diff --git a/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/binding.ts b/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/binding.ts
index 78ca3e9f..0f2ddc3c 100644
--- a/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/binding.ts
+++ b/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/binding.ts
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ export const distroVersionBinding = {
 	name: "distroVersion",
 	fallback: null as string | null,
 } as const;
+
+export const envVarBinding = {
+	prefix: "",
+	name: "env",
+	fallback: Object.freeze({}) as Readonly<Record<string, string>>,
+} as const;
diff --git a/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/useServerSideValidation.ts b/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/useServerSideValidation.ts
index 6c6c3b6d..4dbf98b8 100644
--- a/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/useServerSideValidation.ts
+++ b/packages/otelbin/src/components/validation/useServerSideValidation.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { debounce } from "lodash";
 import { useUrlState } from "~/lib/urlState/client/useUrlState";
-import { distroBinding, distroVersionBinding } from "~/components/validation/binding";
+import { distroBinding, distroVersionBinding, envVarBinding } from "~/components/validation/binding";
 import { editorBinding } from "~/components/monaco-editor/editorBinding";
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { type ServerSideValidationResult } from "~/types";
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ const initialValidationState: ValidationState = {
 };
 
 export function useServerSideValidation(): ValidationState {
-	const [{ config, distro, distroVersion }] = useUrlState([distroBinding, distroVersionBinding, editorBinding]);
+	const [{ config, distro, distroVersion, env }] = useUrlState([
+		distroBinding,
+		distroVersionBinding,
+		editorBinding,
+		envVarBinding,
+	]);
 	const [state, setState] = useState<ValidationState>(initialValidationState);
 
 	const validate = useMemo(
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ export function useServerSideValidation(): ValidationState {
 								},
 								body: JSON.stringify({
 									config,
-									env: {},
+									env,
 								}),
 							}
 						);
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ export function useServerSideValidation(): ValidationState {
 					trailing: true,
 				}
 			),
-		[distro, distroVersion]
+		[distro, distroVersion, env]
 	);
 
 	useEffect(() => {