diff --git a/PROCESSORS.md b/PROCESSORS.md
index 645f97e..cb6f90e 100644
--- a/PROCESSORS.md
+++ b/PROCESSORS.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ def load(source, name=None, resources=None, **options):
     - a remote URL (e.g. `https://path.to/the/data.csv`)
     - Other supported links, based on the current support of schemes and formats in [tabulator](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/tabulator-py#schemes)
     - a local path or remote URL to a datapackage.json file (e.g. `https://path.to/data_package/datapackage.json`)
+    - a reference to an environment variable containing the source location, 
+      in the form of `env://ENV_VAR`
     - a tuple containing (datapackage_descriptor, resources_iterator)
 - `resources` - optional, relevant only if source points to a datapackage.json file or datapackage / resourecs tuple. Value should be one of the following:
     - Name of a single resource to load
diff --git a/dataflows/processors/load.py b/dataflows/processors/load.py
index bef0f2d..7e0b291 100644
--- a/dataflows/processors/load.py
+++ b/dataflows/processors/load.py
@@ -23,31 +23,37 @@ def process_datapackage(self, dp: Package):
             for resource_descriptor in datapackage_descriptor['resources']:
                 if self.resource_matcher.match(resource_descriptor['name']):
                     dp.add_resource(resource_descriptor)
-        elif os.path.basename(self.load_source) == 'datapackage.json':
-            self.load_dp = Package(self.load_source)
-            self.resource_matcher = ResourceMatcher(self.resources, self.load_dp)
-            dp.descriptor.setdefault('resources', [])
-            for resource in self.load_dp.resources:
-                if self.resource_matcher.match(resource.name):
-                    dp.add_resource(resource.descriptor)
-        else:
-            if os.path.exists(self.load_source):
-                base_path = os.path.dirname(self.load_source) or '.'
-                self.load_source = os.path.basename(self.load_source)
+        else:  # load_source is string:
+            if self.load_source.startswith('env://'):
+                env_var = self.load_source[6:]
+                self.load_source = os.environ.get(env_var)
+                if self.load_source is None:
+                    raise ValueError(f"Couldn't find value for env var '{env_var}'")
+            if os.path.basename(self.load_source) == 'datapackage.json':
+                self.load_dp = Package(self.load_source)
+                self.resource_matcher = ResourceMatcher(self.resources, self.load_dp)
+                dp.descriptor.setdefault('resources', [])
+                for resource in self.load_dp.resources:
+                    if self.resource_matcher.match(resource.name):
+                        dp.add_resource(resource.descriptor)
             else:
-                base_path = None
-            descriptor = dict(path=self.load_source,
-                              profile='tabular-data-resource')
-            if 'format' in self.options:
-                descriptor['format'] = self.options['format']
-            self.res = Resource(descriptor,
-                                base_path=base_path,
-                                **self.options)
-            self.res.infer(confidence=1, limit=1000)
-            if self.name is not None:
-                self.res.descriptor['name'] = self.name
-            self.res.descriptor['path'] = '{name}.{format}'.format(**self.res.descriptor)
-            dp.add_resource(self.res.descriptor)
+                if os.path.exists(self.load_source):
+                    base_path = os.path.dirname(self.load_source) or '.'
+                    self.load_source = os.path.basename(self.load_source)
+                else:
+                    base_path = None
+                descriptor = dict(path=self.load_source,
+                                profile='tabular-data-resource')
+                if 'format' in self.options:
+                    descriptor['format'] = self.options['format']
+                self.res = Resource(descriptor,
+                                    base_path=base_path,
+                                    **self.options)
+                self.res.infer(confidence=1, limit=1000)
+                if self.name is not None:
+                    self.res.descriptor['name'] = self.name
+                self.res.descriptor['path'] = '{name}.{format}'.format(**self.res.descriptor)
+                dp.add_resource(self.res.descriptor)
         return dp
 
     def process_resources(self, resources):
diff --git a/tests/test_lib.py b/tests/test_lib.py
index 5186129..cfef210 100644
--- a/tests/test_lib.py
+++ b/tests/test_lib.py
@@ -279,6 +279,24 @@ def test_load_from_package():
     assert [list(res) for res in ds.res_iter] == [[{'foo': 'bar'}]]
 
 
+def test_load_from_env_var():
+    import os
+    from dataflows import load, dump_to_path
+    
+    Flow(
+        [{'foo': 'bar'}],
+        dump_to_path('data/load_from_package')
+    ).process()
+
+    os.environ['MY_DATAPACKAGE'] = 'data/load_from_package/datapackage.json'
+    results, dp, _ = Flow(
+        load('env://MY_DATAPACKAGE')
+    ).results()
+
+    assert len(dp.resources) == 1
+    assert results == [[{'foo': 'bar'}]]
+
+
 def test_load_from_package_resource_matching():
     from dataflows import dump_to_path, load