diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be198db32..e535e493c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -304,6 +304,25 @@ Defaults to 'grafana-server'.
 The version of Grafana to install and manage. Defaults to the latest version of
 Grafana available at the time of module release.
 
+##### `sysconfig_location`
+
+The RPM and DEB packages bring with them the default environment files for the
+services. The default location of this file for Debian is /etc/default/grafana-server
+and for RedHat /etc/sysconfig/grafana-server.
+
+##### `sysconfig`
+
+A hash of environment variables for the service. This only has an effect for installations
+with RPM and DEB packages (if install_method is set to 'package' or 'repo').
+
+Example:
+
+```puppet
+sysconfig => {
+  'http_proxy' => 'http://proxy.example.com',
+}
+```
+
 ### Advanced usage
 
 The archive install method will create the user and a "command line" service by
diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 725b10d9b..d357eb2e1 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@
         owner   => 'grafana',
         group   => 'grafana',
       }
+
+      $sysconfig = $::grafana::sysconfig
+      $sysconfig_location = $::grafana::sysconfig_location
+
+      if $sysconfig_location and $sysconfig {
+        $changes = $sysconfig.map |$key, $value| { "set ${key} ${value}" }
+
+        augeas{'sysconfig/grafana-server':
+          context => "/files${$sysconfig_location}",
+          changes => $changes,
+        }
+      }
     }
     'archive': {
       $cfg = $::grafana::cfg
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 9897d9819..01343bfea 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@
 # A hash of plugins to be passed to `create_resources`, wraps around the
 # `grafana_plugin` resource.
 #
+# [*sysconfig_location*]
+# Location of the sysconfig file for the environment of the grafana-server service.
+# This is only used when the install_method is 'package' or 'repo'.
+#
+# [*sysconfig*]
+# A hash of environment variables for the grafana-server service
+#
+# Example:
+#   sysconfig => { 'http_proxy' => 'http://proxy.example.com/' }
+#
 # === Examples
 #
 #  class { '::grafana':
@@ -89,7 +99,9 @@
   String $rpm_iteration                = $::grafana::params::rpm_iteration,
   String $service_name                 = $::grafana::params::service_name,
   String $version                      = $::grafana::params::version,
-  Hash $plugins                        = {}
+  Hash $plugins                        = {},
+  Optional[String] $sysconfig_location = $::grafana::params::sysconfig_location,
+  Optional[Hash] $sysconfig            = undef,
 ) inherits grafana::params {
 
   contain grafana::install
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 062054afc..31544a130 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -21,18 +21,28 @@
       $install_method      = 'repo'
       $cfg_location        = '/etc/grafana.ini'
       $service_name        = 'grafana'
+      $sysconfig_location  = undef
     }
-    'Debian', 'RedHat': {
+    'Debian': {
       $manage_package_repo = true
       $install_method      = 'repo'
       $cfg_location        = '/etc/grafana/grafana.ini'
       $service_name        = 'grafana-server'
+      $sysconfig_location  = '/etc/default/grafana-server'
+    }
+    'RedHat': {
+      $manage_package_repo = true
+      $install_method      = 'repo'
+      $cfg_location        = '/etc/grafana/grafana.ini'
+      $service_name        = 'grafana-server'
+      $sysconfig_location  = '/etc/sysconfig/grafana-server'
     }
     default: {
       $manage_package_repo = true
       $install_method      = 'package'
       $cfg_location        = '/etc/grafana/grafana.ini'
       $service_name        = 'grafana-server'
+      $sysconfig_location  = undef
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/grafana_spec.rb b/spec/classes/grafana_spec.rb
index 780817210..9237efa67 100644
--- a/spec/classes/grafana_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/grafana_spec.rb
@@ -309,6 +309,28 @@
           it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/grafana/ldap.toml').with_content(ldap_expected) }
         end
       end
+
+      context 'sysconfig environment variables' do
+        let(:params) do
+          {
+            install_method: 'repo',
+            sysconfig: { http_proxy: 'http://proxy.example.com/' }
+          }
+        end
+
+        case facts[:osfamily]
+        when 'Debian'
+          describe 'Add the environment variable to the config file' do
+            it { is_expected.to contain_augeas('sysconfig/grafana-server').with_context('/files/etc/default/grafana-server') }
+            it { is_expected.to contain_augeas('sysconfig/grafana-server').with_changes(['set http_proxy http://proxy.example.com/']) }
+          end
+        when 'RedHat'
+          describe 'Add the environment variable to the config file' do
+            it { is_expected.to contain_augeas('sysconfig/grafana-server').with_context('/files/etc/sysconfig/grafana-server') }
+            it { is_expected.to contain_augeas('sysconfig/grafana-server').with_changes(['set http_proxy http://proxy.example.com/']) }
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end