diff --git a/internal/exec/helmfile.go b/internal/exec/helmfile.go
index fef8419a72..d75ff0bc3a 100644
--- a/internal/exec/helmfile.go
+++ b/internal/exec/helmfile.go
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ func ExecuteHelmfile(info schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo) error {
 	if atmosConfig.Components.Helmfile.UseEKS {
 		envVars = append(envVars, envVarsEKS...)
 	}
-
+	envVars = append(envVars, fmt.Sprintf("ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH=%s", atmosConfig.CliConfigPath))
+	envVars = append(envVars, fmt.Sprintf("ATMOS_BASE_PATH=%s", atmosConfig.BasePath))
 	u.LogTrace("Using ENV vars:")
 	for _, v := range envVars {
 		u.LogTrace(v)
diff --git a/internal/exec/terraform.go b/internal/exec/terraform.go
index e19e24a721..29a3a7a17e 100644
--- a/internal/exec/terraform.go
+++ b/internal/exec/terraform.go
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ func ExecuteTerraform(info schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo) error {
 			u.LogWarning(fmt.Sprintf("detected '%s' set in the environment; this may interfere with Atmos's control of Terraform.", varName))
 		}
 	}
-
+	info.ComponentEnvList = append(info.ComponentEnvList, fmt.Sprintf("ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH=%s", atmosConfig.CliConfigPath))
+	info.ComponentEnvList = append(info.ComponentEnvList, fmt.Sprintf("ATMOS_BASE_PATH=%s", atmosConfig.BasePath))
 	// Set `TF_IN_AUTOMATION` ENV var to `true` to suppress verbose instructions after terraform commands
 	// https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/cli/config/environment-variables#tf_in_automation
 	info.ComponentEnvList = append(info.ComponentEnvList, "TF_IN_AUTOMATION=true")
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 66f9adbf02..2c12d8f0ce 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 
 	// Process config in system folder
 	configFilePath1 := ""
-
+	atmosConfigFilePath := ""
 	// https://pureinfotech.com/list-environment-variables-windows-10/
 	// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/usmt-recognized-environment-variables
 	// https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/299869/where-is-the-appropriate-place-to-put-application-configuration-files-for-each-p
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 		}
 		if found {
 			configFound = true
+			atmosConfigFilePath = configFile1
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 	}
 	if found {
 		configFound = true
+		atmosConfigFilePath = configFile2
 	}
 
 	// Process config in the current dir
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 	}
 	if found {
 		configFound = true
+		atmosConfigFilePath = configFile3
 	}
 
 	// Process config from the path in ENV var `ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH`
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 		}
 		if found {
 			configFound = true
+			atmosConfigFilePath = configFile4
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 			}
 			if found {
 				configFound = true
+				atmosConfigFilePath = configFile5
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -256,7 +261,16 @@ func InitCliConfig(configAndStacksInfo schema.ConfigAndStacksInfo, processStacks
 	if err != nil {
 		return atmosConfig, err
 	}
-
+	// Set the CLI config path in the atmosConfig struct
+	if filepath.IsAbs(atmosConfigFilePath) {
+		atmosConfig.CliConfigPath = atmosConfigFilePath
+	} else {
+		absPath, err := filepath.Abs(atmosConfigFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return atmosConfig, err
+		}
+		atmosConfig.CliConfigPath = absPath
+	}
 	// Process ENV vars
 	err = processEnvVars(&atmosConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/schema/schema.go b/pkg/schema/schema.go
index bcb9efa4c9..eb968c16d0 100644
--- a/pkg/schema/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/schema/schema.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ type AtmosConfiguration struct {
 	// Stores is never read from yaml, it is populated in processStoreConfig and it's used to pass to the populated store
 	// registry through to the yaml parsing functions when !store is run and to pass the registry to the hooks
 	// functions to be able to call stores from within hooks.
-	Stores store.StoreRegistry `yaml:"stores_registry,omitempty" json:"stores_registry,omitempty" mapstructure:"stores_registry"`
+	Stores        store.StoreRegistry `yaml:"stores_registry,omitempty" json:"stores_registry,omitempty" mapstructure:"stores_registry"`
+	CliConfigPath string              `yaml:"cli_config_path" json:"cli_config_path,omitempty" mapstructure:"cli_config_path"`
 }
 
 type Validate struct {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/main.tf b/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7746c6e101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    environment = {
+      source  = "EppO/environment"
+      version = "~> 1.3.0" # Check for latest version
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Get all environment variables matching patterns
+data "environment_variables" "required" {
+  filter = "^ATMOS_.*|^EXAMPLE$" # Regex pattern
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/outputs.tf b/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d21bb03405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/components/terraform/env-example/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+output "atmos_cli_config_path" {
+  value       = data.environment_variables.required.items["ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH"]
+  description = "The path to the Atmos CLI configuration file"
+}
+
+output "atmos_base_path" {
+  value       = data.environment_variables.required.items["ATMOS_BASE_PATH"]
+  description = "The base path used by Atmos"
+}
+
+output "example" {
+  value       = data.environment_variables.required.items["EXAMPLE"]
+  description = "Example environment variable"
+}
+
+# Output all matched variables
+output "all_atmos_vars" {
+  value       = data.environment_variables.required.items
+  description = "All matched environment variables"
+}
+
+variable "stage" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Deployment stage/environment (e.g., dev, prod)"
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/atmos.yaml b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/atmos.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b07b4bdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/atmos.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+base_path: "./"
+
+components:
+  terraform:
+    base_path: "../../components/terraform"
+    apply_auto_approve: true
+    deploy_run_init: true
+    init_run_reconfigure: true
+    auto_generate_backend_file: false
+
+stacks:
+  base_path: "stacks"
+  included_paths:
+    - "deploy/**/*"
+  excluded_paths:
+    - "**/_defaults.yaml"
+  name_pattern: "{stage}"
+
+logs:
+  file: "/dev/stderr"
+  level: Info
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/catalog/example.yaml b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/catalog/example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07059db32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/catalog/example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://atmos.tools/schemas/atmos/atmos-manifest/1.0/atmos-manifest.json
+env:
+  EXAMPLE: "test"
+
+components:
+  terraform:
+    env-example:
+      metadata:
+        component: env-example
+      vars: {}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/dev.yaml b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/dev.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5fa85adfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/dev.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://atmos.tools/schemas/atmos/atmos-manifest/1.0/atmos-manifest.json
+
+vars:
+  stage: dev
+
+import:
+  - catalog/example
+
+components:
+  terraform:
+    env-example:
+      vars: {}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/prod.yaml b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/prod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ded0e5e741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/prod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://atmos.tools/schemas/atmos/atmos-manifest/1.0/atmos-manifest.json
+
+vars:
+  stage: prod
+
+import:
+  - catalog/example
+
+components:
+  terraform:
+    env-example:
+      vars: {}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/staging.yaml b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/staging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09b34a8a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/scenarios/env/stacks/deploy/staging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://atmos.tools/schemas/atmos/atmos-manifest/1.0/atmos-manifest.json
+
+vars:
+  stage: staging
+
+import:
+  - catalog/example
+
+components:
+  terraform:
+    env-example:
+      vars: {}
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config.stdout.golden b/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config.stdout.golden
index 89551af680..5a4d543646 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config.stdout.golden
+++ b/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config.stdout.golden
@@ -148,5 +148,6 @@
     "editorconfig": {
       "color": true
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "cli_config_path": "/absolute/path/to/repo/examples/demo-stacks/atmos"
 }
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config_-f_yaml.stdout.golden b/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config_-f_yaml.stdout.golden
index 7ca1700008..c50127f755 100644
--- a/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config_-f_yaml.stdout.golden
+++ b/tests/snapshots/TestCLICommands_atmos_describe_config_-f_yaml.stdout.golden
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ default: false
 validate:
     editorconfig:
         color: true
+cli_config_path: /absolute/path/to/repo/examples/demo-stacks/atmos
 
diff --git a/tests/test-cases/env.yaml b/tests/test-cases/env.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f7011c190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-cases/env.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=schema.json
+tests:
+  - name: atmos_terraform_apply_env
+    snapshot: false
+    enabled: true
+    description: "Ensure atmos export atmos_base_path and atmos_cli_config_path"
+    workdir: "fixtures/scenarios/env"
+    command: "atmos"
+    args:
+      - "terraform"
+      - "apply"
+      - "env-example"
+      - "-s"
+      - "dev"
+    expect:
+      diff: []
+      stdout:
+        - 'atmos_base_path = "./"'
+        - 'atmos_cli_config_path = ".*tests.*fixtures.*scenarios.*env.*atmos"'
+      stderr:
+        - "^$"
+      exit_code: 0