diff --git a/packages/artillery/lib/cli/common-flags.js b/packages/artillery/lib/cli/common-flags.js
index d1461a0849..e01f597cd7 100644
--- a/packages/artillery/lib/cli/common-flags.js
+++ b/packages/artillery/lib/cli/common-flags.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const CommonRunFlags = {
     description: 'Write a JSON report to file'
   }),
   dotenv: Flags.string({
-    description: 'Path to a dotenv file to load environment variables from'
+    description: 'Path to a dotenv file to load environment variables from',
+    aliases: ['env-file']
   }),
   variables: Flags.string({
     char: 'v',
diff --git a/packages/artillery/lib/platform/az/aci.js b/packages/artillery/lib/platform/az/aci.js
index e9771b0cac..9112bd1fd7 100644
--- a/packages/artillery/lib/platform/az/aci.js
+++ b/packages/artillery/lib/platform/az/aci.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const { IMAGE_VERSION } = require('../aws-ecs/legacy/constants');
 const { regionNames } = require('./regions');
 const path = require('path');
 const { Timeout, sleep } = require('../aws-ecs/legacy/time');
+const dotenv = require('dotenv');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
 
 class PlatformAzureACI {
   constructor(script, variablePayload, opts, platformOpts) {
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ class PlatformAzureACI {
     this.memory = parseInt(platformOpts.platformConfig.memory, 10) || 8;
     this.region = platformOpts.platformConfig.region || 'eastus';
 
+    this.extraEnvVars = {};
+
     if (!regionNames.includes(this.region)) {
       const err = new Error(`Invalid region: ${this.region}`);
       err.code = 'INVALID_REGION';
@@ -180,8 +184,13 @@ class PlatformAzureACI {
     }
 
     if (this.platformOpts.cliArgs.dotenv) {
-      this.artilleryArgs.push('--dotenv');
-      this.artilleryArgs.push(path.basename(this.platformOpts.cliArgs.dotenv));
+      const dotEnvPath = path.resolve(
+        process.cwd(),
+        this.platformOpts.cliArgs.dotenv
+      );
+      const contents = fs.readFileSync(dotEnvPath);
+      const envVars = dotenv.parse(contents);
+      this.extraEnvVars = Object.assign({}, this.extraEnvVars, envVars);
     }
 
     if (this.platformOpts.cliArgs['scenario-name']) {
@@ -519,6 +528,10 @@ class PlatformAzureACI {
       });
     }
 
+    for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(this.extraEnvVars)) {
+      environmentVariables.push({ name, value });
+    }
+
     const containerGroup = {
       location: this.region,
       containers: [