diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3507c0..f9884df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ This project does not follow semantic versioning.
 
 ### Added
 
+* emulate certbot hooks environment variables
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/evoacme.sh b/evoacme.sh
index 12c4ba4..689c5af 100755
--- a/evoacme.sh
+++ b/evoacme.sh
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ main() {
     export EVOACME_CHAIN="${LIVE_CHAIN}"
     export EVOACME_FULLCHAIN="${LIVE_FULLCHAIN}"
 
+    # emulate certbot hooks environment variables
+    export RENEWED_LINEAGE="${LIVE_CHAIN}"
+    export RENEWED_DOMAINS="${VHOST}"
+
     # search for files in hooks directory
     for hook in $(find ${HOOKS_DIR} -type f -executable | sort); do
         set +e