diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3bf0d5dc9a9cd5b08bbb7a2f869258515dc3641a..bae860c40115152acafd39a608ed5d5d8465dbf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+v4.1.1
+  - Send (a selection of) git environment variables while making the API call to `/allowed`, !112
+
 v4.1.0
   - Add support for global custom hooks and chained hook directories (Elan Ruusamäe, Dirk Hörner), !113, !111, !93, !89, #32
   - Clear up text with merge request after new branch push (Lisanne Fellinger)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee74734aa2258df77aa09402d55798a1e2e55212..627a3f43a64f9d878a1143f59bea46e1970d0320 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.1.0
+4.1.1
diff --git a/lib/gitlab_access.rb b/lib/gitlab_access.rb
index 34cf4b1892edd5411b55b3751d0ff2d17c896fa5..1b2a06531b1804040b85dfe003abaefeab04198c 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_access.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_access.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ class GitlabAccess
 
   def exec
     status = GitlabMetrics.measure('check-access:git-receive-pack') do
-      api.check_access('git-receive-pack', @repo_path, @actor, @changes, @protocol)
+      env = {
+        "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES" => ENV["GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES"],
+        "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY" => ENV["GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY"]
+      }
+
+      api.check_access('git-receive-pack', @repo_path, @actor, @changes, @protocol, env: env.to_json)
     end
 
     raise AccessDeniedError, status.message unless status.allowed?
diff --git a/lib/gitlab_net.rb b/lib/gitlab_net.rb
index ed0b7056adb5887e7a04c7e5c60bee82b8034caf..8488adc354e7eb6fa1341c6192d7a2296cc759f9 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab_net.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab_net.rb
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ class GitlabNet
   CHECK_TIMEOUT = 5
   READ_TIMEOUT = 300
 
-  def check_access(cmd, repo, actor, changes, protocol)
+  def check_access(cmd, repo, actor, changes, protocol, env: {})
     changes = changes.join("\n") unless changes.kind_of?(String)
 
     params = {
       action: cmd,
       changes: changes,
       project: sanitize_path(repo),
-      protocol: protocol
+      protocol: protocol,
+      env: env
     }
 
     if actor =~ /\Akey\-\d+\Z/