diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b924871845..a681588c3d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 4.0
 * Fixed an issue with "start-group/end-group" linker flags on Native development platform (`issue #3282 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3282>`_)
 * Fixed default PIO Unified Debugger configuration for `J-Link probe <http://docs.platformio.org/page/plus/debug-tools/jlink.html>`__
 * Fixed an issue with LDF when header files not found if "libdeps_dir" is within a subdirectory of "lib_extra_dirs" (`issue #3311 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3311>`_)
+* Fixed an issue "Import of non-existent variable 'projenv''" when development platform does not call "env.BuildProgram()" (`issue #3315 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3315>`_)
 
 4.1.0 (2019-11-07)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs b/docs
index b4e4f10e4d..f53767e918 160000
--- a/docs
+++ b/docs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b4e4f10e4d40783c6e2d15e3e33b984d619c26f9
+Subproject commit f53767e91846040f4373ef7ca743d5edd34ff0ac
diff --git a/platformio/builder/main.py b/platformio/builder/main.py
index 8f7586e41a..a49017a03c 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/main.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/main.py
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@
     env.Exit(0)
 
 if "idedata" in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
-    Import("projenv")
+    try:
+        Import("projenv")
+    except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
+        projenv = env
     click.echo(
         "\n%s\n"
         % dump_json_to_unicode(