diff --git a/include/gz/utils/Subprocess.hh b/include/gz/utils/Subprocess.hh
index 787daf5..3812a3c 100644
--- a/include/gz/utils/Subprocess.hh
+++ b/include/gz/utils/Subprocess.hh
@@ -34,10 +34,19 @@ namespace utils
 
 class Subprocess
 {
+  public: Subprocess(const std::vector<std::string> &_commandLine):
+    commandLine(_commandLine),
+    environment({}),
+    inheritEnvironment(true)
+  {
+    this->Create();
+  }
+
   public: Subprocess(const std::vector<std::string> &_commandLine,
-                     const std::vector<std::string> &_environment = {}):
+                     const std::vector<std::string> &_environment):
     commandLine(_commandLine),
-    environment(_environment)
+    environment(_environment),
+    inheritEnvironment(false)
   {
     this->Create();
   }
@@ -57,21 +66,26 @@ class Subprocess
     commandLineCstr.push_back(nullptr);
 
     std::vector<const char*> environmentCstr;
-    for (const auto &val : this->environment)
+    if (!this->inheritEnvironment)
     {
-      environmentCstr.push_back(val.c_str());
+      for (const auto &val : this->environment)
+      {
+        environmentCstr.push_back(val.c_str());
+      }
+      environmentCstr.push_back(nullptr);
     }
-    environmentCstr.push_back(nullptr);
 
     int ret = -1;
-    if (this->environment.size())
+    if (!this->inheritEnvironment && this->environment.size())
     {
       ret = subprocess_create_ex(commandLineCstr.data(),
                                  0, environmentCstr.data(), this->process);
     }
     else
     {
-      ret = subprocess_create(commandLineCstr.data(), 0, this->process);
+      ret = subprocess_create(commandLineCstr.data(),
+                              subprocess_option_inherit_environment,
+                              this->process);
     }
 
     if (0 != ret)
@@ -157,6 +171,8 @@ class Subprocess
 
   protected: std::vector<std::string> environment;
 
+  protected: bool inheritEnvironment;
+
   protected: subprocess_s * process {nullptr};
 };
 }  // namespace utils