.
 
@@ -163,6 +164,41 @@ `.assure` prerequisite will loop over the list of programs defined in
 `MEX_ASSURE` variable and in case one is missing will exit `make` with
 status code error 1. This will stop executing the recipe and therefore
 not execute anything in target `build-app`.
+
+## Environment extension
+
+This extension helps loading of additional environmental files in your
+project. The files should have environmental variables defined in the
+usual way. Seperate each file by a space and that is about it.
+
+If a file is missing this will break the execution of make and exit with
+status code 1.
+
+```env
+API_KEY=abc123
+SECRET_KEY=def456
+```
+
+By defining `MEX_ENVIRONMENT` variable you can provide additional files
+and they will be loaded automatically.
+
+```make
+MEX_ENVIRONMENT="local.env second.env"
+
+include makext.mk
+
+demo-envars:
+	@echo "Envrionment variables"
+	@echo "  HOME: $(HOME)"
+	@echo "  TERM: $(TERM)"
+	@echo "  ENV: $(MEX_ENVIRONMENT)"
+	@echo "  AUDIO_BUCKET: $(AUDIO_BUCKET)"
+	@echo "  DB_HOST: $(DB_HOST)"
+```
+
+After that they can be used in your recipes like all the other variables
+you have. They will however override variables the shell already has
+defined.
 
 ## Acknowledgement
 
diff --git a/local.env b/local.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d02831b1c964b2388a60e9c865c8716c79b9fb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local.env
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Database settings
+DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_NAME=mydatabase
+DB_USER=myuser
+DB_PASSWORD=mypassword
+
+# API keys
+API_KEY=abc123
+SECRET_KEY=def456
+
+# Other settings
+DEBUG_MODE=true
+LOG_LEVEL=info"
diff --git a/makext.mk b/makext.mk
index 4c8937720831e99d346ea8f8b2bb17930a3b0eaa..1ade3fdc35856b14da67eeaf4810a4ff17ee0b76 100644
--- a/makext.mk
+++ b/makext.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 $(error makext does not support Windows operating system)
 endif
 
+# Load environmental files from `MEX_ENVIRONMENT`. By default GNU make
+# loads what is already in `env`. This extends it to other files.
+ifdef MEX_ENVIRONMENT
+TEMP_ENV_FILES=$(shell echo $(MEX_ENVIRONMENT) | tr ',' ' ')
+$(foreach file,$(TEMP_ENV_FILES),$(eval include $(file)))
+endif
+
 # Help extension that lists all the targets with descriptions
 # and adds description and license information if data provided.
 .PHONY: .help
diff --git a/second.env b/second.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..616e1463e9d1bc6801afed700fff30f32026b324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/second.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Audio storage settings
+AUDIO_BUCKET=my_audio_bucket
+AUDIO_ACCESS_KEY=my_access_key
+AUDIO_SECRET_KEY=my_secret_key
+AUDIO_REGION=us-west-1