diff --git a/src/eval.rs b/src/eval.rs
index bc989ce469..7a3945220f 100644
--- a/src/eval.rs
+++ b/src/eval.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ pub fn create_ecx<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>(
             StdRng::seed_from_u64(config.seed.unwrap_or(0)),
             config.validate,
             config.tracked_pointer_tag,
-            Scalar::from_int(0, tcx.data_layout.pointer_size),
         ),
     );
     // Complete initialization.
diff --git a/src/machine.rs b/src/machine.rs
index 21414c9457..f0cbe3f93a 100644
--- a/src/machine.rs
+++ b/src/machine.rs
@@ -78,22 +78,21 @@ pub struct MemoryExtra {
 
     /// Whether to enforce the validity invariant.
     pub(crate) validate: bool,
-
-    environ: Scalar<Tag>,
+    /// Contains the `environ` static.
+    pub(crate) environ: Option<Allocation<Tag, AllocExtra>>,
 }
 
 impl MemoryExtra {
     pub fn new(
         rng: StdRng, validate: bool,
         tracked_pointer_tag: Option<PtrId>,
-        environ: Scalar<Tag>
     ) -> Self {
         MemoryExtra {
             stacked_borrows: Rc::new(RefCell::new(GlobalState::new(tracked_pointer_tag))),
             intptrcast: Default::default(),
             rng: RefCell::new(rng),
             validate,
-            environ,
+            environ: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/shims/env.rs b/src/shims/env.rs
index 9617401044..b68e000db2 100644
--- a/src/shims/env.rs
+++ b/src/shims/env.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::ffi::{OsString, OsStr};
 use std::env;
 
 use crate::stacked_borrows::Tag;
+use crate::rustc_target::abi::LayoutOf;
 use crate::*;
 
 use rustc::ty::layout::Size;
@@ -20,15 +21,31 @@ impl EnvVars {
         ecx: &mut InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, Evaluator<'tcx>>,
         excluded_env_vars: Vec<String>,
     ) {
+        let mut vars = Vec::new();
         if ecx.machine.communicate {
+                // Put each environment variable pointer in `EnvVars`, collect pointers.
             for (name, value) in env::vars() {
                 if !excluded_env_vars.contains(&name) {
                     let var_ptr =
                         alloc_env_var_as_c_str(name.as_ref(), value.as_ref(), ecx);
                     ecx.machine.env_vars.map.insert(OsString::from(name), var_ptr);
+                    vars.push(var_ptr);
                 }
             }
         }
+        // Make an array with all these pointers, in the Miri memory.
+        let tcx = ecx.tcx;
+        let environ_layout =
+            ecx.layout_of(tcx.mk_array(tcx.mk_imm_ptr(tcx.types.u8), vars.len() as u64)).unwrap();
+        let environ_place = ecx.allocate(environ_layout, MiriMemoryKind::Env.into());
+        for (idx, var) in vars.into_iter().enumerate() {
+            let place = ecx.mplace_field(environ_place, idx as u64).unwrap();
+            ecx.write_scalar(var, place.into()).unwrap();
+        }
+        ecx.memory.mark_immutable(environ_place.ptr.assert_ptr().alloc_id).unwrap();
+        // A pointer to that place corresponds to the `environ` static.
+        let environ_alloc = ecx.memory.get_raw(environ_place.ptr.assert_ptr().alloc_id).unwrap().clone();
+        ecx.memory.extra.environ = Some(environ_alloc);
     }
 }