diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index fb91c2908..5065aba81 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( internal => [ qw( create_temp_script
 				       close_file
 				       push_open
 				       pop_open
+				       push_params
+				       pop_params
 				       read_a_line
 				       validate_level
 				       which
@@ -274,6 +276,10 @@ our @openstack;
 # From the params file
 #
 our %params;
+#
+# Action parameters
+#
+our %actparms;
 
 our $currentline;             # Current config file line image
 our $currentfile;             # File handle reference
@@ -717,6 +723,8 @@ sub initialize( $ ) {
 		command     => '',
 		files       => '',
 		destination => '' );
+
+    %actparms = ();
 }
 
 my @abbr = qw( Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec );
@@ -1781,6 +1789,27 @@ sub embedded_perl( $ ) {
     }
 }
 
+#
+# Push/pop action params
+#
+sub push_params( $ ) {
+    my @params = split /,/, $_[0];
+    my $oldparams = \%actparms;
+
+    %actparms = ();
+
+    for ( my $i = 1; $i <= @params; $i++ ) {
+	$actparms{$i} = $params[$i - 1];
+    }
+
+    $oldparams;
+}
+
+sub pop_params( $ ) {
+    my $oldparms = shift;
+    %actparms = %$oldparms;
+}
+
 #
 # Read a line from the current include stack.
 #
@@ -1866,7 +1895,8 @@ sub read_a_line(;$) {
 		    $params{$3} = $ENV{$3} if exists $ENV{$3};
 		}
 
-		my $val = $params{$3};
+
+		my $val = exists $params{$3} ? $params{$3} : $actparms{$3};
 
 		unless ( defined $val ) {
 		    fatal_error "Undefined shell variable (\$$3)" unless exists $params{$3} || exists $ENV{$3};
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 56a9a31f5..fc7015f5a 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ sub process_action2( $ ) {
     fatal_error "Actions nested too deeply" if ++$action_nest_level > MAX_ACTION_NEST_LEVEL;
 
     push_open( $actionfile );
+
+    my $oldparms = push_params( $param );
  
     while ( read_a_line ) {
 
@@ -309,6 +311,8 @@ sub process_action2( $ ) {
     pop_open;
 
     --$action_nest_level;
+
+    pop_params( $oldparms );
 }
 
 sub process_actions1() {
@@ -398,6 +402,8 @@ sub process_action3( $$$$$$ ) {
 
     open_file $actionfile;
 
+    my $oldparms = push_params( $param );
+
     while ( read_a_line ) {
 
 	my ($target, $source, $dest, $proto, $ports, $sports, $origdest, $rate, $user, $mark, $connlimit, $time, $headers );
@@ -424,6 +430,8 @@ sub process_action3( $$$$$$ ) {
     }
 
     clear_comment;
+
+    pop_params( $oldparms );
 }
 
 #