diff --git a/headers/modsecurity/assay.h b/headers/modsecurity/assay.h
index 6ea7e66b..abdfc984 100644
--- a/headers/modsecurity/assay.h
+++ b/headers/modsecurity/assay.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class Assay {
     std::string* resolve_variable_first(std::string);
 
     void store_variable(std::string, const std::string &value);
+    bool update_variable_first(std::string var, const std::string &value);
 
     ModSecurityStringVariables m_variables_strings;
 
diff --git a/src/assay.cc b/src/assay.cc
index 8907923c..e753127d 100644
--- a/src/assay.cc
+++ b/src/assay.cc
@@ -1128,6 +1128,17 @@ void Assay::store_variable(std::string key, const std::string &value) {
     this->m_variables_strings.emplace(key, value);
 }
 
+bool Assay::update_variable_first(std::string var, const std::string &value) {
+    auto range = m_variables_strings.equal_range(var);
+
+    for (auto it = range.first; it != range.second; ++it) {
+        it->second = value;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 
 std::list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>
     Assay::resolve_variable(std::string var) {
diff --git a/src/rule.cc b/src/rule.cc
index 7f033230..f0918f29 100644
--- a/src/rule.cc
+++ b/src/rule.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,13 @@ bool Rule::evaluate(Assay *assay) {
                 }
 
                 if (this->chained && this->chainedRule != NULL) {
+                    assay->debug(4, "Executing chained rule.");
+                    if (assay->update_variable_first("MATCHED_VAR",
+                        value) == false) {
+                        assay->store_variable("MATCHED_VAR", value);
+                    }
                     this->chainedRule->evaluate(assay);
+                    assay->update_variable_first("MATCHED_VAR", "");
                 }
             } else {
                 assay->debug(4, "Rule returned 0.");
diff --git a/test/test-cases/regression/variable-MATCHED_VAR.json b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-MATCHED_VAR.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8088db2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-cases/regression/variable-MATCHED_VAR.json
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+[
+  {
+    "enabled":1,
+    "version_min":300000,
+    "title":"Testing Variables :: MATCHED_VAR (1/2)",
+    "client":{
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":123
+    },
+    "server":{
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":80
+    },
+    "request":{
+      "headers":{
+        "Host":"localhost",
+        "User-Agent":"curl/7.38.0",
+        "Accept":"*/*"
+      },
+      "uri":"/?key=value&key=other_value",
+      "protocol":"GET"
+    },
+    "response":{
+      "headers":{
+        "Date":"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:02:41 GMT",
+        "Last-Modified":"Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:33:37 GMT",
+        "Content-Type":"text/html"
+      },
+      "body":[
+        "no need."
+      ]
+    },
+    "expected":{
+      "debug_log":"Target value: \"other_value\" \\(Variable: MATCHED_VAR\\)"
+    },
+    "rules":[
+      "SecRuleEngine On",
+      "SecDebugLog \/tmp\/modsec_debug.log",
+      "SecDebugLogLevel 9",
+      "SecRule ARGS:key \"@contains other_value\" \"chain,id:28\"",
+      "SecRule MATCHED_VAR \"@eq asdf\" \"pass\""
+    ]
+  },
+  {
+    "enabled":1,
+    "version_min":300000,
+    "title":"Testing Variables :: MATCHED_VAR (2/2)",
+    "client":{
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":123
+    },
+    "server":{
+      "ip":"200.249.12.31",
+      "port":80
+    },
+    "request":{
+      "headers":{
+        "Host":"localhost",
+        "User-Agent":"curl/7.38.0",
+        "Accept":"*/*"
+      },
+      "uri":"/?key=value&key=other_value",
+      "protocol":"GET"
+    },
+    "response":{
+      "headers":{
+        "Date":"Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:02:41 GMT",
+        "Last-Modified":"Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:33:37 GMT",
+        "Content-Type":"text/html"
+      },
+      "body":[
+        "no need."
+      ]
+    },
+    "expected":{
+      "debug_log":"Target value: \"\" \\(Variable: MATCHED_VAR\\)"
+    },
+    "rules":[
+      "SecRuleEngine On",
+      "SecDebugLog \/tmp\/modsec_debug.log",
+      "SecDebugLogLevel 9",
+      "SecRule ARGS:key \"@contains other_value\" \"chain,id:28\"",
+      "SecRule MATCHED_VAR \"@eq Aasdf\" \"pass\"",
+      "SecRule MATCHED_VAR \"@contains other_value\" \"id:29,pass\"",
+      "SecRule MATCHED_VAR \"@contains other_value\" \"id:30,pass\""
+    ]
+  }
+]
+