diff --git a/core/src/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.js b/core/src/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.js
index 45f2211b60..7587891a45 100644
--- a/core/src/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.js
+++ b/core/src/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Standalone or partly-standalone methods that are used widely through the whole app and are synchronous.
 import { LuigiElements, LuigiConfig } from '../../core-api';
+import { replace, get } from 'lodash';
 
 class GenericHelpersClass {
   /**
@@ -195,12 +196,22 @@ class GenericHelpersClass {
   replaceVars(inputString, params, prefix, parenthesis = true) {
     let processedString = inputString;
     if (params) {
-      Object.entries(params).forEach(entry => {
-        processedString = processedString.replace(
-          new RegExp(this.escapeRegExp((parenthesis ? '{' : '') + prefix + entry[0] + (parenthesis ? '}' : '')), 'g'),
-          encodeURIComponent(entry[1])
-        );
-      });
+      if (parenthesis) {
+        processedString = replace(processedString, /{([\s\S]+?)}/g, val => {
+          let repl = val.slice(1, -1).trim();
+          if (repl.indexOf(prefix) === 0) {
+            repl = repl.substring(prefix.length);
+          }
+          return get(params, repl, val);
+        });
+      } else {
+        Object.entries(params).forEach(entry => {
+          processedString = processedString.replace(
+            new RegExp(this.escapeRegExp(prefix + entry[0]), 'g'),
+            encodeURIComponent(entry[1])
+          );
+        });
+      }
     }
     if (parenthesis) {
       processedString = processedString.replace(new RegExp('\\{' + this.escapeRegExp(prefix) + '[^\\}]+\\}', 'g'), '');
diff --git a/core/test/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.spec.js b/core/test/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.spec.js
index dc75edce02..b7308296f7 100644
--- a/core/test/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.spec.js
+++ b/core/test/utilities/helpers/generic-helpers.spec.js
@@ -86,6 +86,30 @@ describe('Generic-helpers', () => {
     assert.deepEqual(GenericHelpers.removeProperties(input, keys), expected);
   });
 
+  it('replaceVars', () => {
+    const context = {
+      a: 'a_val',
+      b: {
+        c: 'c_val'
+      }
+    };
+    assert.equal(
+      GenericHelpers.replaceVars('index.html#/{context.a}', context, 'context.'),
+      'index.html#/a_val',
+      'first level context vars being interpolated'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      GenericHelpers.replaceVars('index.html#/{context.b.c}', context, 'context.'),
+      'index.html#/c_val',
+      'nested context vars being interpolated'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      GenericHelpers.replaceVars('index.html#/:a/{context.b.c}', context, ':', false),
+      'index.html#/a_val/{context.b.c}',
+      'colon prefix, no paranthesis'
+    );
+  });
+
   describe('semverCompare', () => {
     it('standard versions', () => {
       const input = ['1.1.1', '0.6.4', '0.7.7', '0.7.1', '1.0.0'];
diff --git a/core/test/utilities/helpers/routing-helpers.spec.js b/core/test/utilities/helpers/routing-helpers.spec.js
index 66ded348f3..5e8015b4f5 100644
--- a/core/test/utilities/helpers/routing-helpers.spec.js
+++ b/core/test/utilities/helpers/routing-helpers.spec.js
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ describe('Routing-helpers', () => {
 
       expect(RoutingHelpers.substituteViewUrl(viewUrl, {})).to.equal(expected);
     });
+
+    it('substituteViewUrl - substitutes nested context variable', () => {
+      const viewUrl = '/{i18n.currentLocale}/microfrontend.html#/:var1/{context.nested.value}/{nodeParams.param1}';
+      const expected = '/en/microfrontend.html#/var1_value/context_nested_value/nodeparam_value';
+
+      expect(
+        RoutingHelpers.substituteViewUrl(viewUrl, {
+          pathParams: { var1: 'var1_value' },
+          context: { nested: { value: 'context_nested_value' } },
+          nodeParams: { param1: 'nodeparam_value' }
+        })
+      ).to.equal(expected);
+    });
   });
   describe('substitute search query params', () => {
     afterEach(() => {