diff --git a/plugins/config/environment.go b/plugins/config/environment.go
index 23e639eda..d4a96b3ee 100644
--- a/plugins/config/environment.go
+++ b/plugins/config/environment.go
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ const (
 	ExportFormatExports ExportFormat = iota
 	//ExportFormatEnvfile format: dotenv file
 	ExportFormatEnvfile
-	//ExportFormatDockerArgs format: --env args for docker
+	//ExportFormatDockerArgs format: --env KEY=VALUE args for docker
 	ExportFormatDockerArgs
+	//ExportFormatDockerArgsKeys format: --env KEY args for docker
+	ExportFormatDockerArgsKeys
 	//ExportFormatShell format: env arguments for shell
 	ExportFormatShell
 	//ExportFormatPretty format: pretty-printed in columns
@@ -171,6 +173,8 @@ func (e *Env) Export(format ExportFormat) string {
 		return e.EnvfileString()
 	case ExportFormatDockerArgs:
 		return e.DockerArgsString()
+	case ExportFormatDockerArgsKeys:
+		return e.DockerArgsKeysString()
 	case ExportFormatShell:
 		return e.ShellString()
 	case ExportFormatPretty:
@@ -201,6 +205,16 @@ func (e *Env) DockerArgsString() string {
 	return e.stringWithPrefixAndSeparator("--env=", " ")
 }
 
+//DockerArgsStringKeys gets the contents of this Env in the form -env=KEY --env...
+func (e *Env) DockerArgsKeysString() string {
+	keys := e.Keys()
+	entries := make([]string, len(keys))
+	for i, k := range keys {
+		entries[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", "--env=", k)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(entries, " ")
+}
+
 //JSONString returns the contents of this Env as a key/value json object
 func (e *Env) JSONString() string {
 	data, err := json.Marshal(e.Map())
diff --git a/plugins/config/environment_test.go b/plugins/config/environment_test.go
index 8f87a4a3b..dbe0bf744 100644
--- a/plugins/config/environment_test.go
+++ b/plugins/config/environment_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
 	e, _ := newEnvFromString("BAR='BAZ'\nFOO='b'ar '\nBAZ='a\\nb'")
 	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatEnvfile)).To(Equal("BAR=\"BAZ\"\nBAZ=\"a\\nb\"\nFOO=\"b'ar \""))
 	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatDockerArgs)).To(Equal("--env=BAR='BAZ' --env=BAZ='a\nb' --env=FOO='b'\\''ar '"))
+	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatDockerArgsKeys)).To(Equal("--env=BAR --env=BAZ --env=FOO"))
 	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatShell)).To(Equal("BAR='BAZ' BAZ='a\nb' FOO='b'\\''ar '"))
 	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatExports)).To(Equal("export BAR='BAZ'\nexport BAZ='a\nb'\nexport FOO='b'\\''ar '"))
 	Expect(e.Export(ExportFormatPretty)).To(Equal("BAR:  BAZ\nBAZ:  a\nb\nFOO:  b'ar"))
diff --git a/plugins/config/src/subcommands/subcommands.go b/plugins/config/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
index 0ad64a674..ae543e1ab 100644
--- a/plugins/config/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/config/src/subcommands/subcommands.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 		args := flag.NewFlagSet("config:export", flag.ExitOnError)
 		global := args.Bool("global", false, "--global: use the global environment")
 		merged := args.Bool("merged", false, "--merged: merge app environment and global environment")
-		format := args.String("format", "exports", "--format: [ exports | envfile | docker-args | shell | pretty | json | json-list ] which format to export as)")
+		format := args.String("format", "exports", "--format: [ exports | envfile | docker-args | docker-args-keys | shell | pretty | json | json-list ] which format to export as)")
 		args.Parse(os.Args[2:])
 		if !*global {
 			appName = args.Arg(0)
diff --git a/plugins/config/subcommands.go b/plugins/config/subcommands.go
index 331deb165..fdf30af52 100644
--- a/plugins/config/subcommands.go
+++ b/plugins/config/subcommands.go
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ func CommandExport(appName string, global bool, merged bool, format string) erro
 	suffix := "\n"
 
 	exportTypes := map[string]ExportFormat{
-		"exports":     ExportFormatExports,
-		"envfile":     ExportFormatEnvfile,
-		"docker-args": ExportFormatDockerArgs,
-		"shell":       ExportFormatShell,
-		"pretty":      ExportFormatPretty,
-		"json":        ExportFormatJSON,
-		"json-list":   ExportFormatJSONList,
+		"exports":          ExportFormatExports,
+		"envfile":          ExportFormatEnvfile,
+		"docker-args":      ExportFormatDockerArgs,
+		"docker-args-keys": ExportFormatDockerArgsKeys,
+		"shell":            ExportFormatShell,
+		"pretty":           ExportFormatPretty,
+		"json":             ExportFormatJSON,
+		"json-list":        ExportFormatJSONList,
 	}
 
 	exportType, ok := exportTypes[format]