diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
index 9902ed6fe6..7986772e68 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fieldpath"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/types"
@@ -528,9 +529,32 @@ func describeContainers(pod *api.Pod, out io.Writer) {
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Ready:\t%v\n", printBool(status.Ready))
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Restart Count:\t%d\n", status.RestartCount)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "    Variables:\n")
+		for _, e := range container.Env {
+			if e.ValueFrom != nil && e.ValueFrom.FieldRef != nil {
+				valueFrom := envValueFrom(pod, e)
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      %s:\t%s (%s:%s)\n", e.Name, valueFrom, e.ValueFrom.FieldRef.APIVersion, e.ValueFrom.FieldRef.FieldPath)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "      %s:\t%s\n", e.Name, e.Value)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
+func envValueFrom(pod *api.Pod, e api.EnvVar) string {
+	internalFieldPath, _, err := api.Scheme.ConvertFieldLabel(e.ValueFrom.FieldRef.APIVersion, "Pod", e.ValueFrom.FieldRef.FieldPath, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "" // pod validation should catch this on create
+	}
+
+	valueFrom, err := fieldpath.ExtractFieldPathAsString(pod, internalFieldPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "" // pod validation should catch this on create
+	}
+
+	return valueFrom
+}
+
 func printBool(value bool) string {
 	if value {
 		return "True"
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
index 4ca08ac6e8..f97a01d5ba 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/describe_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ func TestDescribeContainers(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Waiting", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image"},
 		},
+		//env
+		{
+			container: api.Container{Name: "test", Image: "image", Env: []api.EnvVar{{Name: "envname", Value: "xyz"}}},
+			status: api.ContainerStatus{
+				Name:         "test",
+				Ready:        true,
+				RestartCount: 7,
+			},
+			expectedElements: []string{"test", "State", "Waiting", "Ready", "True", "Restart Count", "7", "Image", "image", "envname", "xyz"},
+		},
 		// Using limits.
 		{
 			container: api.Container{