diff --git a/bin/PerlDDS/Run_Test.pm b/bin/PerlDDS/Run_Test.pm
index cf1126496a7..0a599682f61 100644
--- a/bin/PerlDDS/Run_Test.pm
+++ b/bin/PerlDDS/Run_Test.pm
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ sub _process_common {
   my $self = shift;
   my $name = shift;
   my $params = shift;
-  my $debug_logging = 1;
+  my $debug_logging = $self->{dcps_log_level};
 
   if ($$params !~ /-DCPSLogLevel / && $self->{dcps_log_level}) {
     $$params .= " -DCPSLogLevel $self->{dcps_log_level}";
diff --git a/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.cpp b/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.cpp
index 662563eca3f..97c4b7792b2 100644
--- a/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.cpp
+++ b/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 #include "Service_Participant.inl"
 #endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
 
+#if !defined (ACE_WIN32)
+extern char **environ;
+#endif
+
 namespace {
 
 void set_log_file_name(const char* fname)
@@ -388,6 +392,8 @@ Service_Participant::get_domain_participant_factory(int &argc,
         }
       }
 
+      parse_env();
+
       if (parse_args(argc, argv) != 0) {
         return DDS::DomainParticipantFactory::_nil();
       }
@@ -578,6 +584,56 @@ Service_Participant::get_domain_participant_factory(int &argc,
   return DDS::DomainParticipantFactory::_duplicate(dp_factory_servant_.in());
 }
 
+
+
+void Service_Participant::parse_env()
+{
+#if defined (ACE_WIN32)
+  LPTCH env_strings = GetEnvironmentStrings();
+
+  // If the returned pointer is NULL, exit.
+  if (!env_strings) {
+    if (log_level >= LogLevel::Error) {
+      ACE_ERROR((LM_ERROR,
+                 "(%P|%t) ERROR: Service_Participant::parse_env: Could not get environment strings\n"));
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  LPTSTR env_string = (LPTSTR) env_strings;
+
+  while (*env_string) {
+    parse_env(ACE_TEXT_ALWAYS_CHAR(env_string));
+    env_string += lstrlen(env_string) + 1;
+  }
+  FreeEnvironmentStrings(env_strings);
+
+#else
+
+  for (char** e = environ; *e; ++e) {
+    parse_env(*e);
+  }
+
+#endif
+}
+
+void Service_Participant::parse_env(const String& p)
+{
+  // Only parse environment variables starting with OPENDDS_.
+  if (p.substr(0, 8) == "OPENDDS_") {
+    // Extract everything after OPENDDS_.
+    const String q = p.substr(8);
+    // q should have the form key=value
+    String::size_type pos = q.find('=');
+    if (pos != String::npos) {
+      // Split into key and value.
+      const String key = q.substr(0, pos);
+      const String value = q.substr(pos + 1);
+      config_store_->set(key.c_str(), value);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 int Service_Participant::parse_args(int& argc, ACE_TCHAR* argv[])
 {
   // Process logging options first, so they are in effect if we need to log
diff --git a/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.h b/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.h
index 23ac9f07773..1663a6e4772 100644
--- a/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.h
+++ b/dds/DCPS/Service_Participant.h
@@ -608,6 +608,10 @@ class OpenDDS_Dcps_Export Service_Participant {
   /// Initialize the thread scheduling and initial priority.
   void initializeScheduling();
 
+  /// Parse environment variables.
+  void parse_env();
+  void parse_env(const String& s);
+
   /**
    * Parse the command line for user options. e.g. "-DCPSInfoRepo <iorfile>".
    * It consumes -DCPS* options and their arguments
diff --git a/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/ConfigFile.cpp b/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/ConfigFile.cpp
index 2eeaf2140c3..c94f8a9c4c9 100644
--- a/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/ConfigFile.cpp
+++ b/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/ConfigFile.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ ACE_TMAIN(int argc, ACE_TCHAR* argv[])
       TheParticipantFactoryWithArgs(argc, argv);
     TEST_CHECK(dpf.in() != 0);
 
+    // From commandline
+    TEST_CHECK(TheServiceParticipant->config_store()->get("MY_CONFIG_KEY1", "") == "value1");
+    // From environment variable
+    TEST_CHECK(TheServiceParticipant->config_store()->get("MY_CONFIG_KEY2", "") == "value2");
     TEST_CHECK(OpenDDS::DCPS::DCPS_debug_level == 1);
     TEST_CHECK(TheServiceParticipant->n_chunks() == 10);
     TEST_CHECK(TheServiceParticipant->association_chunk_multiplier() == 5);
diff --git a/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/run_test.pl b/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/run_test.pl
index 61b814bbf35..0c1880a3296 100755
--- a/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/run_test.pl
+++ b/tests/DCPS/ConfigFile/run_test.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 # -*- perl -*-
 
-use Sys::Hostname;
-
 use Env (DDS_ROOT);
 use lib "$DDS_ROOT/bin";
 use Env (ACE_ROOT);
@@ -16,50 +14,29 @@
 use File::Copy;
 use strict;
 
-my $status = 0;
+my $test = new PerlDDS::TestFramework();
+$test->{add_pending_timeout} = 0;
+$test->setup_discovery();
 
 my $dcpsrepo_ior = "repo.ior";
 my $dcpsrepo2_ior = "repo2.ior";
 my $dcpsrepo3_ior = "repo3.ior";
 
-
-unlink $dcpsrepo_ior;
-my $DCPSREPO = PerlDDS::create_process("$ENV{DDS_ROOT}/bin/DCPSInfoRepo",
-                                       " -o $dcpsrepo_ior");
-print $DCPSREPO->CommandLine() . "\n";
-$DCPSREPO->Spawn ();
-if (PerlACE::waitforfile_timed ($dcpsrepo_ior, 30) == -1) {
-    print STDERR "ERROR: waiting for Info Repo IOR file\n";
-    $DCPSREPO->Kill ();
-    exit 1;
-}
-
 copy($dcpsrepo_ior, $dcpsrepo2_ior);
 copy($dcpsrepo_ior, $dcpsrepo3_ior);
 
 my $cfg = new PerlACE::ConfigList->check_config('NO_BUILT_IN_TOPICS')
           ? 'test1_nobits.ini' : 'test1.ini';
-my $TST = PerlDDS::create_process("ConfigFile", "-DCPSConfigFile $cfg");
-print $TST->CommandLine() . "\n";
-my $retcode = $TST->SpawnWaitKill(60);
-if ($retcode != 0) {
-    $status = 1;
-}
 
-my $ir = $DCPSREPO->TerminateWaitKill(5);
-if ($ir != 0) {
-    print STDERR "ERROR: DCPSInfoRepo returned $ir\n";
-    $status = 1;
-}
+$test->process('ConfigFile', 'ConfigFile', "-DCPSConfigFile $cfg -OpenDDSMyConfigKey1 value1");
+
+$ENV{'OPENDDS_MY_CONFIG_KEY2'} = "value2";
+
+$test->start_process('ConfigFile');
+
+my $status = $test->finish(5);
 
-unlink $dcpsrepo_ior;
 unlink $dcpsrepo2_ior;
 unlink $dcpsrepo3_ior;
-if ($status == 0) {
-  print "test PASSED.\n";
-}
-else {
-  print STDERR "test FAILED.\n";
-}
 
 exit $status;