diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/ServerTask.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/ServerTask.java
index 8c4fce51..7f886f77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/ServerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/ServerTask.java
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
+import io.openliberty.tools.ant.types.EnvironmentVariable;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
 
@@ -121,6 +123,18 @@ protected void initTask() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * used in gradle closure while calling ant task using project.ant.server
+     * this method is called automatically when we create an object of EnvironmentVariable using closure
+     * @param var environment object
+     */
+    public void addConfiguredEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariable var) {
+        if (this.environmentVariables == null) {
+            this.environmentVariables = new HashMap<>();
+        }
+        this.environmentVariables.put(var.getName(), var.getValue());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void execute() {
 
@@ -689,6 +703,10 @@ public int getValue() {
         }
     }
 
+    public Map<String, String> getEnvironmentVariables() {
+        return environmentVariables;
+    }
+
     public void setEnvironmentVariables(Map<String, String> environmentVariables) {
         this.environmentVariables = environmentVariables;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/types/EnvironmentVariable.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/types/EnvironmentVariable.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..112e9aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/ant/types/EnvironmentVariable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2025.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.openliberty.tools.ant.types;
+
+public class EnvironmentVariable {
+    private String name;
+    private String value;
+
+    public String getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+}