diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/oaipmh/JythonBasedRequestHandler.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/oaipmh/JythonBasedRequestHandler.java
index 693cfe9f7a66c32c27481ed496e990758ae82e24..3acdc7bb0c8b3993b9461253caac3130773bb11d 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/oaipmh/JythonBasedRequestHandler.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/oaipmh/JythonBasedRequestHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.jython.IPluginScriptRunnerFactory;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.jython.IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.jython.PluginScriptRunnerFactory;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.DataSetProcessingContext;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.shared.IDataStoreServiceInternal;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.dto.SessionContextDTO;
  * OAI-PMH response handler that delegates a response generation to a Jython script. The script can be configured via "script-path" property. The
  * script should define a function with a following signature:
  * </p>
+ * 
  * <pre>
  * def handle(request, response)
  * </pre>
@@ -58,16 +60,22 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.dto.SessionContextDTO;
  * @author pkupczyk
  */
 
+@SuppressWarnings("hiding")
 public class JythonBasedRequestHandler implements IRequestHandler
 {
 
     private static final String SCRIPT_PATH_PARAMETER_NAME = "script-path";
 
+    private static final String PROPERTIES_VARIABLE_NAME = "properties";
+
+    private Properties properties;
+
     private String scriptPath;
 
     @Override
     public void init(Properties properties)
     {
+        this.properties = properties;
         this.scriptPath = initScriptPath(properties);
     }
 
@@ -113,14 +121,15 @@ public class JythonBasedRequestHandler implements IRequestHandler
                     service.getSessionWorkspaceProvider(session.getSessionToken()),
                     new HashMap<String, String>(), service.createEMailClient(), session.getUserName(), session.getUserEmail(),
                     session.getSessionToken());
-            factory.createRequestHandlerPluginRunner(context).handle(req, resp);
+            IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner runner = factory.createRequestHandlerPluginRunner(context);
+            runner.setVariable(PROPERTIES_VARIABLE_NAME, properties);
+            runner.handle(req, resp);
         } finally
         {
             manager.releaseLocks();
         }
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("hiding")
     protected IPluginScriptRunnerFactory getScriptRunnerFactory(String scriptPath)
     {
         return new PluginScriptRunnerFactory(scriptPath);
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner.java
index 347236cbd296746c89aa6d9c95f6b635e255a4f0..24f0484b5653fd8095a04150a15134f9f4737873 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 public interface IRequestHandlerPluginScriptRunner
 {
 
+    void setVariable(String name, Object value);
+
     void handle(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp);
 
     void releaseResources();
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/PluginScriptRunnerFactory.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/PluginScriptRunnerFactory.java
index ee72a9cc7bbe028635e4fcf9ae136ce6bb058666..68aeea12d4607091791bc812b365a579fd7f5d53 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/PluginScriptRunnerFactory.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/jython/PluginScriptRunnerFactory.java
@@ -448,6 +448,12 @@ public class PluginScriptRunnerFactory implements IPluginScriptRunnerFactory
             }
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void setVariable(String name, Object value)
+        {
+            evaluator.set(name, value);
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void handle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
         {