diff --git a/src/Phing/Task/System/PropertyTask.php b/src/Phing/Task/System/PropertyTask.php
index 97574c1af..51dfb7870 100644
--- a/src/Phing/Task/System/PropertyTask.php
+++ b/src/Phing/Task/System/PropertyTask.php
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ protected function loadEnvironment(string $prefix)
             $prefix .= '.';
         }
         $this->log("Loading Environment {$prefix}", Project::MSG_VERBOSE);
-        foreach ($_ENV as $key => $value) {
+        foreach (getenv() as $key => $value) {
             $props->setProperty($prefix . '.' . $key, $value);
         }
         $this->addProperties($props);
diff --git a/tests/Phing/Test/Task/System/PropertyTaskTest.php b/tests/Phing/Test/Task/System/PropertyTaskTest.php
index 3b924e54b..e7c1affef 100644
--- a/tests/Phing/Test/Task/System/PropertyTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/Phing/Test/Task/System/PropertyTaskTest.php
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ public function setUp(): void
 
     public function test1(): void
     {
-        // should get no output at all
-        $this->expectOutputAndError('test1', '', '');
+        putenv('MESSAGE=foo bar baz');
+        $this->executeTarget(__FUNCTION__);
+        $this->assertPropertyEquals('testenv.MESSAGE', 'foo bar baz');
     }
 
     public function test2(): void