diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
index 663f540c9aba5d..b9f47c0ba4a1fc 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ export class ForkedProcessTaskRunner {
   ) {
     const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
       NX_TASK_TARGET_PROJECT: task.target.project,
+      NX_TASK_TARGET_TARGET: task.target.target,
+      NX_TASK_TARGET_CONFIGURATION: task.target.configuration,
       NX_TASK_HASH: task.hash,
       // used when Nx is invoked via Lerna
       LERNA_PACKAGE_NAME: task.target.project,