diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31a72c46..0487b44f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ logs/%
 .coverage
 locustfile.py
 site/
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/httprunner/__about__.py b/httprunner/__about__.py
index 1a85421e..f401e934 100644
--- a/httprunner/__about__.py
+++ b/httprunner/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'HttpRunner'
 __description__ = 'HTTP test runner, not just about api test and load test.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/HttpRunner/HttpRunner'
-__version__ = '0.9.6a2'
+__version__ = '0.9.7'
 __author__ = 'debugtalk'
 __author_email__ = 'mail@debugtalk.com'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
diff --git a/httprunner/cli.py b/httprunner/cli.py
index 2b2e1c5c..ee0fb400 100644
--- a/httprunner/cli.py
+++ b/httprunner/cli.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import unittest
 from httprunner import logger
 from httprunner.__about__ import __version__
 from httprunner.task import HttpRunner
-from httprunner.utils import create_scaffold, print_output, string_type
+from httprunner.utils import (create_scaffold, load_dot_env_file, print_output,
+                              string_type)
 
 
 def main_hrun():
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ def main_hrun():
     parser.add_argument(
         '--log-level', default='INFO',
         help="Specify logging level, default is INFO.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--dot-env-path',
+        help="Specify .env file path, which is useful for keeping production credentials.")
     parser.add_argument(
         '--failfast', action='store_true', default=False,
         help="Stop the test run on the first error or failure.")
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ def main_hrun():
         logger.color_print("{}".format(__version__), "GREEN")
         exit(0)
 
+    dot_env_path = args.dot_env_path or os.path.join(os.getcwd(), ".env")
+    if dot_env_path:
+        load_dot_env_file(dot_env_path)
+
     project_name = args.startproject
     if project_name:
         project_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), project_name)
diff --git a/httprunner/utils.py b/httprunner/utils.py
index bed9af5c..9afabc6b 100644
--- a/httprunner/utils.py
+++ b/httprunner/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import hashlib
 import hmac
 import imp
 import importlib
+import io
 import os.path
 import random
 import re
@@ -390,3 +391,16 @@ def create_scaffold(project_path):
         msg += create_path(p[0], p[1])
 
     logger.color_print(msg, "BLUE")
+
+def load_dot_env_file(path):
+    """ load .env file and set to os.environ
+    """
+    if not os.path.isfile(path):
+        return
+
+    logger.log_info("Loading environment variables from {}".format(path))
+    with io.open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+        for line in fp:
+            variable, value = line.split("=")
+            os.environ[variable] = value
+            logger.log_debug("Loaded variable: {}".format(variable))