diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index ebd3405..e79afaa 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ type ParseContext struct {
 	configOpenFunc             func(string) (iofs.File, error)
 	configAllowMissingFile     bool
 	configIgnoreUndefinedFlags bool
+
+	getenvFunc func(string) string // alternate implementation of os.Getenv
 }
 
 // ConfigFileParseFunc is a function that consumes the provided reader as a config
@@ -137,3 +139,15 @@ func WithFilesystem(fs iofs.FS) Option {
 		pc.configOpenFunc = fs.Open
 	}
 }
+
+// WithGetenvFunc is like [WithEnvVars], but with a controlled environment lookup
+// The provided function will be used rather than os.Getenv when looking up env vars
+// This allows tests to be run using t.Parallel with a controlled environment state
+//
+// By default os.Getenv is used
+func WithGetenvFunc(f func(string) string) Option {
+	return func(pc *ParseContext) {
+		pc.envVarEnabled = true
+		pc.getenvFunc = f
+	}
+}
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index bdfb2c7..728e43e 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func parse(fs Flags, args []string, options ...Option) error {
 					key := getEnvVarKey(name, pc.envVarPrefix)
 
 					// Look up the value from the environment.
-					val := os.Getenv(key)
+					val := getenv(pc.getenvFunc, key)
 					if val == "" {
 						continue
 					}
@@ -202,6 +202,15 @@ func parse(fs Flags, args []string, options ...Option) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getenv returns the value of the environment variable with the given key.
+// If fn is nil, os.Getenv is used.  This is mostly used to inject non-global state from tests.
+func getenv(fn func(string) string, key string) string {
+	if fn != nil {
+		return fn(key)
+	}
+	return os.Getenv(key)
+}
+
 //
 //
 //
diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index 62f9b3e..ed21ba9 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -428,3 +429,43 @@ func TestParse_stdfs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("foo: want %q, have %q", want, have)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParse_Getenv(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	// purpose of this test is to be able to provide a custom Getenv func
+	// this allows for cleaner tests which can control the env without mutating global state
+	var (
+		expectAddr      = "foo"
+		expectCompress  = true
+		expectTransform = true
+		expectLogLevel  = "error"
+		envMap          = map[string]string{
+			"X_ADDR":      expectAddr,
+			"X_COMPRESS":  strconv.FormatBool(expectCompress),
+			"X_TRANSFORM": strconv.FormatBool(expectTransform),
+			"X_LOG":       expectLogLevel,
+		}
+		prefixOption = ff.WithEnvVarPrefix("X")
+		envOption    = ff.WithGetenvFunc(func(key string) string { return envMap[key] })
+	)
+	fs := ff.NewFlagSet(t.Name())
+	var (
+		addr      = fs.String('a', "addr", "", "remote address (repeatable)")
+		compress  = fs.Bool('c', "compress", "enable compression")
+		transform = fs.Bool('t', "transform", "enable transformation")
+		loglevel  = fs.StringEnum('l', "log", "log level: debug, info, error", "info", "debug", "error")
+	)
+	if err := ff.Parse(fs, nil, prefixOption, envOption); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assertEqual(t, expectAddr, *addr)
+	assertEqual(t, expectCompress, *compress)
+	assertEqual(t, expectTransform, *transform)
+	assertEqual(t, expectLogLevel, *loglevel)
+}
+func assertEqual(t *testing.T, expected, actual interface{}) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if expected != actual {
+		t.Errorf("Values not equal \nWant: %v \t%T\nGot:  %v \t%T\n", expected, expected, actual, actual)
+	}
+}