diff --git a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
index 2848a365..1c87e051 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/configuration.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class Kamal::Configuration
 
   class << self
     def create_from(config_file:, destination: nil, version: nil)
+      ENV['KAMAL_DESTINATION'] = destination
+
       raw_config = load_config_files(config_file, *destination_config_file(config_file, destination))
 
       new raw_config, destination: destination, version: version
diff --git a/test/configuration_test.rb b/test/configuration_test.rb
index 814aa26e..96ceb36f 100644
--- a/test/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/configuration_test.rb
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal "my-user", config.registry.username
   end
 
+  test "destination is loaded into env" do
+    dest_config_file = Pathname.new(File.expand_path("fixtures/deploy_for_dest.yml", __dir__))
+
+    config = Kamal::Configuration.create_from config_file: dest_config_file, destination: "world"
+    assert_equal ENV['KAMAL_DESTINATION'], "world"
+  end
+
   test "destination yml config merge" do
     dest_config_file = Pathname.new(File.expand_path("fixtures/deploy_for_dest.yml", __dir__))