diff --git a/client/config/config.go b/client/config/config.go
index 61678ed7ac5b..2323d9add548 100644
--- a/client/config/config.go
+++ b/client/config/config.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// DefaultEnvBlacklist is the default set of environment variables that are
 	// filtered when passing the environment variables of the host to a task.
+	// duplicated in command/agent/host, update that if this changes.
 	DefaultEnvBlacklist = strings.Join([]string{
 		"CONSUL_TOKEN",
 		"CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN",
diff --git a/command/agent/host/host.go b/command/agent/host/host.go
index 60e43d86a4a0..1940a01d22c8 100644
--- a/command/agent/host/host.go
+++ b/command/agent/host/host.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package host
 
 import (
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -60,36 +61,63 @@ func diskUsage(path string) (du DiskUsage, err error) {
 	return du, nil
 }
 
+var (
+	envRedactSet = makeEnvRedactSet()
+)
+
 // environment returns the process environment in a map
 func environment() map[string]string {
 	env := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for _, e := range os.Environ() {
 		s := strings.SplitN(e, "=", 2)
-		env[s[0]] = s[1]
+		k := s[0]
+		up := strings.ToUpper(k)
+		v := s[1]
+
+		_, redact := envRedactSet[k]
+		if redact ||
+			strings.Contains(up, "TOKEN") ||
+			strings.Contains(up, "SECRET") {
+			v = "<redacted>"
+		}
+
+		env[k] = v
 	}
 	return env
 }
 
-// slurp returns the file contents as a string, ignoring errors
+// makeEnvRedactSet creates a set of well known environment variables that should be
+// redacted in the output
+func makeEnvRedactSet() map[string]struct{} {
+	// Duplicated from config.DefaultEnvBlacklist in order to avoid an import cycle
+	configDefault := []string{
+		"CONSUL_TOKEN",
+		"CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN",
+		"VAULT_TOKEN",
+		"AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN",
+		"GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS",
+	}
+
+	set := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, e := range configDefault {
+		set[e] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	return set
+}
+
+// slurp returns the file contents as a string, returning an error string
 func slurp(path string) string {
-	var sb strings.Builder
-	buf := make([]byte, 512)
 	fh, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err.Error()
 	}
 
-	var l int
-	for {
-		l, err = fh.Read(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			if l > 0 {
-				sb.Write(buf[0 : l-1])
-			}
-			break
-		}
-		sb.Write(buf[0 : l-1])
+	bs, err := ioutil.ReadAll(fh)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
 	}
-	return sb.String()
+
+	return string(bs)
 }
diff --git a/command/agent/host/host_test.go b/command/agent/host/host_test.go
index 42a223244b53..12131fa87a41 100644
--- a/command/agent/host/host_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/host/host_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package host
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -17,6 +18,15 @@ func TestHostUtils(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMakeHostData(t *testing.T) {
+	// setenv variables that should be redacted
+	prev := os.Getenv("VAULT_TOKEN")
+	os.Setenv("VAULT_TOKEN", "foo")
+	defer os.Setenv("VAULT_TOKEN", prev)
+
+	os.Setenv("BOGUS_TOKEN", "foo")
+	os.Setenv("BOGUS_SECRET", "foo")
+	os.Setenv("ryanSECRETS", "foo")
+
 	host, err := MakeHostData()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, host.OS)
@@ -24,4 +34,9 @@ func TestMakeHostData(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEmpty(t, host.ResolvConf)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, host.Hosts)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, host.Disk)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, host.Environment)
+	require.Equal(t, "<redacted>", host.Environment["VAULT_TOKEN"])
+	require.Equal(t, "<redacted>", host.Environment["BOGUS_TOKEN"])
+	require.Equal(t, "<redacted>", host.Environment["BOGUS_SECRET"])
+	require.Equal(t, "<redacted>", host.Environment["ryanSECRETS"])
 }