diff --git a/cmd/XDC/main.go b/cmd/XDC/main.go
index db3e4e68f6..d57040b8cc 100644
--- a/cmd/XDC/main.go
+++ b/cmd/XDC/main.go
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ func init() {
 		if err := debug.Setup(ctx); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		flags.CheckEnvVars(ctx, app.Flags, "XDC")
 		// Start system runtime metrics collection
 		go metrics.CollectProcessMetrics(3 * time.Second)
 
diff --git a/internal/flags/helpers.go b/internal/flags/helpers.go
index eb9844272e..a35b9f609f 100644
--- a/internal/flags/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/flags/helpers.go
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/log"
 	"github.com/XinFinOrg/XDPoSChain/params"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -252,3 +254,37 @@ func AutoEnvVars(flags []cli.Flag, prefix string) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// CheckEnvVars iterates over all the environment variables and checks if any of
+// them look like a CLI flag but is not consumed. This can be used to detect old
+// or mistyped names.
+func CheckEnvVars(ctx *cli.Context, flags []cli.Flag, prefix string) {
+	known := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, flag := range flags {
+		docflag, ok := flag.(cli.DocGenerationFlag)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, envvar := range docflag.GetEnvVars() {
+			known[envvar] = flag.Names()[0]
+		}
+	}
+	keyvals := os.Environ()
+	sort.Strings(keyvals)
+
+	for _, keyval := range keyvals {
+		key := strings.Split(keyval, "=")[0]
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(key, prefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if flag, ok := known[key]; ok {
+			if ctx.Count(flag) > 0 {
+				log.Info("Config environment variable found", "envvar", key, "shadowedby", "--"+flag)
+			} else {
+				log.Info("Config environment variable found", "envvar", key)
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Warn("Unknown config environment variable", "envvar", key)
+		}
+	}
+}