diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 66edb1ba..8a7171de 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ class Config(object):
         if not os.path.exists(self.config_file):
             return {}
 
-        config = {}
+        config = {} 
         try:
-            execfile(self.config_file, config)
+            execfile(self.config_file, globals(), config)
         except:
             sys.exit("Could not read config file %r" % (self.config_file,))