diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/manager.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/manager.py
index 85299a61d..19ad1a96b 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/manager.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/manager.py
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ class Node:
         def _run_callback(status):
             if status['callresponse'][0] == 1:
                 #slots are complete. Reschedule in master. This is a security issue because could happen that the slots were completed since last status update by another cluster (thinking at future with full-distributed worker-master clusters)
-                self.master.schedule(pending['domain'], pending['settings'], pending['priority'])
+                self.master.schedule(pending['domain'], pending['settings'], pending['priority'], pending["env"])
                 log.msg("Domain %s rescheduled: no proc space in node." % pending['domain'], log.WARNING)
             self._set_status(status)
 
         try:
-            deferred = self.__remote.callRemote("run", pending["domain"], pending["settings"])
+            deferred = self.__remote.callRemote("run", pending["domain"], pending["settings"], pending["env"])
         except pb.DeadReferenceError:
             self._set_status(None)
             log.msg("Lost connection to node %s." % (self.name), log.ERROR)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ClusterMaster(object):
     def remove_node(self, nodename):
         raise NotImplemented
 
-    def schedule(self, domains, spider_settings=None, priority=PRIORITY_NORMAL):
+    def schedule(self, domains, spider_settings=None, env=None, priority=PRIORITY_NORMAL):
         i = 0
         for p in self.pending:
             if p['priority'] <= priority:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ClusterMaster(object):
             else:
                 break
         for domain in domains:
-            self.pending.insert(i, {'domain': domain, 'settings': spider_settings, 'priority': priority})
+            self.pending.insert(i, {'domain': domain, 'settings': spider_settings, 'env': env, 'priority': priority})
         self.update_nodes()
 
     def stop(self, domains):
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/web.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/web.py
index 1a2c9aae1..be384b18b 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/web.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/master/web.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class ClusterMasterWeb(ClusterMaster):
                 sep = "\r"
                 domains = args["schedule"]
             priority = eval(args.get("priority", ["PRIORITY_NORMAL"])[0])
+            
+            #spider settings
             slist = args.get("settings", [""])[0].split(sep)
             spider_settings = {}
             for s in slist:
@@ -71,7 +73,19 @@ class ClusterMasterWeb(ClusterMaster):
                     pass
                 else:
                     spider_settings[k] = v
-            self.schedule(domains, spider_settings, priority)
+            
+            #other environment settings
+            envlist = args.get("env", [""])[0].split(sep)
+            env = {}
+            for e in envlist:
+                try:
+                    k, v = e.strip().split("=")
+                except ValueError:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    env[k] = v
+                    
+            self.schedule(domains, spider_settings, env, priority)
             if ws:
                 return self.ws_status(wc_request)
 
@@ -157,11 +171,20 @@ class ClusterMasterWeb(ClusterMaster):
                 s += "<option value='%s'>%s</option>" % (p, pname)
         s += "</select>\n"
         s += "<br />\n"
+        
+        #spider settings
         s += "Spider settings:<br />\n"
         s += "<textarea name='settings' rows='6'>\n"
         s += "UNAVAILABLES_NOTIFY=2\n"
         s += "UNAVAILABLES_DAYS_BACK=3\n"
         s += "</textarea>\n"
+        s += "<br />\n"
+        
+        #other environment settings
+        s += "Other environment settings:<br />\n"
+        s += "<textarea name='env' rows='3'>\n"
+        s += "</textarea>\n"
+        
         s += "<p><input type='submit' value='Schedule selected domains'></p>\n"
         s += "</form>\n"
 
@@ -210,12 +233,7 @@ class ClusterMasterWeb(ClusterMaster):
         wc_request.setHeader('content-type', 'text/plain')
         status = {}
         nodes_status = {}
-        running = []
-        for d, n in self.nodes.iteritems():
-            nodes_status[d] = n.status_as_dict
-            running.extend(n.running)
         status["nodes"] = nodes_status
         status["pending"] = self.pending
-        status["running"] = running
         content = serialize(status, format)
         return content
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/worker/manager.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/worker/manager.py
index 1641234cf..1472832ed 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/worker/manager.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/pbcluster/worker/manager.py
@@ -12,26 +12,26 @@ from scrapy.conf import settings
 from scrapy.core.engine import scrapyengine
 
 class ScrapyProcessProtocol(protocol.ProcessProtocol):
-    def __init__(self, procman, domain, logfile=None, spider_settings=None):
+    def __init__(self, procman, domain, logfile=None, spider_settings=None, env=None):
         self.procman = procman
         self.domain = domain
         self.logfile = logfile
         self.start_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         self.status = "starting"
         self.pid = -1
-
-        env = {'SCRAPY_LOGFILE': self.logfile, 'SCRAPY_CLUSTER_WORKER_ENABLED': '0', 'SCRAPY_WEBCONSOLE_ENABLED': '0'}
+        self.env_original = env or {}
+        self.env = self.env_original.copy()
         #We conserve original setting format for info purposes (avoid lots of unnecesary "SCRAPY_")
-        self.settings = spider_settings or {}
-        for k in self.settings:
-            env["SCRAPY_%s" % k] = self.settings[k]
-        self.env = env
+        self.scrapy_settings = spider_settings or {}
+        self.scrapy_settings.update({'LOGFILE': self.logfile, 'CLUSTER_WORKER_ENABLED': '0', 'WEBCONSOLE_ENABLED': '0'})
+        for k in self.scrapy_settings:
+            self.env["SCRAPY_%s" % k] = self.scrapy_settings[k]
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "<ScrapyProcess domain=%s, pid=%s, status=%s>" % (self.domain, self.pid, self.status)
 
     def as_dict(self):
-        return {"domain": self.domain, "pid": self.pid, "status": self.status, "settings": self.settings, "logfile": self.logfile, "starttime": self.start_time}
+        return {"domain": self.domain, "pid": self.pid, "status": self.status, "settings": self.scrapy_settings, "logfile": self.logfile, "starttime": self.start_time, "env": self.env_original}
 
     def connectionMade(self):
         self.pid = self.transport.pid
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ class ClusterWorker(pb.Root):
         status["callresponse"] = (rcode, rstring) if rstring else (0, "Status Response.")
         return status
 
-    def remote_run(self, domain, spider_settings=None):
+    def remote_run(self, domain, spider_settings=None, env=None):
         """Spawn process to run the given domain."""
         if len(self.running) < self.maxproc:
             logfile = os.path.join(self.logdir, domain, time.strftime("%FT%T.log"))
             if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(logfile)):
                 os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(logfile))
-            scrapy_proc = ScrapyProcessProtocol(self, domain, logfile, spider_settings)
+            scrapy_proc = ScrapyProcessProtocol(self, domain, logfile, spider_settings, env)
             args = [sys.executable, sys.argv[0], 'crawl', domain]
             proc = reactor.spawnProcess(scrapy_proc, sys.executable, args=args, env=scrapy_proc.env)
             self.running[domain] = scrapy_proc