diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dca45fedc..84650ac9b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### HEAD
+
+* Use [oscarotero/env](https://github.com/oscarotero/env) instead of `getenv` ([#229](https://github.com/roots/bedrock/pull/233))
+
 ### 1.5.0: 2016-01-17
 
 * Fix `DISABLE_WP_CRON` setting via ENV variable ([#229](https://github.com/roots/bedrock/pull/229))
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fd2ccff0a6..1855fd2cbc 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
     "php": ">=5.5",
     "composer/installers": "~1.0.12",
     "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.0.1",
-    "johnpbloch/wordpress": "4.4.1"
+    "johnpbloch/wordpress": "4.4.1",
+    "oscarotero/env": "^1.0"
   },
   "extra": {
     "installer-paths": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 0194122d95..5eea9dd5aa 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "hash": "2d7f68ea3d3e55b20ecfaa5c26a1b8b0",
+    "hash": "f2fd5f466c373f4e3d82c217c1db1536",
+    "content-hash": "469a400cb7137f5d23519622277dcc72",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/installers",
@@ -189,6 +190,48 @@
             ],
             "time": "2015-06-11 15:15:30"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "oscarotero/env",
+            "version": "v1.0.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/oscarotero/env.git",
+                "reference": "8836fc53726466fea17137c2f2622d89de51cd67"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/oscarotero/env/zipball/8836fc53726466fea17137c2f2622d89de51cd67",
+                "reference": "8836fc53726466fea17137c2f2622d89de51cd67",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.2"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-0": {
+                    "Env": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Oscar Otero",
+                    "email": "oom@oscarotero.com",
+                    "homepage": "http://oscarotero.com",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Simple library to consume environment variables",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/oscarotero/env",
+            "keywords": [
+                "env"
+            ],
+            "time": "2015-12-31 12:34:29"
+        },
         {
             "name": "vlucas/phpdotenv",
             "version": "v2.2.0",
diff --git a/config/application.php b/config/application.php
index 194b159388..2818d4e96f 100644
--- a/config/application.php
+++ b/config/application.php
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 $root_dir = dirname(__DIR__);
 $webroot_dir = $root_dir . '/web';
 
+/**
+ * Expose global env() function from oscarotero/env
+ */
+Env::init();
+
 /**
  * Use Dotenv to set required environment variables and load .env file in root
  */
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@
  * Set up our global environment constant and load its config first
  * Default: development
  */
-define('WP_ENV', getenv('WP_ENV') ?: 'development');
+define('WP_ENV', env('WP_ENV') ?: 'development');
 
 $env_config = __DIR__ . '/environments/' . WP_ENV . '.php';
 
@@ -26,8 +31,8 @@
 /**
  * URLs
  */
-define('WP_HOME', getenv('WP_HOME'));
-define('WP_SITEURL', getenv('WP_SITEURL'));
+define('WP_HOME', env('WP_HOME'));
+define('WP_SITEURL', env('WP_SITEURL'));
 
 /**
  * Custom Content Directory
@@ -39,31 +44,31 @@
 /**
  * DB settings
  */
-define('DB_NAME', getenv('DB_NAME'));
-define('DB_USER', getenv('DB_USER'));
-define('DB_PASSWORD', getenv('DB_PASSWORD'));
-define('DB_HOST', getenv('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost');
+define('DB_NAME', env('DB_NAME'));
+define('DB_USER', env('DB_USER'));
+define('DB_PASSWORD', env('DB_PASSWORD'));
+define('DB_HOST', env('DB_HOST') ?: 'localhost');
 define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');
 define('DB_COLLATE', '');
-$table_prefix = getenv('DB_PREFIX') ?: 'wp_';
+$table_prefix = env('DB_PREFIX') ?: 'wp_';
 
 /**
  * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts
  */
-define('AUTH_KEY', getenv('AUTH_KEY'));
-define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', getenv('SECURE_AUTH_KEY'));
-define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', getenv('LOGGED_IN_KEY'));
-define('NONCE_KEY', getenv('NONCE_KEY'));
-define('AUTH_SALT', getenv('AUTH_SALT'));
-define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', getenv('SECURE_AUTH_SALT'));
-define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', getenv('LOGGED_IN_SALT'));
-define('NONCE_SALT', getenv('NONCE_SALT'));
+define('AUTH_KEY', env('AUTH_KEY'));
+define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', env('SECURE_AUTH_KEY'));
+define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', env('LOGGED_IN_KEY'));
+define('NONCE_KEY', env('NONCE_KEY'));
+define('AUTH_SALT', env('AUTH_SALT'));
+define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', env('SECURE_AUTH_SALT'));
+define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', env('LOGGED_IN_SALT'));
+define('NONCE_SALT', env('NONCE_SALT'));
 
 /**
  * Custom Settings
  */
 define('AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true);
-define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', getenv('DISABLE_WP_CRON') == 'true');
+define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', env('DISABLE_WP_CRON') ?: false);
 define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);
 
 /**