diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/Environment.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/Environment.cs
index 5013454ccb..de030bb1d6 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/Environment.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/Environment.cs
@@ -38,5 +38,10 @@ public string NewLine
         {
             get { return System.Environment.NewLine; }
         }
+
+        public void SetEnvironmentVariable(string variable, string value)
+        {
+            System.Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(variable, value);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/IEnvironment.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/IEnvironment.cs
index 476868b6cf..1abb1042eb 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/IEnvironment.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure/adapters/IEnvironment.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,37 @@ public interface IEnvironment
         /// </returns>
         /// <filterpriority>1</filterpriority>
         string NewLine { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Creates, modifies, or deletes an environment variable stored in the current process.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="variable">
+        ///   The name of an environment variable.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="value">
+        ///   A value to assign to <paramref name="variable" />.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentNullException">
+        ///   <paramref name="variable" /> is null.
+        /// </exception>
+        /// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">
+        ///   <paramref name="variable" /> contains a zero-length string, an initial hexadecimal zero character (0x00), or an equal sign ("=").
+        ///   -or-
+        ///   The length of <paramref name="variable" /> or <paramref name="value" /> is greater than or equal to 32,767 characters.
+        ///   -or-
+        ///   An error occurred during the execution of this operation.
+        /// </exception>
+        /// <exception cref="T:System.Security.SecurityException">
+        ///   The caller does not have the required permission to perform this operation.
+        /// </exception>
+        /// <filterpriority>1</filterpriority>
+        /// <PermissionSet>
+        ///   <IPermission
+        ///     class="System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
+        ///     version="1" Unrestricted="true" />
+        /// </PermissionSet>
+        void SetEnvironmentVariable(string variable, string value);
     }
 
     // ReSharper restore InconsistentNaming
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}