diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/util.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/util.js
index 7eefe86c4..0c353aa90 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/util.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/util.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ async function evaluateEnvProperties(flow, env, credentials) {
     if (pendingEvaluations.length > 0) {
         await Promise.all(pendingEvaluations)
     }
+    // Now loop over the env types and evaluate them properly
     for (let i = 0; i < envTypes.length; i++) {
         let { name, value, type } = envTypes[i]
         // If an env-var wants to lookup itself, delegate straight to the parent
@@ -122,7 +123,17 @@ async function evaluateEnvProperties(flow, env, credentials) {
         if (evaluatedEnv.hasOwnProperty(value)) {
             value = evaluatedEnv[value]
         } else {
-            value = redUtil.evaluateNodeProperty(value, type, {_flow: flow}, null, null);
+            value = redUtil.evaluateNodeProperty(value, type, {_flow: {
+                // Provide a hook so when it tries to look up a flow setting,
+                // we can insert the just-evaluated value which hasn't yet
+                // been set on the flow object - otherwise delegate up to the flow
+                getSetting: function(name) {
+                    if (evaluatedEnv.hasOwnProperty(name)){
+                        return evaluatedEnv[name]
+                    }
+                    return flow.getSetting(name)
+                }
+            }}, null, null);
         }
         evaluatedEnv[name] = value
     }