diff --git a/lib/util/dotenv.sh b/lib/util/dotenv.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6951026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/dotenv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+dotenv () {
+  envfile="${1:-$(pwd)}/.env"
+
+  if [[ -f "$envfile" ]]
+  then
+    IFS=$'\n' locals=( $(egrep -v '^#' "$envfile") )
+    IFS=$' \t\n'
+
+    for var in "${locals[@]}"
+    do
+      export "$var"
+    done
+  fi
+}
+
+dotenv