diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index d49e930d4..731bb7e54 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Render Private Use Unicode symbols using two cells if the second cell contains a non-breaking space as well as a normal space
 
+- kitten @ ls: Return the environment of the foreground process instead of the initial child process (:iss:`6749`)
+
 
 0.30.1 [2023-10-05]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/kitty/child.py b/kitty/child.py
index 4669d0f98..bca6a49b4 100644
--- a/kitty/child.py
+++ b/kitty/child.py
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ class Child:
         self.cwd = os.path.abspath(cwd)
         self.stdin = stdin
         self.env = env or {}
+        self.final_env:Dict[str, str] = {}
         self.is_default_shell = bool(self.argv and self.argv[0] == shell_path)
         self.should_run_via_run_shell_kitten = is_macos and self.is_default_shell
 
-    def final_env(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    def get_final_env(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         from kitty.options.utils import DELETE_ENV_VAR
         env = default_env().copy()
         opts = fast_data_types.get_options()
@@ -273,8 +274,7 @@ class Child:
             os.set_inheritable(stdin_read_fd, True)
         else:
             stdin_read_fd = stdin_write_fd = -1
-        final_env = self.final_env()
-        env = tuple(f'{k}={v}' for k, v in final_env.items())
+        self.final_env = self.get_final_env()
         argv = list(self.argv)
         cwd = self.cwd
         if self.should_run_via_run_shell_kitten:
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ class Child:
                 argv = ['/usr/bin/login', '-f', '-l', '-p', user] + argv
         self.final_exe = which(argv[0]) or argv[0]
         self.final_argv0 = argv[0]
+        env = tuple(f'{k}={v}' for k, v in self.final_env.items())
         pid = fast_data_types.spawn(
             self.final_exe, cwd, tuple(argv), env, master, slave, stdin_read_fd, stdin_write_fd,
             ready_read_fd, ready_write_fd, tuple(handled_signals), kitten_exe(), opts.forward_stdio)
diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index 95c90c45e..f9cc734b7 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class Window:
             'pid': self.child.pid,
             'cwd': self.child.current_cwd or self.child.cwd,
             'cmdline': self.child.cmdline,
-            'env': self.child.environ,
+            'env': self.child.foreground_environ or self.child.environ or self.child.final_env,
             'foreground_processes': self.child.foreground_processes,
             'is_self': is_self,
             'at_prompt': self.at_prompt,