diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d8e664..3b1e4ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Simply [start/enable](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Using_units)
 * libinput and cage (for running wayland)
 * libinput (for running gbm)
 
+## Passing environment variables to the service
+Should the need arise, one can pass environment variables to the service by creating `/etc/conf.d/kodi-standalone` and populating it with the needed variables.
+
 ## Acknowledgments
 Much of the credit for this service goes to the Arch Linux maintainers of the official kodi package. Note that they removed it upon the [1.16-1 release of Xorg](https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/xbmc&id=9763c6d32678f3a3f45c195bfae92eee209d504f).
 
diff --git a/init/kodi-gbm.service b/init/kodi-gbm.service
index dbcdf08..5b35866 100644
--- a/init/kodi-gbm.service
+++ b/init/kodi-gbm.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Conflicts=getty@tty1.service
 [Service]
 User=kodi
 Group=kodi
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/conf.d/kodi-standalone
 SupplementaryGroups=input
 PAMName=login
 TTYPath=/dev/tty1
diff --git a/init/kodi-wayland.service b/init/kodi-wayland.service
index 8df5503..101effe 100644
--- a/init/kodi-wayland.service
+++ b/init/kodi-wayland.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Conflicts=getty@tty1.service
 [Service]
 User=kodi
 Group=kodi
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/conf.d/kodi-standalone
 PAMName=login
 TTYPath=/dev/tty1
 Environment=WINDOWING=wayland
diff --git a/init/kodi.service b/init/kodi.service
index f90843c..7f8d4bb 100644
--- a/init/kodi.service
+++ b/init/kodi.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Conflicts=getty@tty1.service
 [Service]
 User=kodi
 Group=kodi
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/conf.d/kodi-standalone
 PAMName=login
 TTYPath=/dev/tty1
 Environment=WINDOWING=x11