diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_endpoints.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_endpoints.c
index cf253760ed..bec5b5e1ea 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_endpoints.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_endpoints.c
@@ -340,17 +340,7 @@ static switch_call_cause_t kz_endpoint_outgoing_channel(switch_core_session_t *s
 
 	// add runtime vars to event for expand
 	if (ctx) {
-		cJSON *item = NULL;
-		char *response = NULL;
-		cJSON_ArrayForEach(item, ctx) {
-			if (item->type == cJSON_String) {
-				response = strdup(item->valuestring);
-			} else {
-				response = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(item);
-			}
-			kz_switch_event_add_variable_name_printf(event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, response, "kz_ctx_%s", item->string);
-			switch_safe_free(response);
-		}
+		kz_expand_json_to_event(ctx, event, "kz_ctx");
 	}
 
 	d_dest = kz_event_expand_headers(event, dest);
diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.c
index afc685434f..34b33c8ae1 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.c
@@ -516,6 +516,32 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) kz_switch_event_add_variable_name_printf(switch_
 	return status;
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) kz_expand_json_to_event(cJSON *json, switch_event_t *event, char * prefix)
+{
+	char * fmt = switch_mprintf("%s%s%%s", prefix ? prefix : "", prefix ? "_" : "");
+	if (event) {
+		cJSON *item = NULL;
+		char *response = NULL;
+		cJSON_ArrayForEach(item, json) {
+			if (item->type == cJSON_String) {
+				response = strdup(item->valuestring);
+			} else if (item->type == cJSON_Object) {
+				char * fmt1 = switch_mprintf(fmt, item->string);
+				kz_expand_json_to_event(item, event, fmt1);
+				switch_safe_free(fmt1);
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				response = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(item);
+			}
+			kz_switch_event_add_variable_name_printf(event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, response, fmt, item->string);
+			switch_safe_free(response);
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch_safe_free(fmt);
+	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_xml_t) kz_xml_child(switch_xml_t xml, const char *name)
 {
 	xml = (xml) ? xml->child : NULL;
diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.h b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.h
index 397d94a361..c5ddc3e037 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.h
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_utils.h
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ void kz_expand_headers_self(switch_event_t *event);
 char * kz_expand_vars_pool(char *xml_str, switch_memory_pool_t *pool);
 switch_status_t kz_json_api(const char * command, cJSON *args, cJSON **res);
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) kz_expand_json_to_event(cJSON *json, switch_event_t *event, char * prefix);
+
 KZ_END_EXTERN_C