diff --git a/gclient.py b/gclient.py
index e8e496ef0..437190a7c 100755
--- a/gclient.py
+++ b/gclient.py
@@ -766,14 +766,10 @@ class Dependency(gclient_utils.WorkItem, DependencySettings):
     local_scope = {}
     if deps_content:
       try:
-        vars_override = {}
-        if self.parent:
-          vars_override = self.parent.get_vars()
-        vars_override.update(self.get_vars())
         local_scope = gclient_eval.Parse(
             deps_content, expand_vars,
             self._get_option('validate_syntax', False),
-            filepath, vars_override)
+            filepath, self.get_vars())
       except SyntaxError as e:
         gclient_utils.SyntaxErrorToError(filepath, e)
 
@@ -1369,8 +1365,15 @@ class Dependency(gclient_utils.WorkItem, DependencySettings):
         'checkout_x64': 'x64' in self.target_cpu,
         'host_cpu': detect_host_arch.HostArch(),
     }
-    # Variables defined in DEPS file override built-in ones.
+    # Variable precedence:
+    # - built-in
+    # - DEPS vars
+    # - parents, from first to last
+    # - custom_vars overrides
     result.update(self._vars)
+    if self.parent:
+      parent_vars = self.parent.get_vars()
+      result.update(parent_vars)
     result.update(self.custom_vars or {})
     return result
 
diff --git a/recipes/trigger_recipe_roller.txt b/recipes/trigger_recipe_roller.txt
index 4c8146176..2f6ceb644 100644
--- a/recipes/trigger_recipe_roller.txt
+++ b/recipes/trigger_recipe_roller.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Once upon a time, a budding web browser dev team needed a CI system.
 All they had was one poor machine under a desk, and its name was Batty,
 the Build and Test Yeti.
 
-Then suddenly, 
+Then suddenly,
 
 😒
diff --git a/testing_support/fake_repos.py b/testing_support/fake_repos.py
index 9a476a220..2496f9bba 100755
--- a/testing_support/fake_repos.py
+++ b/testing_support/fake_repos.py
@@ -382,8 +382,15 @@ deps_os = {
     self._commit_git('repo_2', {
       'origin': 'git/repo_2@1\n',
       'DEPS': """
+vars = {
+  'repo2_false_var': 'False',
+}
+
 deps = {
-  'foo/bar': '/repo_3',
+  'foo/bar': {
+    'url': '/repo_3',
+    'condition': 'repo2_false_var',
+  }
 }
 """,
     })
diff --git a/tests/gclient_smoketest.py b/tests/gclient_smoketest.py
index 5927b243a..a7233a298 100755
--- a/tests/gclient_smoketest.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_smoketest.py
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ class GClientSmokeGIT(GClientSmokeBase):
         '  # src -> src/repo2 -> foo/bar',
         '  "foo/bar": {',
         '    "url": "/repo_3",',
-        '    "condition": \'true_str_var\',',
+        '    "condition": \'(repo2_false_var) and (true_str_var)\',',
         '  },',
         '',
         '  # src',
@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@ class GClientSmokeGIT(GClientSmokeBase):
         '  # src',
         '  "hook1_contents": \'git_hooked1\',',
         '',
+        '  # src -> src/repo2',
+        '  "repo2_false_var": \'False\',',
+        '',
         '  # src',
         '  "repo5_var": \'/repo_5\',',
         '',
@@ -1015,7 +1018,7 @@ class GClientSmokeGIT(GClientSmokeBase):
         '  # src -> src/repo2 -> foo/bar',
         '  "foo/bar": {',
         '    "url": "/repo_3@%s",' % (self.githash('repo_3', 2)),
-        '    "condition": \'true_str_var\',',
+        '    "condition": \'(repo2_false_var) and (true_str_var)\',',
         '  },',
         '',
         '  # src',
@@ -1145,6 +1148,9 @@ class GClientSmokeGIT(GClientSmokeBase):
         '  # src',
         '  "hook1_contents": \'git_hooked1\',',
         '',
+        '  # src -> src/repo2',
+        '  "repo2_false_var": \'False\',',
+        '',
         '  # src',
         '  "repo5_var": \'/repo_5\',',
         '',