diff --git a/configfile.go b/configfile.go
index 836e485..a33bef8 100644
--- a/configfile.go
+++ b/configfile.go
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
+
 	"github.com/acoshift/configfile/internal/reader"
 )
 
+func LoadDotEnv(filename ...string) error {
+	return godotenv.Load(filename...)
+}
+
 // NewReader creates new config reader
 func NewReader(base string) *Reader {
 	stats, _ := os.Stat(base)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9a8d09d..8570411 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ go 1.12
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f727c57..1b08b8f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 h1:Zjp+RcGpHhGlrMbJzXTrZZPrWj+1vfm90La1wgB6Bhc=
+github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0/go.mod h1:7hK45KPybAkOC6peb+G5yklZfMxEjkZhHbwpqxOKXbg=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2 h1:bSDNvY7ZPG5RlJ8otE/7V6gMiyenm9RtJ7IUVIAoJ1w=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4 h1:/eiJrUcujPVeJ3xlSWaiNi3uSVmDGBK1pDHUHAnao1I=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=