diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
index 060e2395a..7167757a2 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/interface_parser.h
@@ -100,6 +100,20 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			virtual void setupOptions() = 0;
 		};
 
+
+		struct VariableData
+		{
+			std::string entry;
+			std::string type;
+			std::string value;
+			uint32 size;
+
+			VariableData()
+			{
+				size = 0;
+			}
+		};
+
 		CInterfaceParser();
 		virtual ~CInterfaceParser();
 
@@ -333,6 +347,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		std::map< uint32, SLinkData > links;
 
 		bool editorMode;
+		std::map< std::string, VariableData > variableCache;
 
 	public:
 		void initLUA();
@@ -358,6 +373,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void updateLinkData( uint32 id, const SLinkData &linkData );
 
 		void setEditorMode( bool b ){ editorMode = b; }
+
+		bool serializeVariables( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const;
 	};
 
 }
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
index 5cc2652d4..bfc9d2628 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/parser.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		virtual void removeLinkData( uint32 id ) = 0;
 		virtual bool getLinkData( uint32 id, SLinkData &linkData ) = 0;
 		virtual void updateLinkData( uint32 id, const SLinkData &linkData ) = 0;
+		virtual bool serializeVariables( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const = 0;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
index 608035771..c579fa8da 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/interface_parser.cpp
@@ -1061,7 +1061,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			value = entry;
 		}
 		else
+		{
 			value = string((const char*)ptr);
+		}
 
 		// Array definition
 		sint	size= 1;
@@ -1073,6 +1075,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		{
 			ArrayMode= true;
 			fromString((const char*)ptr, size);
+			
 			string::size_type pos= entry.find("$i");
 			if( pos==string::npos )
 			{
@@ -1118,6 +1121,24 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			}
 		}
 
+		if( editorMode )
+		{
+			VariableData data;
+
+			data.entry = entry;
+			data.type = type;
+
+			ptr = xmlGetProp( cur, BAD_CAST "value" );
+			if( ptr != NULL )
+				data.value = std::string( ptr );
+
+			ptr = xmlGetProp( cur, BAD_CAST "size" );
+			if( ptr != NULL )
+				fromString( std::string( ptr ), data.size );
+			
+			variableCache[ data.entry ] = data;
+		}
+
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -2557,6 +2578,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		NLMISC::contReset (_ParentSizesMap);
 		NLMISC::contReset (_ParentSizesMaxMap);
 		NLMISC::contReset (_LuaClassAssociation);
+		variableCache.clear();
 	}
 
 
@@ -2917,5 +2939,38 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			return;
 		itr->second = linkData;
 	}
+
+
+	bool CInterfaceParser::serializeVariables( xmlNodePtr parentNode ) const
+	{
+		if( parentNode == NULL )
+			return false;
+
+		xmlNodePtr node = NULL;
+
+		std::map< std::string, VariableData >::const_iterator itr;
+		for( itr = variableCache.begin(); itr != variableCache.end(); ++itr )
+		{
+			const VariableData &data = itr->second;
+
+			node = xmlNewNode( NULL, BAD_CAST "variable" );
+			if( node == NULL )
+				return false;
+
+			xmlAddChild( parentNode, node );
+
+			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "entry", BAD_CAST data.entry.c_str() );
+			xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "type", BAD_CAST data.type.c_str() );
+			
+			if( !data.value.empty() )
+				xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "value", BAD_CAST data.value.c_str() );
+
+			if( data.size != 0 )
+				xmlSetProp( node, BAD_CAST "size", BAD_CAST toString( data.size ).c_str() );
+
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
index bd7428ee6..9fe1268f9 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/widget_serializer.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		if( !CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getParser()->serializeVariables( root ) )
+		{
+			xmlFreeNode( root );
+			out.close();
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		if( !CWidgetManager::getInstance()->serializeOptions( root ) )
 		{
 			xmlFreeNode( root );