diff --git a/include/ajax.tickets.php b/include/ajax.tickets.php
index 17799f2121a323170cf8d0f953567f039657db24..678e4a4f6c6157ac853d2335894bc60c3a1110ef 100644
--- a/include/ajax.tickets.php
+++ b/include/ajax.tickets.php
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class TicketsAjaxAPI extends AjaxController {
             $format.='.plain';
 
         $varReplacer = function (&$var) use($ticket) {
-            return $ticket->replaceVars($var);
+            return $ticket->replaceVars($var, array('recipient' => $ticket->getOwner()));
         };
 
         include_once(INCLUDE_DIR.'class.canned.php');