diff --git a/e2e/nx-run/src/run.test.ts b/e2e/nx-run/src/run.test.ts
index 02417680b415e..8c9d91d181a1c 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-run/src/run.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-run/src/run.test.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,27 @@ describe('Nx Running Tests', () => {
         expect(output).toContain(app);
       });
     });
+
+    it('should pass env option to nx:run-commands executor', () => {
+      const mylib = uniq('mylib');
+      runCLI(`generate @nx/js:lib ${mylib}`);
+
+      updateJson(`libs/${mylib}/project.json`, (c) => {
+        c.targets['echo'] = {
+          executor: 'nx:run-commands',
+          options: {
+            command: 'node -e "console.log(process.env.ONE)"',
+            env: {
+              ONE: 'TWO',
+            },
+          },
+        };
+        return c;
+      });
+
+      const output = runCLI(`echo ${mylib}`);
+      expect(output).toContain('TWO');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Nx Bail', () => {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index d0cfb832da674..4f2dcea1ed847 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
     const temporaryOutputPath = this.cache.temporaryOutputPath(task);
     const streamOutput = shouldStreamOutput(task, this.initiatingProject);
 
-    const env = pipeOutput
+    let env = pipeOutput
       ? getEnvVariablesForTask(
           task,
           taskSpecificEnv,
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
           relative(task.projectRoot ?? workspaceRoot, process.cwd()),
           process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true'
         );
+        if (combinedOptions.env) {
+          env = {
+            ...env,
+            ...combinedOptions.env,
+          };
+        }
         if (streamOutput) {
           const args = getPrintableCommandArgsForTask(task);
           output.logCommand(args.join(' '));
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
index 701698e7fb48c..e83699d5571f3 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/params.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export function validateObject(
   ) {
     Object.keys(opts).find((p) => {
       if (
-        Object.keys(schema.properties).indexOf(p) === -1 &&
+        Object.keys(schema.properties ?? {}).indexOf(p) === -1 &&
         (!schema.patternProperties ||
           !Object.keys(schema.patternProperties).some((pattern) =>
             new RegExp(pattern).test(p)