diff --git a/DOCS/man/javascript.rst b/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
index 786d2e076b..53e5771b54 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/javascript.rst
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ success, ``fn`` is called always a-sync, ``error`` is empty string on success.
 
 ``mp.utils.subprocess_detached(t)``
 
+``mp.utils.get_env_list()``
+
 ``mp.utils.getpid()`` (LE)
 
 ``mp.add_hook(type, priority, fn)``
diff --git a/player/javascript.c b/player/javascript.c
index 6d41fd0ee3..e37fcd6c86 100644
--- a/player/javascript.c
+++ b/player/javascript.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include "client.h"
 #include "libmpv/client.h"
 
+extern char **environ;
+
 // List of builtin modules and their contents as strings.
 // All these are generated from player/javascript/*.js
 static const char *const builtin_files[][3] = {
@@ -939,6 +941,16 @@ static void script_getenv(js_State *J)
     }
 }
 
+// args: none
+static void script_get_env_list(js_State *J)
+{
+    js_newarray(J);
+    for (int n = 0; environ && environ[n]; n++) {
+        js_pushstring(J, environ[n]);
+        js_setindex(J, -2, n);
+    }
+}
+
 // args: as-filename, content-string, returns the compiled result as a function
 static void script_compile_js(js_State *J)
 {
@@ -1149,6 +1161,7 @@ static const struct fn_entry utils_fns[] = {
     AF_ENTRY(join_path, 2),
     AF_ENTRY(get_user_path, 1),
     FN_ENTRY(getpid, 0),
+    FN_ENTRY(get_env_list, 0),
 
     FN_ENTRY(read_file, 2),
     AF_ENTRY(write_file, 2),