diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c0bc0e..3cdf581 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,28 @@ Here is the list of all variables and their default values:
 - `pyenv_update_git_install: true` (get latest pyenv from git)
 - `pyenv_enable_autocompletion: false`
 - `pyenv_enable_virtualenvs: true`
-- `pyenv_shellrc_file "{% if pyenv_env == 'user' %}~/.bashrc{% else %}/etc/profile.d/pyenv.sh{% endif %}"`
+- `pyenv_shellrc_file: "{% if pyenv_env == 'user' %}~/.bashrc{% else %}/etc/profile.d/pyenv.sh{% endif %}"`
+- `pyenv_tmpdir: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `TMPDIR` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_build_path: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_BUILD_PATH` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_cache_path: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_CACHE_PATH` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_mirror_url: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_MIRROR_URL` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_mirror_url_skip_checksum: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_MIRROR_URL_SKIP_CHECKSUM` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_skip_mirror: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_SKIP_MIRROR` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_skip_homebrew: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_SKIP_HOMEBREW` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_root: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_ROOT` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_build_definitions: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_BUILD_DEFINITIONS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_configure_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_cflags: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_CFLAGS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_make_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_MAKE_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_python_make_install_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PYTHON_MAKE_INSTALL_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_configure_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `CONFIGURE_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_cc: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `CC` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_make: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `MAKE` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_make_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `MAKE_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_make_install_opts: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `MAKE_INSTALL_OPTS` used by [python-build][python-build] as described in [Special Environment Variables][special-env-vars].
+- `pyenv_profile_task: (must be explicitly defined)` - env variable `PROFILE_TASK` to customize the task used for profile guided optimization as described in [building Python for maximum performance][max-performance]. See also [here](https://docs.python.org/3/using/configure.html#cmdoption-enable-optimizations).
+- `pyenv_custom_pyenvrc_file: (must be explicitly defined)` - path to a custom `.pyenvrc` shell file that will be sourced from `{{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc`. It allows you to freely customize the environment to be used during `pyenv` execution. If defined, this file will be copied as `{{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc.custom`.
+- `pyenv_install_extra_opts: ("" -no extra options added-)` - check output of `pyenv install --help` for available additional options.
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -66,6 +87,10 @@ None.
             py_version: 3.11.4
           - venv_name: latest_v310
             py_version: 3.10.12
+        pyenv_make_opts: "-j4"
+        pyenv_python_configure_opts: "--enable-optimizations --with-lto --with-ensurepip=upgrade"
+        pyenv_python_cflags: "-march=native -mtune=native"
+        pyenv_profile_task: "-m test.regrtest --pgo -j0"
 ```
 
 ## License
@@ -81,3 +106,6 @@ _Ansible role Pyenv_ is free and open source software.
 [mit]: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 [pyenv]: https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv
 [staticdev]: https://github.com/staticdev
+[python-build]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/tree/master/plugins/python-build "python-build plugin"
+[special-env-vars]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/blob/master/plugins/python-build/README.md#special-environment-variables "Special environment variables"
+[max-performance]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/blob/master/plugins/python-build/README.md#building-for-maximum-performance "Building for maximum performance"
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4092282..78fac5d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pyenv_init_options: "{% if pyenv_env != 'user' %}--no-rehash{% endif %}"
 pyenv_update: false
 
 # additional options for the build process, e.g "--enable-shared"
+pyenv_install_extra_opts: ""
 pyenv_python_configure_opts: ""
 pyenv_uninstall_python_w_wrong_configure_opts: false
 
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index 9a74400..f31d5ed 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
     owner: "{{ pyenv_owner }}"
     mode: "0644"
 
+- name: Install custom .pyenvrc
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ pyenv_custom_pyenvrc_file }}"
+    dest: "{{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc.custom"
+    owner: "{{ pyenv_owner }}"
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: pyenv_custom_pyenvrc_file is defined
+
 - name: Use legacy variable pyenv_setting_path if available
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     pyenv_shellrc_file: "{{ pyenv_setting_path }}"
@@ -71,9 +79,7 @@
   when: pyenv_uninstall_python_w_wrong_configure_opts
 
 - name: "Install Python interpreters {{ pyenv_python_versions }}"
-  ansible.builtin.shell: ". {{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc && pyenv install {{ item }}"
-  environment:
-    PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS: "{{ pyenv_python_configure_opts }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: ". {{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc && pyenv install {{ pyenv_install_extra_opts }} {{ item }}"
   args:
     creates: "{{ pyenv_path }}/versions/{{ item }}/bin/python"
   with_items: "{{ pyenv_python_versions }}"
diff --git a/templates/.pyenvrc.j2 b/templates/.pyenvrc.j2
index 06fa0d5..2a5ad3c 100644
--- a/templates/.pyenvrc.j2
+++ b/templates/.pyenvrc.j2
@@ -2,5 +2,63 @@
 # -------------------------------------
 export PYENV_ROOT="{{ pyenv_path }}"
 export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+{% if pyenv_tmpdir is defined %}
+export TMPDIR="{{ pyenv_tmpdir }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_build_path is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_BUILD_PATH="{{ pyenv_python_build_build_path }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_cache_path is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CACHE_PATH="{{ pyenv_python_build_cache_path }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_mirror_url is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_MIRROR_URL="{{ pyenv_python_build_mirror_url }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_mirror_url_skip_checksum is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_MIRROR_URL_SKIP_CHECKSUM="{{ pyenv_python_build_mirror_url_skip_checksum }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_skip_mirror is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_SKIP_MIRROR="{{ pyenv_python_build_skip_mirror }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_skip_homebrew is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_SKIP_HOMEBREW="{{ pyenv_python_build_skip_homebrew }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_root is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_ROOT="{{ pyenv_python_build_root }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_build_definitions is defined %}
+export PYTHON_BUILD_DEFINITIONS="{{ pyenv_python_build_definitions }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_configure_opts is defined %}
+export PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="{{ pyenv_python_configure_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_cflags is defined %}
+export PYTHON_CFLAGS="{{ pyenv_python_cflags }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_make_opts is defined %}
+export PYTHON_MAKE_OPTS="{{ pyenv_python_make_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_python_make_install_opts is defined %}
+export PYTHON_MAKE_INSTALL_OPTS="{{ pyenv_python_make_install_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_configure_opts is defined %}
+export CONFIGURE_OPTS="{{ pyenv_configure_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_cc is defined %}
+export CC="{{ pyenv_cc }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_make is defined %}
+export MAKE="{{ pyenv_make }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_make_opts is defined %}
+export MAKE_OPTS="{{ pyenv_make_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_make_install_opts is defined %}
+export MAKE_INSTALL_OPTS="{{ pyenv_make_install_opts }}"
+{% endif %}
+{% if pyenv_profile_task is defined %}
+export PROFILE_TASK="{{ pyenv_profile_task }}"
+{% endif %}
+[ -f "{{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc.custom" ] && source "{{ pyenvrc_path }}/.pyenvrc.custom"
 eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
-eval "$(pyenv init - {{ pyenv_init_options}})"
+eval "$(pyenv init - {{ pyenv_init_options }})"