diff --git a/application/libraries/MessageLib.php b/application/libraries/MessageLib.php
index fd2051f48..31d33eda4 100644
--- a/application/libraries/MessageLib.php
+++ b/application/libraries/MessageLib.php
@@ -215,6 +215,31 @@ class MessageLib
 
 		return $messageVars; // otherwise returns the error
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves message vars of the logged in user from view vw_msg_vars_user
+	 */
+	public function getMessageVarsLoggedInUser()
+	{
+		// Retrieves message vars from view vw_msg_vars
+		$messageVars = $this->_ci->MessageModel->getMsgVarsDataLoggedInUser();
+		if (isSuccess($messageVars)) // if everything is ok
+		{
+			$variablesArray = array();
+			$tmpVariablesArray = getData($messageVars);
+
+			// Starts from 1 to skip the first element which is uid
+			for ($i = 1; $i < count($tmpVariablesArray); $i++)
+			{
+				$variablesArray['{my_'.str_replace(' ', '_', strtolower($tmpVariablesArray[$i])).'}']
+					= 'my_'. strtoupper($tmpVariablesArray[$i]);
+			}
+
+			return success($variablesArray);
+		}
+		
+		return $messageVars; // otherwise returns the error
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Retrieves organisation units for each role that a user plays inside that organisation unit
diff --git a/application/models/CL/Messages_model.php b/application/models/CL/Messages_model.php
index 67e7ff969..2bec3dd9c 100644
--- a/application/models/CL/Messages_model.php
+++ b/application/models/CL/Messages_model.php
@@ -833,6 +833,26 @@ class Messages_model extends CI_Model
 
 			$variables[] = $tmpVar;
 		}
+		
+		// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+		// Retrieves message vars of logged in user from database view vw_msg_vars_person
+		$result = null;
+		
+		// If data contains a prestudent id
+		$result = $this->messagelib->getMessageVarsLoggedInUser();
+		
+		if (isError($result)) show_error(getError($result));
+
+		// Then builds an array that contains objects with field name and field description of logged in user data
+		$user_fields = array();
+		foreach (getData($result) as $id => $description)
+		{
+			$obj = new stdClass();
+			$obj->id = $id;
+			$obj->description = $description;
+			
+			$user_fields[] = $obj;
+		}
 
 		// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 		// Retrieves the sender id
@@ -853,6 +873,7 @@ class Messages_model extends CI_Model
 			'subject' => $replySubject,
 			'body' => $replyBody,
 			'variables' => $variables,
+			'user_fields' => $user_fields,
 			'organisationUnits' => getData($organisationUnits),
 			'senderIsAdmin' => getData($senderIsAdmin),
 			'recipientsArray' => $recipientsArray,