diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/i18nVariable.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/i18nVariable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..660b507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/src/Plugin/migrate/source/d6/i18nVariable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\source\d6\i18nVariable.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\source\d6;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\State\StateInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\Entity\MigrationInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\source\DrupalSqlBase;
+
+/**
+ * Drupal variable source from database.
+ *
+ * This source class always returns a single row and as such is not a good
+ * example for any normal source class returning multiple rows.
+ *
+ * @MigrateSource(
+ *   id = "i18n_variable"
+ * )
+ */
+class i18nVariable extends DrupalSqlBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The variable names to fetch.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $variables;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, MigrationInterface $migration, StateInterface $state, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $migration, $state, $entity_manager);
+    $this->variables = $this->configuration['variables'];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function initializeIterator() {
+    return new \ArrayIterator(array($this->values()));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the values of the variables specified in the plugin configuration.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An associative array where the keys are the variables specified in the
+   *   plugin configuration and the values are an assiociative array of
+   *   langauge and the values found in the source.
+   */
+  protected function values() {
+    // Create an ID field so we can record migration in the map table.
+    // Arbitrarily, use the first variable name.
+    $values['id'] = reset($this->variables);
+    $results = $this->prepareQuery()->execute();
+    $x = [];
+    foreach ($results->fetchAll() as $result) {
+      $x[$result->name][$result->language] = unserialize($result->value);
+    }
+   return $values + $x;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function count() {
+    return intval($this->query()->countQuery()->execute()->fetchField() > 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function fields() {
+    return array_combine($this->variables, $this->variables);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function query() {
+    return $this->getDatabase()
+      ->select('variable', 'v')
+      ->fields('v')
+      ->condition('name', $this->variables, 'IN');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getIds() {
+    $ids['id']['type'] = 'string';
+    return $ids;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
index 0f60343..6d7b3e6 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
@@ -7971,6 +7971,62 @@
   'mysql_character_set' => 'utf8',
 ));
 
+$connection->schema()->createTable('i18n_variable', array(
+  'fields' => array(
+    'name' => array(
+      'type' => 'varchar',
+      'not null' => TRUE,
+      'length' => '128',
+      'default' => '',
+    ),
+    'language' => array(
+      'type' => 'varchar',
+      'not null' => TRUE,
+      'length' => '12',
+      'default' => '',
+    ),
+    'value' => array(
+      'type' => 'varchar',
+      'not null' => TRUE,
+      'length' => '128',
+      'default' => '',
+    ),
+  ),
+  'primary key' => array(
+    'name',
+    'language',
+  ),
+  'mysql_character_set' => 'utf8',
+));
+
+$connection->insert('i18n_variable')
+->fields(array(
+  'name',
+  'language',
+  'value',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'site_name',
+  'language' => 'fr',
+  'value' => 's:11:"nom de site";',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'site_slogan',
+  'language' => 'fr',
+  'value' => 's:19:"Migrate est génial";',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'site_name',
+  'language' => 'mi',
+  'value' => 's:9:"ingoa_pae";',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'site_slogan',
+  'language' => 'mi',
+  'value' => 's:19:"Ko whakamataku heke";',
+))
+->execute();
+
 $connection->schema()->createTable('imagecache_action', array(
   'fields' => array(
     'actionid' => array(
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/src/Unit/source/d6/i18nVariableTest.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/src/Unit/source/d6/i18nVariableTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..145660d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/src/Unit/source/d6/i18nVariableTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\migrate_drupal\Unit\source\d6\i18nVariableTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\migrate_drupal\Unit\source\d6;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\migrate\Unit\MigrateSqlSourceTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the variable source plugin.
+ *
+ * @group migrate_drupal
+ */
+class i18nVariableTest extends MigrateSqlSourceTestCase {
+
+  // The plugin system is not working during unit testing so the source plugin
+  // class needs to be manually specified.
+  const PLUGIN_CLASS = 'Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\source\d6\i18nVariable';
+
+  /**
+   * Define bare minimum migration configuration.
+   */
+  protected $migrationConfiguration = [
+    'id' => 'test',
+    'highWaterProperty' => array('field' => 'test'),
+    'source' => [
+      'plugin' => 'i18n_variable',
+      'variables' => [
+        'site_slogan',
+        'site_name',
+      ],
+    ],
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * Expected results from the source.
+   */
+  protected $expectedResults = [
+    [
+      'id' => 'site_slogan',
+      'site_slogan' => [
+        'fr' => 'Migrate est génial',
+        'mi' => 'Ko whakamataku heke',
+      ],
+      'site_name' => [
+        'fr' => 'nom de site',
+        'mi' => 'ingoa_pae',
+      ],
+    ]
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * Database contents for tests.
+   */
+  protected $databaseContents = [
+    'variable' => [
+      array('name' => 'site_slogan', 'language' => 'mi', 'value' => 's:19:"Ko whakamataku heke";'),
+      array('name' => 'site_name', 'language' => 'mi', 'value' => 's:9:"ingoa_pae";'),
+      array('name' => 'site_slogan', 'language' => 'fr', 'value' => 's:19:"Migrate est génial";'),
+      array('name' => 'site_name', 'language' => 'fr', 'value' => 's:11:"nom de site";'),
+    ],
+  ];
+
+}