diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7df7452..1d0dc540 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 IMPROVEMENTS:
 * data source/nomad_jwks: add EdDSA (Ed25519) key support ([#583](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/pull/583))
+* data source/nomad_job_parser: add `variables` parameter to pass HCL2 variables to the job parser ([#582](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/pull/582))
 * resource/nomad_acl_policy: make `job_id` optional in `job_acl` block to allow policies that apply to all jobs in a namespace ([#580](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/pull/580))
 * resource/nomad_namespace: add `vault_config` and `consul_config` blocks to configure Vault and Consul cluster permissions (Nomad Enterprise only) ([#581](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/pull/581))
 * **New Data Source**: `nomad_node` to look up a single Nomad node by ID ([#579](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-nomad/pull/579))
diff --git a/nomad/data_source_job_parser.go b/nomad/data_source_job_parser.go
index e8f0c6e4..9f0121f5 100644
--- a/nomad/data_source_job_parser.go
+++ b/nomad/data_source_job_parser.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 )
 
@@ -27,6 +28,13 @@ func dataSourceJobParser() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional:    true,
 				Default:     false,
 			},
+			"variables": {
+				Description: "HCL2 variables to pass to the job parser. Interpreted as the content of a variables file.",
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Default:     "",
+			},
+
 			"json": {
 				Description: "The parsed job as JSON string.",
 				Type:        schema.TypeString,
@@ -42,9 +50,17 @@ func dataSourceJobParserRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	hcl := d.Get("hcl").(string)
 	canonicalize := d.Get("canonicalize").(bool)
+	variables := d.Get("variables").(string)
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Parsing Job with Canonicalize set to %t", canonicalize)
-	job, err := client.Jobs().ParseHCL(hcl, canonicalize)
+
+	req := &api.JobsParseRequest{
+		JobHCL:       hcl,
+		Canonicalize: canonicalize,
+		Variables:    variables,
+	}
+
+	job, err := client.Jobs().ParseHCLOpts(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error parsing job: %#v", err)
 	}
@@ -57,8 +73,6 @@ func dataSourceJobParserRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	jobJSONString := string(jobJSON)
 
 	d.SetId(*job.ID)
-	d.Set("hcl", strings.TrimSpace(hcl))
-	d.Set("canonicalize", canonicalize)
 	d.Set("json", strings.TrimSpace(jobJSONString))
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/nomad/data_source_job_parser_test.go b/nomad/data_source_job_parser_test.go
index 1fdbbdae..e14084e7 100644
--- a/nomad/data_source_job_parser_test.go
+++ b/nomad/data_source_job_parser_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
@@ -26,13 +25,7 @@ func TestAccDataSourceNomadJobParser_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
 			{
 				Config: testJobParserConfig(),
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						resourceName, "hcl", strings.TrimSpace(testDataSourceJobParserHCL)),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
-						resourceName, "canonicalize", "false"),
-					checkJobFromString(resourceName, testDataSourceJobParserJSON),
-				),
+				Check:  checkJobFromString(resourceName, testDataSourceJobParserJSON),
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -288,3 +281,159 @@ data "nomad_job_parser" "test_job" {
 const testDataSourceJobParserMissingHCLConfig = `
 data "nomad_job_parser" "test_job" {
 }`
+
+func TestAccDataSourceNomadJobParser_WithVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	resourceName := "data.nomad_job_parser.test_job"
+
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config: testJobParserWithVariablesConfig(),
+				Check:  checkJobFromString(resourceName, testDataSourceJobParserWithVariablesJSON),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func testJobParserWithVariablesConfig() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+data "nomad_job_parser" "test_job" {
+  hcl = <<EOT
+%s
+EOT
+  variables = <<EOT
+%s
+EOT
+}`, testDataSourceJobParserWithVariablesHCL, testDataSourceJobParserVariables)
+}
+
+const testDataSourceJobParserWithVariablesHCL = `
+variable "datacenter" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "image" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+job "example" {
+  datacenters = [var.datacenter]
+
+  group "cache" {
+    task "redis" {
+      driver = "docker"
+
+      config {
+        image = var.image
+      }
+
+      resources {
+        cpu    = 500
+        memory = 256
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}`
+
+const testDataSourceJobParserVariables = `datacenter = "dc1"
+image = "redis:7.0"
+`
+
+const testDataSourceJobParserWithVariablesJSON = `{
+  "Stop": null,
+  "Region": null,
+  "Namespace": null,
+  "ID": "example",
+  "ParentID": null,
+  "Name": "example",
+  "Type": null,
+  "Priority": null,
+  "AllAtOnce": null,
+  "Datacenters": [
+    "dc1"
+  ],
+  "Constraints": null,
+  "Affinities": null,
+  "TaskGroups": [
+    {
+    "Name": "cache",
+    "Count": null,
+    "Constraints": null,
+    "Affinities": null,
+    "Tasks": [
+      {
+      "Name": "redis",
+      "Driver": "docker",
+      "User": "",
+      "Lifecycle": null,
+      "Config": {
+        "image": "redis:7.0"
+      },
+      "Constraints": null,
+      "Affinities": null,
+      "Env": null,
+      "ScalingPolicies": null,
+      "Services": null,
+      "Resources": {
+        "CPU": 500,
+        "MemoryMB": 256,
+        "DiskMB": null,
+        "Networks": null,
+        "Devices": null,
+        "IOPS": null
+      },
+      "RestartPolicy": null,
+      "Meta": null,
+      "KillTimeout": null,
+      "LogConfig": null,
+      "Artifacts": null,
+      "Vault": null,
+      "Templates": null,
+      "DispatchPayload": null,
+      "VolumeMounts": null,
+      "Leader": false,
+      "ShutdownDelay": 0,
+      "KillSignal": "",
+      "Kind": ""
+      }
+    ],
+    "Spreads": null,
+    "Volumes": null,
+    "RestartPolicy": null,
+    "ReschedulePolicy": null,
+    "EphemeralDisk": null,
+    "Update": null,
+    "Migrate": null,
+    "Networks": null,
+    "Meta": null,
+    "Services": null,
+    "ShutdownDelay": null,
+    "StopAfterClientDisconnect": null,
+    "Scaling": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "Update": null,
+  "Multiregion": null,
+  "Spreads": null,
+  "Periodic": null,
+  "ParameterizedJob": null,
+  "Dispatched": false,
+  "Payload": null,
+  "Reschedule": null,
+  "Migrate": null,
+  "Meta": null,
+  "ConsulToken": null,
+  "VaultToken": null,
+  "VaultNamespace": null,
+  "NomadTokenID": null,
+  "Status": null,
+  "StatusDescription": null,
+  "Stable": null,
+  "Version": null,
+  "SubmitTime": null,
+  "CreateIndex": null,
+  "ModifyIndex": null,
+  "JobModifyIndex": null
+}`
diff --git a/website/docs/d/job_parser.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/job_parser.html.markdown
index a5460a44..28fc231a 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/job_parser.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/job_parser.html.markdown
@@ -19,10 +19,29 @@ data "nomad_job_parser" "my_job" {
 }
 ```
 
+### With Variables
+
+```hcl
+data "nomad_job_parser" "my_job" {
+  hcl = file("${path.module}/jobspec.hcl")
+
+  variables = <<EOT
+datacenter = "dc1"
+image      = "nginx:latest"
+EOT
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+The following arguments are supported:
+
+- `hcl` `(string: <required>)` - The HCL definition of the job.
+- `canonicalize` `(boolean: false)` - Flag to enable setting any unset fields to their default values.
+- `variables` `(string: "")` - HCL2 variables to pass to the job parser. Interpreted as the content of a variables file.
+
 ## Attribute Reference
 
 The following attributes are exported:
 
-- `hcl` `(string)` - the HCL definition of the job.
-- `canonicalize` `(boolean: true)` - flag to enable setting any unset fields to their default values.
-- `json` `(string)` - the parsed job as JSON string.
+- `json` `(string)` - The parsed job as JSON string.