diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 756d6e5..a1c830c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ itself) in the `links` block; you can read more about how to use environment var
 
 ### Environment Variables ###
 
-Homemaker supports the expansion of environment variables for both command and link blocks. This is a good way of
-avoiding having to hard code absolute paths into your configuration file. To reference an environment variable simply
-use `${ENVVAR}` or `$ENVVAR`, where `ENVVAR` is the variable name (notice the similarity to normal shell variable
-expansion). In addition to being able to reference all of the environment variables defined on your system, Homemaker
-defines a couple of extra ones for ease of use:
+Homemaker supports the expansion of environment variables for both command and link blocks as well as for dependencies.
+This is a good way of avoiding having to hard code absolute paths into your configuration file. To reference an
+environment variable simply use `${ENVVAR}` or `$ENVVAR`, where `ENVVAR` is the variable name (notice the similarity
+to normal shell variable expansion). In addition to being able to reference all of the environment variables defined
+on your system, Homemaker defines a couple of extra ones for ease of use:
 
 *   `HM_CONFIG`
 
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 1172ac1..412f90f 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 )
 
 type task struct {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (t *task) deps(conf *config) []string {
 
 func (t *task) process(conf *config) error {
 	for _, currTask := range t.deps(conf) {
+		currTask = os.ExpandEnv(currTask)
 		if err := processTask(currTask, conf); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}