diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index c2b378c..dc76fc6 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.9.8
+
+ * Fixed a regression in `my_init` which causes it to delete environment variables passed from Docker.
+
 ## 0.9.7 (release date: 2014-02-25)
 
  * Improved and fixed bugs in `my_init` (Thomas LÉVEIL):
diff --git a/image/my_init b/image/my_init
index 410645c..687c330 100755
--- a/image/my_init
+++ b/image/my_init
@@ -54,14 +54,15 @@ def is_exe(path):
 	except OSError:
 		return False
 
-def import_envvars():
+def import_envvars(clear_existing_environment = True):
 	new_env = {}
 	for envfile in listdir("/etc/container_environment"):
 		name = os.path.basename(envfile)
 		with open("/etc/container_environment/" + envfile, "r") as f:
 			value = f.read()
 		new_env[name] = value
-	os.environ.clear()
+	if clear_existing_environment:
+		os.environ.clear()
 	for name, value in new_env.items():
 		os.environ[name] = value
 
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ def install_insecure_key():
 	run_command_killable("/usr/sbin/enable_insecure_key")
 
 def main(args):
-	import_envvars()
+	import_envvars(False)
 	export_envvars()
 
 	if args.enable_insecure_key: