diff --git a/sbin/start-history-server.sh b/sbin/start-history-server.sh
index e30493da32a7a5b4d1f67c98a16436b495b6bf89..580ab471b8a79b679912a249edc42993eaafedcf 100755
--- a/sbin/start-history-server.sh
+++ b/sbin/start-history-server.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 sbin=`dirname "$0"`
 sbin=`cd "$sbin"; pwd`
 
+. "$sbin/spark-config.sh"
+. "$SPARK_PREFIX/bin/load-spark-env.sh"
+
 if [ $# != 0 ]; then
   echo "Using command line arguments for setting the log directory is deprecated. Please "
   echo "set the spark.history.fs.logDirectory configuration option instead."