diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 449cd815..46cb3460 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -115,6 +115,21 @@ via the :code:`pytest_configure` hook:
 The generated table will be sorted alphabetically unless the metadata is a
 :code:`collections.OrderedDict`.
 
+You can edit the environment table header and row by using the :code:`pytest_html_environment_table_header` and `pytest_html_environment_table_row` hooks:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   import pytest
+
+   DESCRIPTION_DICT = {"Packages": "Version of pytest packages", "Python": "Version of Python"}
+
+   def pytest_html_environment_table_header(cells):
+      cells.insert(2, html.th('Description'))
+
+   def pytest_html_environment_table_row(cells):
+      cells.insert(2, html.td(description_dict.get(cells[0], '')))
+
+
 Additional summary information
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pytest_html/hooks.py b/pytest_html/hooks.py
index 7b75120b..4358c125 100644
--- a/pytest_html/hooks.py
+++ b/pytest_html/hooks.py
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ def pytest_html_report_title(report):
     """ Called before adding the title to the report """
 
 
+def pytest_html_environment_table_header(cells):
+    """ Called after building environment table header. """
+
+
+def pytest_html_environment_table_row(cells):
+    """ Called after building environment table row. """
+
+
 def pytest_html_results_summary(prefix, summary, postfix):
     """ Called before adding the summary section to the report """
 
diff --git a/pytest_html/plugin.py b/pytest_html/plugin.py
index 39f8a677..6bcd29f1 100644
--- a/pytest_html/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_html/plugin.py
@@ -355,6 +355,51 @@ def _append_video(self, extra, extra_index, test_index):
             )
             self.additional_html.append(html.div(html_div, class_="video"))
 
+    class EnvironmentSection:
+        def __init__(self, config):
+            self.metadata = getattr(config, "_metadata", [])
+            self.config = config
+            self.environment = []
+            self.environment_table = []
+            self.rows = []
+
+            if self.metadata:
+                self._generate_environment_header()
+
+                keys = [k for k in self.metadata.keys()]
+                if not isinstance(self.metadata, OrderedDict):
+                    keys.sort()
+
+                for key in keys:
+                    self._generate_environment_row(key)
+
+            self._generate_environment_section()
+
+        def _generate_environment_header(self):
+            header_cells = [html.th("Key"), html.th("Value")]
+            self.config.hook.pytest_html_environment_table_header(cells=header_cells)
+            self.rows.append(header_cells)
+
+        def _generate_environment_row(self, key):
+            value = self.metadata[key]
+            if isinstance(value, str) and value.startswith("http"):
+                value = html.a(value, href=value, target="_blank")
+            elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set)):
+                value = ", ".join(str(i) for i in sorted(map(str, value)))
+            elif isinstance(value, dict):
+                sorted_dict = {k: value[k] for k in sorted(value)}
+                value = json.dumps(sorted_dict)
+            raw_value_string = raw(str(value))
+            row_cells = html.tr(html.td(key), html.td(raw_value_string))
+            self.config.hook.pytest_html_environment_table_row(cells=row_cells)
+            self.rows.append(row_cells)
+
+        def _generate_environment_section(self):
+            if self.rows:
+                self.environment_table.append(html.table(self.rows, id="environment"))
+                self.environment = [html.h2("Environment")]
+                self.environment.append(self.environment_table)
+
     def _appendrow(self, outcome, report):
         result = self.TestResult(outcome, report, self.logfile, self.config)
         if result.row_table is not None:
@@ -551,7 +596,7 @@ def generate_summary_item(self):
             onLoad="init()",
         )
 
-        body.extend(self._generate_environment(session.config))
+        body.extend(self.EnvironmentSection(session.config).environment)
 
         summary_prefix, summary_postfix = [], []
         session.config.hook.pytest_html_results_summary(
@@ -569,33 +614,6 @@ def generate_summary_item(self):
         unicode_doc = unicode_doc.encode("utf-8", errors="xmlcharrefreplace")
         return unicode_doc.decode("utf-8")
 
-    def _generate_environment(self, config):
-        if not hasattr(config, "_metadata") or config._metadata is None:
-            return []
-
-        metadata = config._metadata
-        environment = [html.h2("Environment")]
-        rows = []
-
-        keys = [k for k in metadata.keys()]
-        if not isinstance(metadata, OrderedDict):
-            keys.sort()
-
-        for key in keys:
-            value = metadata[key]
-            if isinstance(value, str) and value.startswith("http"):
-                value = html.a(value, href=value, target="_blank")
-            elif isinstance(value, (list, tuple, set)):
-                value = ", ".join(str(i) for i in sorted(map(str, value)))
-            elif isinstance(value, dict):
-                sorted_dict = {k: value[k] for k in sorted(value)}
-                value = json.dumps(sorted_dict)
-            raw_value_string = raw(str(value))
-            rows.append(html.tr(html.td(key), html.td(raw_value_string)))
-
-        environment.append(html.table(rows, id="environment"))
-        return environment
-
     def _save_report(self, report_content):
         dir_name = os.path.dirname(self.logfile)
         assets_dir = os.path.join(dir_name, "assets")