diff --git a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TemplateVariableContainer.php b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TemplateVariableContainer.php
index 3a042ec52a..622db76013 100644
--- a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TemplateVariableContainer.php
+++ b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Classes/Core/ViewHelper/TemplateVariableContainer.php
@@ -24,18 +24,7 @@
  */
 class TemplateVariableContainer extends StandardVariableProvider implements VariableProviderInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * @param string $identifier
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    public function get($identifier)
-    {
-        $subject = parent::get($identifier);
-        if ($subject instanceof TemplateObjectAccessInterface) {
-            $subject = $subject->objectAccess();
-        }
-        return $subject;
-    }
+    const ACCESSOR_OBJECT_ACCESS = 'object_access';
 
     /**
      * Get a variable by dotted path expression, retrieving the
@@ -50,27 +39,63 @@ public function get($identifier)
      */
     public function getByPath($path, array $accessors = [])
     {
-        $propertyPathSegments = explode('.', $path);
-        $subject = $this->variables;
+        $subject = parent::getByPath($path, $accessors);
 
-        foreach ($propertyPathSegments as $propertyName) {
-            if ($subject === null) {
-                break;
+        if ($subject === null) {
+            $subject = $this->getBooleanValue($path);
+        }
+
+        return $subject;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $propertyPath
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function resolveSubVariableReferences($propertyPath)
+    {
+        if (strpos($propertyPath, '{') !== false) {
+            // NOTE: This is an inclusion of https://github.com/TYPO3/Fluid/pull/472 to allow multiple nested variables
+            preg_match_all('/(\{.*?\})/', $propertyPath, $matches);
+            foreach ($matches[1] as $match) {
+                $subPropertyPath = substr($match, 1, -1);
+                $propertyPath = str_replace($match, $this->getByPath($subPropertyPath), $propertyPath);
             }
+        }
+        return $propertyPath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $subject
+     * @param string $propertyName
+     * @return NULL|string
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
+     */
+    protected function detectAccessor($subject, $propertyName)
+    {
+        return TemplateVariableContainer::ACCESSOR_OBJECT_ACCESS;
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $subject
+     * @param string $propertyName
+     * @param string $accessor
+     * @return mixed|null
+     */
+    protected function extractWithAccessor($subject, $propertyName, $accessor)
+    {
+        if (TemplateVariableContainer::ACCESSOR_OBJECT_ACCESS === $accessor) {
             try {
                 $subject = ObjectAccess::getProperty($subject, $propertyName);
-            } catch (PropertyNotAccessibleException $exception) {
+            } catch (PropertyNotAccessibleException $e) {
                 $subject = null;
             }
-
-            if ($subject instanceof TemplateObjectAccessInterface) {
-                $subject = $subject->objectAccess();
-            }
+        } else {
+            $subject = parent::extractWithAccessor($subject, $propertyName, $accessor);
         }
 
-        if ($subject === null) {
-            $subject = $this->getBooleanValue($path);
+        if ($subject instanceof TemplateObjectAccessInterface) {
+            return $subject->objectAccess();
         }
 
         return $subject;
diff --git a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Tests/Functional/View/StandaloneViewTest.php b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Tests/Functional/View/StandaloneViewTest.php
index 70a3b31619..ebaf78c052 100644
--- a/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Tests/Functional/View/StandaloneViewTest.php
+++ b/Neos.FluidAdaptor/Tests/Functional/View/StandaloneViewTest.php
@@ -178,6 +178,22 @@ public function variablesAreNotEscapedIfEscapingIsDisabled()
         $this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function variablesCanBeNested()
+    {
+        $standaloneView = new StandaloneView(null, $this->standaloneViewNonce);
+        $standaloneView->assign('type', 'thing');
+        $standaloneView->assign('flavor', 'yellow');
+        $standaloneView->assign('config', ['thing' => ['value' => ['yellow' => 'Okayish']]]);
+        $standaloneView->setTemplateSource('{config.{type}.value.{flavor}}');
+
+        $expected = 'Okayish';
+        $actual = $standaloneView->render();
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */