diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index b95ed56b48956dfc7cd91f676e9cdded99fd540f..b768ca0dbe129d66177881256ee1e1e5b2e0b043 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ ignore=body-trailing-whitespace,body-is-missing
 [author-valid-email]
 regex=.*@[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9](\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])+
 
+[ignore-body-lines]
+regex=^Closes [#][0-9]+
+
 # vim:ft=cfg
diff --git a/behave_utils/docker.py b/behave_utils/docker.py
index 7f407683a636cca0652d5c0c53ba88e02f50b5cc..e9b07c040a4b957fb35f79d5edab39058a1bcca9 100644
--- a/behave_utils/docker.py
+++ b/behave_utils/docker.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from os import PathLike
+from os import environ
 from os import fspath
 from pathlib import Path
 from secrets import token_hex
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ def docker(*args: Argument, **env: str) -> None:
 	"""
 	Run a Docker command, with output going to stdout
 	"""
-	run([DOCKER, *args], env=env, check=True)
+	run([DOCKER, *args], env={**environ, **env}, check=True)
 
 
 def docker_output(*args: Argument, **env: str) -> str:
 	"""
 	Run a Docker command, capturing and returning its stdout
 	"""
-	proc = run([DOCKER, *args], env=env, check=True, stdout=PIPE, text=True)
+	proc = run([DOCKER, *args], env={**environ, **env}, check=True, stdout=PIPE, text=True)
 	return proc.stdout.strip()
 
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ def docker_quiet(*args: Argument, **env: str) -> None:
 	"""
 	Run a Docker command, directing its stdout to /dev/null
 	"""
-	run([DOCKER, *args], env=env, check=True, stdout=DEVNULL)
+	run([DOCKER, *args], env={**environ, **env}, check=True, stdout=DEVNULL)
 
 
 class IPv4Address(ipaddress.IPv4Address):