Index: systemd-195/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
===================================================================
--- systemd-195.orig/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ systemd-195/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -4118,10 +4118,32 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc
         };
 
         int c;
+        char **to_free = NULL;
 
         assert(argc >= 0);
         assert(argv);
 
+        if (secure_getenv("SYSTEMCTL_OPTIONS")) {
+                char **parsed_systemctl_options = strv_split_quoted(getenv("SYSTEMCTL_OPTIONS"));
+
+                if (*parsed_systemctl_options && **parsed_systemctl_options) {
+                        char **k,**a;
+                        char **new_argv = new(char*, strv_length(argv) + strv_length(parsed_systemctl_options) + 1);
+                        new_argv[0] = strdup(argv[0]);
+                        for (k = new_argv+1, a = parsed_systemctl_options; *a; k++, a++) {
+                                *k = strdup(*a);
+                        }
+                        for (a = argv+1; *a; k++, a++) {
+                                *k = strdup(*a);
+                        }
+                        *k = NULL;
+                        argv = new_argv;
+                        argc = strv_length(new_argv);
+                        strv_free (parsed_systemctl_options);
+                        to_free = new_argv;
+                }
+        }
+
         while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "ht:p:aqfs:H:Pn:o:", options, NULL)) >= 0) {
 
                 switch (c) {
@@ -4297,6 +4319,8 @@ static int systemctl_parse_argv(int argc
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        strv_free(to_free);
+
         return 1;
 }