diff --git a/src/include/switch_event.h b/src/include/switch_event.h
index a935c86a35..7064fe4e33 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_event.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_event.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_event_destroy(switch_event_t **event);
   \return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS if the event was duplicated
 */
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_dup(switch_event_t **event, switch_event_t *todup);
-
+SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_event_merge(switch_event_t *event, switch_event_t *tomerge);
 /*!
   \brief Fire an event with full arguement list
   \param file the calling file
diff --git a/src/switch_event.c b/src/switch_event.c
index 73739e6737..f39a176bad 100644
--- a/src/switch_event.c
+++ b/src/switch_event.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_create_subclass_detailed(const char
 
 	memset(*event, 0, sizeof(switch_event_t));
 
-	if (event_id == SWITCH_EVENT_REQUEST_PARAMS) {
+	if (event_id == SWITCH_EVENT_REQUEST_PARAMS || event_id == SWITCH_EVENT_CHANNEL_DATA) {
 		(*event)->flags |= EF_UNIQ_HEADERS;
 	}
 
@@ -892,6 +892,17 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_event_destroy(switch_event_t **event)
 }
 
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_event_merge(switch_event_t *event, switch_event_t *tomerge)
+{
+	switch_event_header_t *hp;
+	
+	switch_assert(tomerge && event);
+
+	for (hp = tomerge->headers; hp; hp = hp->next) {
+		switch_event_add_header_string(event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, hp->name, hp->value);
+	}
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_dup(switch_event_t **event, switch_event_t *todup)
 {
 	switch_event_header_t *hp;
@@ -903,7 +914,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_dup(switch_event_t **event, switch_
 	(*event)->event_id = todup->event_id;
 	(*event)->event_user_data = todup->event_user_data;
 	(*event)->bind_user_data = todup->bind_user_data;
-
+	(*event)->flags = todup->flags;
 	for (hp = todup->headers; hp; hp = hp->next) {
 		if (todup->subclass_name && !strcmp(hp->name, "Event-Subclass")) {
 			continue;
diff --git a/src/switch_ivr_originate.c b/src/switch_ivr_originate.c
index 0930f2a797..c962d979a0 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr_originate.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr_originate.c
@@ -2293,9 +2293,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_originate(switch_core_session_t *sess
 				char *vdata;
 				const char *current_variable;
 				char variable_buffer[512] = "";
+				switch_event_t *local_var_event = NULL, *originate_var_event = NULL;
+
 				end = NULL;
 				chan_type = peer_names[i];
-
+				
 				while (chan_type && *chan_type && *chan_type == ' ') {
 					chan_type++;
 				}
@@ -2486,15 +2488,52 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_originate(switch_core_session_t *sess
 				current_variable = NULL;
 				switch_event_add_header_string(var_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "originate_early_media", oglobals.early_ok ? "true" : "false");
 
-				if ((reason = switch_core_session_outgoing_channel(oglobals.session, var_event, chan_type,
-																   new_profile, &new_session, NULL, myflags, cancel_cause)) != SWITCH_CAUSE_SUCCESS) {
+
+				if (vdata) {
+					char *var_array[1024] = { 0 };
+					int var_count = 0;
+
+					switch_event_create_plain(&local_var_event, SWITCH_EVENT_CHANNEL_DATA);
+
+					if ((var_count = switch_separate_string(vdata, '|', var_array, (sizeof(var_array) / sizeof(var_array[0]))))) {
+						int x = 0;
+						for (x = 0; x < var_count; x++) {
+							char *inner_var_array[2] = { 0 };
+							int inner_var_count;
+							if ((inner_var_count =
+								 switch_separate_string(var_array[x], '=',
+														inner_var_array, (sizeof(inner_var_array) / sizeof(inner_var_array[0])))) == 2) {
+								switch_event_add_header_string(local_var_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, inner_var_array[0], inner_var_array[1]);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				/* make a special var event with mixture of the {} and the [] vars to pass down as global vars to the outgoing channel 
+				   so if something like the user channel does another originate our options will be passed down properly
+				 */
+				
+				switch_event_dup(&originate_var_event, var_event);
+
+				if (local_var_event) {
+					switch_event_merge(originate_var_event, local_var_event);
+				}
+				
+				reason = switch_core_session_outgoing_channel(oglobals.session, originate_var_event, chan_type,
+															  new_profile, &new_session, NULL, myflags, cancel_cause);
+
+				switch_event_destroy(&originate_var_event);
+
+				if (reason != SWITCH_CAUSE_SUCCESS) {
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot create outgoing channel of type [%s] cause: [%s]\n",
 									  chan_type, switch_channel_cause2str(reason));
+					if (local_var_event) switch_event_destroy(&local_var_event);
 					continue;
 				}
 
 				if (switch_core_session_read_lock(new_session) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 					status = SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
+					if (local_var_event) switch_event_destroy(&local_var_event);
 					goto done;
 				}
 
@@ -2523,22 +2562,13 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_originate(switch_core_session_t *sess
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (vdata) {
-					char *var_array[1024] = { 0 };
-					int var_count = 0;
-					if ((var_count = switch_separate_string(vdata, '|', var_array, (sizeof(var_array) / sizeof(var_array[0]))))) {
-						int x = 0;
-						for (x = 0; x < var_count; x++) {
-							char *inner_var_array[2] = { 0 };
-							int inner_var_count;
-							if ((inner_var_count =
-								 switch_separate_string(var_array[x], '=',
-														inner_var_array, (sizeof(inner_var_array) / sizeof(inner_var_array[0])))) == 2) {
-
-								switch_channel_set_variable(originate_status[i].peer_channel, inner_var_array[0], inner_var_array[1]);
-							}
-						}
+				/* copy local originate vars to the channel */
+				if (local_var_event) {
+					switch_event_header_t *header;
+					for (header = local_var_event->headers; header; header = header->next) {
+						switch_channel_set_variable(originate_status[i].peer_channel, header->name, header->value);
 					}
+					switch_event_destroy(&local_var_event);
 				}
 
 				if (!local_clobber) {
@@ -2573,13 +2603,14 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_originate(switch_core_session_t *sess
 
 					if ((vvar = switch_channel_get_variable(originate_status[i].peer_channel, "leg_timeout"))) {
 						int val = atoi(vvar);
+						
 						if (val > 0) {
 							switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "%s Setting leg timeout to %d\n",
 											  switch_channel_get_name(originate_status[i].peer_channel), val);
 							originate_status[i].per_channel_timelimit_sec = (uint32_t) val;
 						}
 					}
-
+					
 					if ((vvar = switch_channel_get_variable(originate_status[i].peer_channel, "leg_progress_timeout"))) {
 						int val = atoi(vvar);
 						if (val > 0) {