diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e566e411..198d1fb27 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ foreach(MODULE ${KERNEL_MODULES})
 	target_compile_definitions(${MODULE}
 		PRIVATE -D__KERNEL__)
 
+	target_compile_definitions(${MODULE}
+		PRIVATE -DMAX_ARGC_ENVC=${MAX_ARGC_ENVC})
+
 	target_compile_options(${MODULE}
 		PRIVATE ${HERMIT_KERNEL_FLAGS})
 
diff --git a/cmake/HermitCore-Configuration.cmake b/cmake/HermitCore-Configuration.cmake
index 8ca70e181..84fa7fbc8 100644
--- a/cmake/HermitCore-Configuration.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HermitCore-Configuration.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ set(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE 8192 CACHE STRING
 set(DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE 262144 CACHE STRING
 	"Task stack size in bytes")
 
+set(MAX_ARGC_ENVC 128 CACHE STRING
+	"Maximum number of command line parameters and enviroment variables
+	forwarded to uhyve")
+
 option(DYNAMIC_TICKS
 	"Don't use a periodic timer event to keep track of time" ON)
 
diff --git a/cmake/HermitCore-Utils.cmake b/cmake/HermitCore-Utils.cmake
index f614f5c0f..4655ecaa6 100644
--- a/cmake/HermitCore-Utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HermitCore-Utils.cmake
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function(build_external NAME PATH DEPENDS)
 			-DLOCAL_PREFIX_BASE_DIR=${LOCAL_PREFIX_BASE_DIR}
 			-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER
 			-DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=true
+			-DMAX_ARGC_ENVC=${MAX_ARGC_ENVC}
 			--no-warn-unused-cli
 			${DO_PROFILING}
 			${CMD_VARS}
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index ece3fcbff..973e0cb16 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/uart.h>
 #include <asm/multiboot.h>
+#include <asm/uhyve.h>
 
 #include <lwip/init.h>
 #include <lwip/sys.h>
@@ -65,6 +66,22 @@
 #define HERMIT_PORT	0x494E
 #define HERMIT_MAGIC	0x7E317
 
+/* Ports and data structures for command line args + envp forwarding to uhyve */
+#define UHYVE_PORT_CMDSIZE	0x509
+#define UHYVE_PORT_CMDVAL	0x510
+
+typedef struct {
+	int argc;
+	int argsz[MAX_ARGC_ENVC];
+	int envc;
+	int envsz[MAX_ARGC_ENVC];
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) uhyve_cmdsize_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+	char **argv;
+	char **envp;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) uhyve_cmdval_t;
+
 static struct netif	default_netif;
 static const int sobufsize = 131072;
 
@@ -370,6 +387,37 @@ static int initd(void* arg)
 	// initialize network
 	err = init_netifs();
 
+	if(is_uhyve()) {
+		int i;
+		uhyve_cmdsize_t uhyve_cmdsize;
+		uhyve_cmdval_t uhyve_cmdval;
+
+		uhyve_send(UHYVE_PORT_CMDSIZE,
+				(unsigned)virt_to_phys((size_t)&uhyve_cmdsize));
+
+		uhyve_cmdval.argv = kmalloc(uhyve_cmdsize.argc * sizeof(char *));
+		for(i=0; i<uhyve_cmdsize.argc; i++)
+			uhyve_cmdval.argv[i] = kmalloc(uhyve_cmdsize.argsz[i] * sizeof(char));
+		uhyve_cmdval.envp = kmalloc(uhyve_cmdsize.envc * sizeof(char *));
+		for(i=0; i<uhyve_cmdsize.envc; i++)
+			uhyve_cmdval.envp[i] = kmalloc(uhyve_cmdsize.envsz[i] * sizeof(char));
+
+		uhyve_send(UHYVE_PORT_CMDVAL,
+				(unsigned)virt_to_phys((size_t)&uhyve_cmdval));
+
+		LOG_INFO("Boot time: %d ms\n", (get_clock_tick() * 1000) / TIMER_FREQ);
+		libc_start(uhyve_cmdsize.argc, uhyve_cmdval.argv, uhyve_cmdval.envp);
+
+		for(i=0; i<argc; i++)
+			kfree(uhyve_cmdval.argv[i]);
+		kfree(uhyve_cmdval.argv);
+		for(i=0; i<envc; i++)
+			kfree(uhyve_cmdval.envp[i]);
+		kfree(uhyve_cmdval.envp);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if ((err != 0) || !is_proxy())
 	{
 		char* dummy[] = {"app_name", NULL};
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index fe79fc31d..6005db92b 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ add_compile_options(-std=c99)
 
 add_executable(proxy proxy.c utils.c uhyve.c uhyve-net.c)
 target_compile_options(proxy PUBLIC -pthread)
+target_compile_options(proxy PUBLIC -DMAX_ARGC_ENVC=${MAX_ARGC_ENVC})
 target_link_libraries(proxy -pthread)
 
 install(TARGETS proxy
diff --git a/tools/proxy.c b/tools/proxy.c
index ca5a6471e..be198bda9 100644
--- a/tools/proxy.c
+++ b/tools/proxy.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	switch(monitor) {
 	case UHYVE:
-		return uhyve_loop();
+		return uhyve_loop(argc, argv);
 
 	case BAREMETAL:
 	case QEMU:
diff --git a/tools/proxy.h b/tools/proxy.h
index 8cfd8caf3..c295dc12a 100644
--- a/tools/proxy.h
+++ b/tools/proxy.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #define __HERMIT_lseek	5
 
 int uhyve_init(char *path);
-int uhyve_loop(void);
+int uhyve_loop(int argc, char **argv);
 
 // define some helper functions
 uint32_t get_cpufreq(void);
diff --git a/tools/uhyve.c b/tools/uhyve.c
index c3bff6061..fda77c7f7 100644
--- a/tools/uhyve.c
+++ b/tools/uhyve.c
@@ -190,6 +190,29 @@ static __thread struct kvm_run *run = NULL;
 static __thread int vcpufd = -1;
 static __thread uint32_t cpuid = 0;
 
+int uhyve_argc = -1;
+int uhyve_envc = -1;
+char **uhyve_argv = NULL;
+extern char **environ;
+char **uhyve_envp = NULL;
+
+/* Ports and data structures for uhyve command line arguments and envp
+ * forwarding */
+#define UHYVE_PORT_CMDSIZE	0x509
+#define UHYVE_PORT_CMDVAL	0x510
+
+typedef struct {
+	int argc;
+	int argsz[128];
+	int envc;
+	int envsz[128];
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) uhyve_cmdsize_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+	char **argv;
+	char **envp;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) uhyve_cmdval_t;
+
 static uint64_t memparse(const char *ptr)
 {
 	// local pointer to end of parsed string
@@ -894,6 +917,65 @@ static int vcpu_loop(void)
 					break;
 				}
 
+			case UHYVE_PORT_CMDSIZE: {
+					int i;
+					unsigned data = *((unsigned*)((size_t)run+run->io.data_offset));
+					uhyve_cmdsize_t *val = (uhyve_cmdsize_t *) (guest_mem+data);
+
+					val->argc = uhyve_argc;
+					for(i=0; i<uhyve_argc; i++)
+						val->argsz[i] = strlen(uhyve_argv[i]);
+
+					val->envc = uhyve_envc;
+					for(i=0; i<uhyve_envc; i++)
+						val->envsz[i] = strlen(uhyve_envp[i]);
+
+					break;
+				}
+
+			case UHYVE_PORT_CMDVAL: {
+					int i;
+					char **argv_ptr, **env_ptr;
+					struct kvm_translation kt;
+					unsigned data = *((unsigned*)((size_t)run+run->io.data_offset));
+					uhyve_cmdval_t *val = (uhyve_cmdval_t *) (guest_mem+data);
+
+					/* buffers inside uhyve_cmdval are not directlty mapped
+					 * (they are allocated through kmalloc) so we cannot
+					 * used a simple offset as the guest to host, we have to
+					 * walk the guest page table to find the physical address,
+					 * then we can use the offset
+					 */
+
+					/* argv */
+					kt.linear_address = (unsigned long long)val->argv;
+					kvm_ioctl(vcpufd, KVM_TRANSLATE, &kt);
+					argv_ptr = (char **)(guest_mem +
+							(size_t)kt.physical_address);
+
+					for(i=0; i<uhyve_argc; i++) {
+						kt.linear_address = (unsigned long long)argv_ptr[i];
+						kvm_ioctl(vcpufd, KVM_TRANSLATE, &kt);
+						strcpy(guest_mem + (size_t)kt.physical_address,
+								uhyve_argv[i]);
+					}
+
+					/* env */
+					kt.linear_address = (unsigned long long)val->envp;
+					kvm_ioctl(vcpufd, KVM_TRANSLATE, &kt);
+					env_ptr = (char **)(guest_mem +
+							(size_t)kt.physical_address);
+
+					for(i=0; i<uhyve_envc; i++) {
+						kt.linear_address = (unsigned long long)env_ptr[i];
+						kvm_ioctl(vcpufd, KVM_TRANSLATE, &kt);
+						strcpy(guest_mem + (size_t)kt.physical_address,
+								uhyve_envp[i]);
+					}
+
+					break;
+				}
+
 			default:
 				err(1, "KVM: unhandled KVM_EXIT_IO at port 0x%x, direction %d\n", run->io.port, run->io.direction);
 				break;
@@ -1510,10 +1592,18 @@ nextslot:
 	no_checkpoint++;
 }
 
-int uhyve_loop(void)
+int uhyve_loop(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char* hermit_check = getenv("HERMIT_CHECKPOINT");
-	int ts = 0;
+	int ts = 0, i = 0;
+
+	/* argv[0] is 'proxy', do not count it */
+	uhyve_argc = argc-1;
+	uhyve_argv = &argv[1];
+	uhyve_envp = environ;
+	while(uhyve_envp[i] != NULL)
+		i++;
+	uhyve_envc = i;
 
 	if (hermit_check)
 		ts = atoi(hermit_check);
diff --git a/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e910a016c..716bf8376 100644
--- a/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/usr/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ project(hermit_tests C CXX Fortran Go)
 
 add_executable(hello hello.c)
 add_executable(jacobi jacobi.c)
+add_executable(argv_envp argv_envp.c)
 add_executable(hello++ hello++.cpp)
 add_executable(hellof hellof.f90)
 add_executable(pi pi.go)
diff --git a/usr/tests/argv_envp.c b/usr/tests/argv_envp.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c9f4ed9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/tests/argv_envp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+extern char **environ;
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	int i;
+
+	printf("argc: %d\n", argc);
+	for(i=0; i<argc; i++) {
+		printf("  argv[%d]: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
+	}
+
+	printf("environ: %x\n", environ);
+	i = 0;
+	while(environ[i] != NULL)
+		printf("%s\n", environ[i++]);
+
+	return 0;
+}