diff --git a/src/libs/utils/environment.h b/src/libs/utils/environment.h
index 795f65e2e4b..3e53c7a3c51 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/environment.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/environment.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ public:
     QString value(const_iterator it) const { return m_dict.value(it); } // FIXME: avoid
     bool isEnabled(const_iterator it) const { return m_dict.isEnabled(it); } // FIXME: avoid
 
+    void setCombineWithDeviceEnvironment(bool combine) { m_combineWithDeviceEnvironment = combine; }
+    bool combineWithDeviceEnvironment() const { return m_combineWithDeviceEnvironment; }
+
     const_iterator constBegin() const { return m_dict.constBegin(); } // FIXME: avoid
     const_iterator constEnd() const { return m_dict.constEnd(); } // FIXME: avoid
     const_iterator constFind(const QString &name) const { return m_dict.constFind(name); } // FIXME: avoid
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     NameValueDictionary m_dict;
+    bool m_combineWithDeviceEnvironment = true;
 };
 
 class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT EnvironmentChange final
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
index 92717a571bb..80017038b63 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/qtcprocess.cpp
@@ -670,11 +670,11 @@ public:
     Environment fullEnvironment() const
     {
         Environment env = m_setup.m_environment;
-        if (!env.hasChanges()) {
-// FIXME: Either switch to using EnvironmentChange instead of full Environments, or
-// feed the full environment into the QtcProcess instead of fixing it up here.
-//            qWarning("QtcProcess::start: Empty environment set when running '%s'.",
-//                 qPrintable(m_setup.m_commandLine.executable().toString()));
+        if (!env.hasChanges() && env.combineWithDeviceEnvironment()) {
+            // FIXME: Either switch to using EnvironmentChange instead of full Environments, or
+            // feed the full environment into the QtcProcess instead of fixing it up here.
+            //            qWarning("QtcProcess::start: Empty environment set when running '%s'.",
+            //                 qPrintable(m_setup.m_commandLine.executable().toString()));
             env = m_setup.m_commandLine.executable().deviceEnvironment();
         }
         // TODO: needs SshSettings
diff --git a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
index 465c03ed974..95275ba282e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/remotelinux/linuxdevice.cpp
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ public:
     RunResult runInShell(const CommandLine &cmdLine,
                          const QByteArray &stdInData) const override;
 
+    Environment deviceEnvironment() const override;
+
     LinuxDevicePrivate *m_dev;
 };
 
@@ -388,6 +390,19 @@ RunResult LinuxDeviceFileAccess::runInShell(const CommandLine &cmdLine,
     return m_dev->runInShell(cmdLine, stdInData);
 }
 
+Environment LinuxDeviceFileAccess::deviceEnvironment() const
+{
+    QtcProcess getEnvProc;
+    getEnvProc.setCommand({FilePath("env").onDevice(m_dev->q->rootPath()), {}});
+    Environment inEnv;
+    inEnv.setCombineWithDeviceEnvironment(false);
+    getEnvProc.setEnvironment(inEnv);
+    getEnvProc.runBlocking();
+
+    const QString remoteOutput = getEnvProc.cleanedStdOut();
+    return Environment(remoteOutput.split('\n', Qt::SkipEmptyParts), m_dev->q->osType());
+}
+
 // SshProcessImpl
 
 class SshProcessInterfacePrivate : public QObject