diff --git a/customers/base/nextcloud-configmap.yml b/customers/base/nextcloud-configmap.yml
index 48dec32..29bbf8f 100644
--- a/customers/base/nextcloud-configmap.yml
+++ b/customers/base/nextcloud-configmap.yml
@@ -179,5 +179,20 @@ data:
       ),
 
     );
+  envars: |
+    unset HOME
+    if [ "${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}" != "${APACHE_CONFDIR}" ] ; then
+      SUFFIX="-${APACHE_CONFDIR##/etc/apache2-}"
+    else
+      SUFFIX=
+    fi
+    export APACHE_RUN_USER=www-data
+    export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=www-data
+    export APACHE_PID_FILE=/var/run/apache2$SUFFIX/apache2.pid
+    export APACHE_RUN_DIR=/var/run/apache2$SUFFIX
+    export APACHE_LOCK_DIR=/var/lock/apache2$SUFFIX
+    export APACHE_LOG_DIR=/tmp$SUFFIX
+    export LANG=C
+    export LANG
   ports.conf: |
     Listen 8080
diff --git a/customers/base/nextcloud-deployment.yml b/customers/base/nextcloud-deployment.yml
index ae02959..cde79c0 100644
--- a/customers/base/nextcloud-deployment.yml
+++ b/customers/base/nextcloud-deployment.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ spec:
             - name: apache2-config
               mountPath: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
               subPath: apache2.conf
+            - name: envars
+              mountPath: /etc/apache2/envars
+              subPath: envars
             - name: ports-config
               mountPath: /etc/apache2/ports.conf
               subPath: ports.conf
@@ -195,6 +198,12 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: "000-default.conf"
                 path: "000-default.conf"
+        - name: envars
+          configMap:
+            name: nextcloud-configmap
+            items:
+              - key: "envars"
+                path: "envars"
         - name: ports-config
           configMap:
             name: nextcloud-configmap