diff --git a/lib/ami.js b/lib/ami.js
index 014c088..35c04c6 100644
--- a/lib/ami.js
+++ b/lib/ami.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function ManagerReader(context, data) {
         line = line.split(':');
         var key = Utils.removeSpaces(line.shift()).toLowerCase();
         line = Utils.removeSpaces(line.join(':'));
-        if (key === 'variable') {
+        if (key === 'variable' || key === 'chanvariable') {
           // Handle special case of one or more variables attached to an event and
           // create a variables subobject in the event object
           if (typeof(item[key]) !== 'object')