diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 8e4115a..75044a5 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ Describe what actually happened.
 
 #### 🖥️ Environment
 
-Any relevant environment details like: 
+Any relevant environment details like:
+
 * Ansible version
 * Operating system
-* External node version
+* External Node version
 
 #### 📋 Additional Context
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c909593..f421ecb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sovereignty! We welcome contributions from anyone on the internet, and are grate
 
 ## Ways to contribute
 
-There are many ways to contribute to the external node role:
+There are many ways to contribute to the External Node role:
 
 1. Open issues: if you find a bug, have something you believe needs to be fixed, or have an idea for a feature, please
    open an issue.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7551fce..8f839d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This role has been tested on:
 
 ## Usage
 
-For a very simple minimal working example, see example_playbooks directory 
+For a very simple minimal working example, see example_playbooks directory
 
 Minimal required variables that have to be set:
 
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ l1_chain_id: ""
 l2_chain_id: ""
 ```
 
+Additional arbitrary environment variables can be passed to External Node container:
+
+```yaml
+additional_env_vars:
+  - { name: "EN_ADDITIONAL_VAR1", value: "Value1" }
+  - { name: "EN_ADDITIONAL_VAR2", value: "Value2" }
+  - { name: "EN_ADDITIONAL_VAR3", value: "Value3" }
+```
+
 Please refer to [External Node docs](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/tree/main/docs/guides/external-node/prepared_configs) to find values for different zkSync Era chains.
 
 If you want to use monitoring (which we highly recommend), you have to change these variables:
@@ -75,7 +84,6 @@ We recommend using pgtune [online](https://pgtune.leopard.in.ua/) or [self-hoste
 If you want to use basic auth for inbound requests, you have to change next variables:
 
 ```yaml
-# Enable basic auth for external node
 enable_basic_auth: true
 basic_auth_secret: "htpasswd-generated-secret"
 ```
@@ -104,7 +112,7 @@ Skip this step if you are recovering from a snapshot!
 
 4. Run ansible-playbook using this role. We recommend encrypting next variables with ansible-vault or some another way:
 
-```
+```yaml
 database_username
 database_password
 eth_l1_url
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ vm_auth_password
 ## Snapshots Recovery
 
 example config enabling recovery from a snapshot
+
 ```yaml
 - enable_snapshots_recovery: true
 - snapshots_bucket_base_url: "zksync-era-mainnet-external-node-snapshots"
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 58aa4bc..f15eea2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ docker_install_compose: true
 docker_version: "25.0.3"
 docker_compose_version: "v2.23.0"
 
-# Versions of external node and 3rd party components
+# Versions of External Node and 3rd party components
 traefik_version: 2.11
 postgres_version: 14
 external_node_version: 21.0.2
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ enable_tls: false
 acme_email: ""
 domain_name: ""
 
-# Enable basic auth for external node
+# Enable basic auth for External Node
 enable_basic_auth: false
 basic_auth_secret: ""
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ force_pg_restore: false
 enable_snapshots_recovery: false
 snapshots_bucket_base_url: ""
 
-# External node and database options
+# External Node and database options
 database_name: ""
 database_username: ""
 database_password: ""
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ healthcheck_port: 3081
 metrics_port: 3082
 rust_log: zksync_external_node=info,zksync_core=info,zksync_core::sync_layer=info,zksync_server=info,zksync_prover=info,zksync_contract_verifier=info,zksync_dal=info,zksync_eth_client=info,zksync_storage=info,zksync_db_manager=info,zksync_merkle_tree=info,zksync_state=info,zksync_utils=info,zksync_types=info,loadnext=info,dev_ticker=info,vm=info,block_sizes_test=info,zksync_verification_key_generator_and_server=info,zksync_object_store=info,setup_key_generator_and_server=info,zksync_circuit_synthesizer=info,zksync_queued_job_processor=info,zksync_health_check=info
 
+# Additional env vars passed to External Node
+additional_env_vars: []
+
 # Monitoring options section
 enable_monitoring: false
 node_name: ""
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index f940170..7790e37 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
 galaxy_info:
   role_name: external_node
   author: matter-labs
-  description: External node setup
+  description: External Node setup
   license: "license (MIT, APACHE)"
   min_ansible_version: "2.13.9"
   platforms:
diff --git a/templates/external_node.env.j2 b/templates/external_node.env.j2
index 20c5a50..06a5e3a 100644
--- a/templates/external_node.env.j2
+++ b/templates/external_node.env.j2
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ EN_SNAPSHOTS_OBJECT_STORE_BUCKET_BASE_URL="{{ snapshots_bucket_base_url | mandat
 {% endif %}
 
 DATABASE_URL="postgres://{{ database_username | mandatory }}:{{ database_password | mandatory }}@postgres/{{ database_name | mandatory }}"
+
+{% if additional_env_vars is defined and additional_env_vars|length > 0 %}
+{% for env_var in additional_env_vars %}
+{{ env_var.name }}="{{ env_var.value }}"
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}