diff --git a/src/slaunch/opt.c b/src/slaunch/opt.c
index 33d81413befdef53654b39b6e603265821204b30..e8ba8c4d85a8639e27b7c4cd901ef2c27a78a53e 100644
--- a/src/slaunch/opt.c
+++ b/src/slaunch/opt.c
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ struct env_vars {
 };
 
 env_vars_t env_vars[] = {
+  {"SLURM_JOBID",          OPT_INT,       &opt.jobid,         &opt.jobid_set },
+  {"SLURM_JOB_ID",         OPT_INT,       &opt.jobid,         &opt.jobid_set },
   {"SLAUNCH_JOBID",        OPT_INT,       &opt.jobid,         &opt.jobid_set },
   {"SLURMD_DEBUG",         OPT_INT,       &opt.slurmd_debug,  NULL           },
   {"SLAUNCH_CORE_FORMAT",  OPT_CORE,      NULL,               NULL           },