diff --git a/.env.heroku.php b/.env.heroku.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b2a91e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.heroku.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+$dbURL = parse_url(getenv('DATABASE_URL'));
+$dbName = substr($dbURL["path"], 1);
+
+return [
+    'DB_HOST'     => $dbURL['host'],
+    'DB_DATABASE' => $dbName,
+    'DB_USERNAME' => $dbURL['user'],
+    'DB_PASSWORD' => $dbURL['pass'],
+    'DB_DRIVER'   => 'pgsql',
+];
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f939b8e76..44c43bb6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 .env.*.php
 .env.php
 config.codekit
+!.env.heroku.php
 
 # Assets development
 /node_modules