diff --git a/docker/gunicorn_start.sh b/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
index 708f742be..94e1cc34f 100755
--- a/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
+++ b/docker/gunicorn_start.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ then
     SAPL_DIR="$1"
 fi
 
+#Carrega as variáveis de ambiente
+export $(egrep -v '^#' $SAPL_DIR/sapl/.env | xargs)
+
 NAME="SAPL"                                     # Name of the application (*)
 DJANGODIR=/var/interlegis/sapl/                    # Django project directory (*)
 SOCKFILE=/var/interlegis/sapl/run/gunicorn.sock    # we will communicate using this unix socket (*)
@@ -25,6 +28,17 @@ DJANGO_WSGI_MODULE=sapl.wsgi                    # WSGI module name (*)
 
 echo "Starting $NAME as `whoami` on base dir $SAPL_DIR"
 
+# Ativa ambiente virtual
+cd $DJANGODIR
+if [ "$SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV" ]
+then
+source $SAPL_VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
+else
+source /var/interlegis/.virtualenvs/sapl/bin/activate
+fi
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=$DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+export PYTHONPATH=$DJANGODIR:$PYTHONPATH
+
 # Create the run directory if it doesn't exist
 RUNDIR=$(dirname $SOCKFILE)
 test -d $RUNDIR || mkdir -p $RUNDIR