diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff182edd..29c6a48b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 								"description": "Additional environment variables to pass to the debugging (and debugged) process",
 								"default": {}
 							},
+							"envFile": {
+								"type": "string",
+								"description": "Path to a file containing environment variable definitions (e.g., .env file). Variables defined in 'env' will override those in envFile.",
+								"default": ""
+							},
 							"showProtocolLog": {
 								"type": "boolean",
 								"description": "Show a log of DAP requests, events, and responses",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7893469e..cd91e65b 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface LaunchConfiguration extends DebugConfiguration {
 	cwd?: string;
 	args?: string[];
 	env?: { [key: string]: string };
+	envFile?: string;
 
 	debugPort?: string;
 	waitLaunchTime?: number;
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 15cf6748..9c0bd0f2 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 import { DebugProtocol } from "@vscode/debugprotocol";
 import { registerInspectorView } from "./inspector";
 import { AttachConfiguration, LaunchConfiguration } from "./config";
-import { VersionChecker, fullPath } from "./utils";
+import { VersionChecker, fullPath, parseEnvFile } from "./utils";
 
 const asyncExec = promisify(child_process.exec);
 
@@ -64,6 +64,41 @@ function customPath(workingDirectory: string): string {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Merge environment variables from envFile and config.env
+ * Variables in config.env take precedence over those in envFile
+ * @param config Launch configuration
+ * @returns Merged environment variables, or undefined if neither envFile nor env is specified
+ */
+function mergeEnvVariables(config: LaunchConfiguration): { [key: string]: string } | undefined {
+	let mergedEnv: { [key: string]: string } | undefined;
+
+	if (config.envFile) {
+		const envFilePath = path.isAbsolute(config.envFile)
+			? config.envFile
+			: path.join(config.cwd ? customPath(config.cwd) : workspaceFolder() || "", config.envFile);
+
+		const envFromFile = parseEnvFile(envFilePath);
+		if (envFromFile === undefined) {
+			
+			outputChannel.appendLine(`Warning: Could not read envFile: ${envFilePath}`);
+			vscode.window.showWarningMessage(`Could not read envFile: ${envFilePath}`);
+		} else {
+			mergedEnv = { ...envFromFile };
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if (config.env) {
+		if (mergedEnv) {
+			mergedEnv = { ...mergedEnv, ...config.env };
+		} else {
+			mergedEnv = { ...config.env };
+		}
+	}
+
+	return mergedEnv;
+}
+
 function pp(obj: any) {
 	outputChannel.appendLine(JSON.stringify(obj));
 }
@@ -513,9 +548,10 @@ class RdbgAdapterDescriptorFactory implements DebugAdapterDescriptorFactory, Ver
 	getSockPath(config: LaunchConfiguration): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
 			const command = this.makeShellCommand(this.rdbgBin(config) + " --util=gen-sockpath");
+			const mergedEnv = mergeEnvVariables(config);
 			const p = child_process.exec(command, {
 				cwd: config.cwd ? customPath(config.cwd) : workspaceFolder(),
-				env: { ...process.env, ...config.env }
+				env: { ...process.env, ...mergedEnv }
 			});
 			let path: string;
 
@@ -544,9 +580,10 @@ class RdbgAdapterDescriptorFactory implements DebugAdapterDescriptorFactory, Ver
 	getTcpPortFile(config: LaunchConfiguration): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
 			const command = this.makeShellCommand(this.rdbgBin(config) + " --util=gen-portpath");
+			const mergedEnv = mergeEnvVariables(config);
 			const p = child_process.exec(command, {
 				cwd: config.cwd ? customPath(config.cwd) : workspaceFolder(),
-				env: { ...process.env, ...config.env }
+				env: { ...process.env, ...mergedEnv }
 			});
 			let path: string;
 
@@ -568,9 +605,10 @@ class RdbgAdapterDescriptorFactory implements DebugAdapterDescriptorFactory, Ver
 	getVersion(config: LaunchConfiguration): Promise<string | null> {
 		return new Promise((resolve) => {
 			const command = this.makeShellCommand(this.rdbgBin(config) + " --version");
+			const mergedEnv = mergeEnvVariables(config);
 			const p = child_process.exec(command, {
 				cwd: config.cwd ? customPath(config.cwd) : workspaceFolder(),
-				env: { ...process.env, ...config.env }
+				env: { ...process.env, ...mergedEnv }
 			});
 			let version: string;
 
@@ -748,7 +786,8 @@ class RdbgAdapterDescriptorFactory implements DebugAdapterDescriptorFactory, Ver
 			throw error;
 		}
 
-		let cmdline = this.envPrefix(config.env);
+		const mergedEnv = mergeEnvVariables(config);
+		let cmdline = this.envPrefix(mergedEnv);
 
 		if (config.noDebug) {
 			cmdline += execCommand;
@@ -879,8 +918,9 @@ class RdbgAdapterDescriptorFactory implements DebugAdapterDescriptorFactory, Ver
 			}
 			throw error;
 		}
+		const mergedEnv = mergeEnvVariables(config);
 		const options: child_process.SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio = {
-			env: { ...process.env, ...config.env },
+			env: { ...process.env, ...mergedEnv },
 			cwd: customPath(config.cwd || ""),
 		};
 		if (process.platform === "win32") options.shell = "powershell";
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 4327b0db..4d719b17 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,54 @@ export function fullPath(p: string, session: vscode.DebugSession | undefined) {
     }
     return p;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Parse a .env file and return environment variables as key-value pairs
+ * Supports:
+ * - KEY=VALUE format
+ * - Comments (lines starting with #)
+ * - Quoted values (single and double quotes)
+ * - Empty lines
+ * @param envFilePath Path to the .env file
+ * @returns Object containing environment variables, or undefined if file doesn't exist
+ */
+export function parseEnvFile(envFilePath: string): { [key: string]: string } | undefined {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(envFilePath)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const content = fs.readFileSync(envFilePath, "utf8");
+        const env: { [key: string]: string } = {};
+        const lines = content.split(/\r?\n/);
+
+        for (let line of lines) {
+            line = line.trim();
+
+            if (line === "" || line.startsWith("#")) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const equalIndex = line.indexOf("=");
+            if (equalIndex === -1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const key = line.substring(0, equalIndex).trim();
+            let value = line.substring(equalIndex + 1).trim();
+
+            if ((value.startsWith('"') && value.endsWith('"')) ||
+                (value.startsWith("'") && value.endsWith("'"))) {
+                value = value.substring(1, value.length - 1);
+            }
+
+            if (key) {
+                env[key] = value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return env;
+    } catch (error) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}