2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/vim.c b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
index f7c55344f5..f4909b0801 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/vim.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
@@ -601,7 +601,19 @@ void nvim_del_current_line(Error *err)
 Object nvim_get_var(String name, Error *err)
   FUNC_API_SINCE(1)
 {
-  return dict_get_value(&globvardict, name, err);
+  dictitem_T *di = tv_dict_find(&globvardict, name.data, (ptrdiff_t)name.size);
+  if (di == NULL) {  // try to autoload script
+    if (!script_autoload(name.data, name.size, false) || aborting()) {
+      api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Key not found: %s", name.data);
+      return (Object)OBJECT_INIT;
+    }
+    di = tv_dict_find(&globvardict, name.data, (ptrdiff_t)name.size);
+  }
+  if (di == NULL) {
+    api_set_error(err, kErrorTypeValidation, "Key not found: %s", name.data);
+    return (Object)OBJECT_INIT;
+  }
+  return vim_to_object(&di->di_tv);
 }
 
 /// Sets a global (g:) variable.
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/stdlib.c b/src/nvim/lua/stdlib.c
index 18a579ed0f..55b23cf0c8 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/stdlib.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/stdlib.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "nvim/func_attr.h"
 #include "nvim/garray.h"
 #include "nvim/getchar.h"
+#include "nvim/globals.h"
 #include "nvim/lua/converter.h"
 #include "nvim/lua/executor.h"
 #include "nvim/lua/stdlib.h"
@@ -408,6 +409,12 @@ int nlua_getvar(lua_State *lstate)
   const char *name = luaL_checklstring(lstate, 3, &len);
 
   dictitem_T *di = tv_dict_find(dict, name, (ptrdiff_t)len);
+  if (di == NULL && dict == &globvardict) {  // try to autoload script
+    if (!script_autoload(name, len, false) || aborting()) {
+       return 0;  // nil
+    }
+    di = tv_dict_find(dict, name, (ptrdiff_t)len);
+  }
   if (di == NULL) {
     return 0;  // nil
   }