diff --git a/reframe/frontend/argparse.py b/reframe/frontend/argparse.py
index 5cf672fa47..67f0bce3ab 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/argparse.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/argparse.py
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ def cmd_options(self):
         '''Options filled in by command-line'''
         return self.__namespace
 
+    @property
+    def env_vars(self):
+        '''Environment variables related to ReFrame'''
+        return [v[0].split()[0] for v in self.__option_map.values() if v[0]]
+
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         if name.startswith('_'):
             raise AttributeError(
@@ -273,13 +278,3 @@ def parse_args(self, args=None, namespace=None):
                 )
 
         return _Namespace(options, self._option_map)
-
-
-def format_options(namespace):
-    '''Format parsed arguments in ``namespace``.'''
-    ret = 'Command-line configuration:\n'
-    ret += '\n'.join(
-        ['    %s=%s' % (attr, val)
-         for attr, val in sorted(namespace.cmd_options.__dict__.items())]
-    )
-    return ret
diff --git a/reframe/frontend/cli.py b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
index 359c77fb77..6773542eab 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/cli.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ def format_check(check, detailed):
     return '\n'.join(lines)
 
 
+def format_env(envvars):
+    ret = '[ReFrame Environment]\n'
+    notset = '<not set>'
+    envvars = [*envvars, 'RFM_INSTALL_PREFIX']
+    ret += '\n'.join(sorted(f'  {e}={os.getenv(e, notset)}' for e in envvars))
+    return ret
+
+
 def list_checks(checks, printer, detailed=False):
     printer.info('[List of matched checks]')
     for c in checks:
@@ -416,13 +424,14 @@ def main():
 
         sys.exit(0)
 
+    printer.debug(format_env(options.env_vars))
+
     # Setup the check loader
     loader = RegressionCheckLoader(
         load_path=site_config.get('general/0/check_search_path'),
         recurse=site_config.get('general/0/check_search_recursive'),
         ignore_conflicts=site_config.get('general/0/ignore_check_conflicts')
     )
-    printer.debug(argparse.format_options(options))
 
     def print_infoline(param, value):
         param = param + ':'