diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index dd690308..d4d99baa 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
 # TEMPERATURE=0
 # USE_AZURE=False
+# OPENAI_ORGANIZATION=your-openai-organization-key-if-applicable
 
 ### AZURE
 # moved to `azure.yaml.template`
diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 1e61b808..5f76bb74 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         )
 
         self.openai_api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+        self.openai_organization = os.getenv("OPENAI_ORGANIZATION")
         self.temperature = float(os.getenv("TEMPERATURE", "0"))
         self.use_azure = os.getenv("USE_AZURE") == "True"
         self.execute_local_commands = (
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
             openai.api_base = self.openai_api_base
             openai.api_version = self.openai_api_version
 
+        if self.openai_organization is not None:
+            openai.organization = self.openai_organization
+
         self.elevenlabs_api_key = os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY")
         self.elevenlabs_voice_1_id = os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_VOICE_1_ID")
         self.elevenlabs_voice_2_id = os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_VOICE_2_ID")