diff --git a/execEx/02/SConstruct b/execEx/02/SConstruct
index 8178cd4..c48bdf7 100644
--- a/execEx/02/SConstruct
+++ b/execEx/02/SConstruct
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ scons: done building targets.
 
 """)
 
+import os
+
 print('------------------>starting')
-env = Environment()
+env = Environment(ENV=os.environ)
 
 open('env.txt', 'w').write(env.Dump())
 
diff --git a/execEx/03/SConstruct b/execEx/03/SConstruct
index 283f310..4694cc5 100644
--- a/execEx/03/SConstruct
+++ b/execEx/03/SConstruct
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ buildName = ARGUMENTS.get('BUILDNAME', 'default')
 #
 # Initializing the environment
 #
-env = Environment(CC='clang',
+env = Environment(ENV=os.environ,
+                  CC='clang',
                   CXX='clang++')
 ccFlags = []
 linkFlags = []