diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
index d97398456502f9256ed92c75d2b8ded65cfbe171..269dc9784a4fb4c67c90cca4800f4f20be16a5bb 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_container.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "veth.h"
+#include "uuid.h"
 #include "files.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_LXC
@@ -102,6 +103,20 @@ struct __lxc_child_argv {
  */
 static int lxcContainerExecInit(virDomainDefPtr vmDef)
 {
+    char *uuidenv, *nameenv;
+    char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
+
+    virUUIDFormat(vmDef->uuid, uuidstr);
+
+    if (virAsprintf(&uuidenv, "LIBVIRT_LXC_UUID=%s", uuidstr) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError();
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (virAsprintf(&nameenv, "LIBVIRT_LXC_NAME=%s", vmDef->name) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError();
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     const char *const argv[] = {
         vmDef->os.init,
         NULL,
@@ -109,6 +124,8 @@ static int lxcContainerExecInit(virDomainDefPtr vmDef)
     const char *const envp[] = {
         "PATH=/bin:/sbin",
         "TERM=linux",
+        uuidenv,
+        nameenv,
         NULL,
     };