diff --git a/.changelog/12959.txt b/.changelog/12959.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71a7fedc4404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12959.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+connect: add nomad environment variables to envoy bootstrap
+```
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/envoy_bootstrap_hook.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/envoy_bootstrap_hook.go
index 144a4a1607e1..c3ab9393fea3 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/envoy_bootstrap_hook.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/envoy_bootstrap_hook.go
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ func (h *envoyBootstrapHook) Prestart(ctx context.Context, req *ifs.TaskPrestart
 
 	// Create environment
 	bootstrapEnv := bootstrap.env(os.Environ())
+	// append nomad environment variables to the bootstrap environment
+	bootstrapEnv = append(bootstrapEnv, h.groupEnv()...)
 
 	// Write env to file for debugging
 	envFile, err := os.Create(bootstrapEnvPath)
@@ -377,6 +379,19 @@ func (h *envoyBootstrapHook) Prestart(ctx context.Context, req *ifs.TaskPrestart
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (h *envoyBootstrapHook) groupEnv() []string {
+	return []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.AllocID, h.alloc.ID),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.ShortAllocID, h.alloc.ID[:8]),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.AllocName, h.alloc.Name),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.GroupName, h.alloc.TaskGroup),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.JobName, h.alloc.Job.Name),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.JobID, h.alloc.Job.ID),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.Namespace, h.alloc.Namespace),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taskenv.Region, h.alloc.Job.Region),
+	}
+}
+
 // buildEnvoyAdminBind determines a unique port for use by the envoy admin listener.
 //
 // This listener will be bound to 127.0.0.2.