diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4fa546cbc5..f074fd70ad 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2005-11-01  Kevin P. Fleming  <kpfleming@digium.com>
 
+	* res/res_features.c (ast_feature_request_and_dial): ensure that channel variables are inherited from the channel placing the call (issue #5499)
+
 	* utils.c (getloadavg): change to using _BSD_SOURCE as the indicator for whether this function is present or not (issue #5549)
 	
 	* include/asterisk/utils.h (ast_slinear_saturated_add): force to be inlined whenever possible
diff --git a/res/res_features.c b/res/res_features.c
index 2d1f852fed..b973da5957 100755
--- a/res/res_features.c
+++ b/res/res_features.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static struct ast_channel *ast_feature_request_and_dial(struct ast_channel *call
 	
 	if ((chan = ast_request(type, format, data, &cause))) {
 		ast_set_callerid(chan, cid_num, cid_name, cid_num);
-		
+		ast_channel_inherit_variables(caller, chan);	
 		if (!ast_call(chan, data, timeout)) {
 			struct timeval started;
 			int x, len = 0;