diff --git a/src/Core/ViewHelper/ViewHelperVariableContainer.php b/src/Core/ViewHelper/ViewHelperVariableContainer.php
index 5e60dc973..30dd2d452 100644
--- a/src/Core/ViewHelper/ViewHelperVariableContainer.php
+++ b/src/Core/ViewHelper/ViewHelperVariableContainer.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * See LICENSE.txt that was shipped with this package.
  */
 
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Variables\VariableProviderInterface;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\View\ViewInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -29,6 +30,30 @@ class ViewHelperVariableContainer
      */
     protected $view;
 
+    public function pushDelegateVariableContainer($viewHelperClassName, VariableProviderInterface $variableProvider)
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack'])) {
+            $this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack'] = [];
+        }
+        $this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack'][] = $variableProvider;
+    }
+
+    public function getTopmostDelegateVariableContainer($viewHelperClassName)
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack'])) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return end($this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack']);
+    }
+
+    public function popDelegateVariableContainer($viewHelperClassName)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack'])) {
+            return array_pop($this->objects[$viewHelperClassName]['delegateVariableProviderStack']);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add a variable to the Variable Container. Make sure that $viewHelperName is ALWAYS set
      * to your fully qualified ViewHelper Class Name
diff --git a/src/ViewHelpers/RenderViewHelper.php b/src/ViewHelpers/RenderViewHelper.php
index ebcab45f4..e94bfd11b 100644
--- a/src/ViewHelpers/RenderViewHelper.php
+++ b/src/ViewHelpers/RenderViewHelper.php
@@ -121,7 +121,21 @@ public static function renderStatic(array $arguments, \Closure $renderChildrenCl
         $delegate = $arguments['delegate'];
         /** @var RenderableInterface $renderable */
         $renderable = $arguments['renderable'];
+
+
+        // Prepare a delegate variable provider that will be possible to extract after rendering the child closure.
+        // Any variable defined therein gets used as argument and overrides any argument of the same name.
+        // Note: not using late static binding here is a conscious decision: if late static binding had been used
+        // then f:variable would not be able to reference this ViewHelper class' stack variable correctly.
+        $viewHelperVariableContainer = $renderingContext->getViewHelperVariableContainer();
+        $collector = $renderingContext->getVariableProvider()->getScopeCopy($variables);
+
+        $viewHelperVariableContainer->pushDelegateVariableContainer(self::class, $collector);
+
         $tagContent = $renderChildrenClosure();
+
+        $variables = $viewHelperVariableContainer->popDelegateVariableContainer(self::class)->getAll();
+
         if ($arguments['contentAs']) {
             $variables[$arguments['contentAs']] = $tagContent;
         }
diff --git a/src/ViewHelpers/VariableViewHelper.php b/src/ViewHelpers/VariableViewHelper.php
index 5f0debc41..429aa75a7 100644
--- a/src/ViewHelpers/VariableViewHelper.php
+++ b/src/ViewHelpers/VariableViewHelper.php
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public static function renderStatic(
     ) {
         $value = $renderChildrenClosure();
         $renderingContext->getVariableProvider()->add($arguments['name'], $value);
+        if ($delegateVariableProvider = $renderingContext->getViewHelperVariableContainer()->getTopmostDelegateVariableContainer(RenderViewHelper::class)) {
+            $delegateVariableProvider->add($arguments['name'], $value);
+        }
     }
 
 }