diff --git a/internal/impl/devbox.go b/internal/impl/devbox.go
index ec7392280a2..aee7445cb1f 100644
--- a/internal/impl/devbox.go
+++ b/internal/impl/devbox.go
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ func (d *Devbox) computeNixEnv(ctx context.Context, usePrintDevEnvCache bool) (m
 	// Append variables from current env if --pure is not passed
 	currentEnv := os.Environ()
 	env, err := d.parseEnvAndExcludeSpecialCases(currentEnv)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -856,6 +857,11 @@ func (d *Devbox) computeNixEnv(ctx context.Context, usePrintDevEnvCache bool) (m
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Add helpful env vars for a Devbox project
+	env["DEVBOX_PROJECT_ROOT"] = d.projectDir
+	env["DEVBOX_CONFIG_DIR"] = d.projectDir + "/devbox.d"
+	env["DEVBOX_PACKAGES_DIR"] = d.projectDir + "/.devbox/virtenv/.wrappers"
+
 	// Include env variables in devbox.json
 	configEnv, err := d.configEnvs(ctx, env)
 	if err != nil {