diff --git a/executor.go b/executor.go
index 23f1dd8..c117c81 100644
--- a/executor.go
+++ b/executor.go
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ func (e *Executor) resolveExpr(expr string, host string, task *Task) string {
 
 	// Handle lookups
 	if corexHasPrefix(expr, "lookup(") {
-		return e.handleLookup(expr)
+		return e.handleLookup(expr, host, task)
 	}
 
 	// Handle registered vars
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ func isUnresolvedTemplateValue(value string) bool {
 }
 
 // handleLookup handles lookup() expressions.
-func (e *Executor) handleLookup(expr string) string {
+func (e *Executor) handleLookup(expr string, host string, task *Task) string {
 	// Parse lookup('type', 'arg')
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`lookup\s*\(\s*['"](\w+)['"]\s*,\s*['"]([^'"]+)['"]\s*`)
 	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(expr)
@@ -2771,6 +2771,10 @@ func (e *Executor) handleLookup(expr string) string {
 		if data, err := coreio.Local.Read(e.resolveLocalPath(arg)); err == nil {
 			return data
 		}
+	case "vars":
+		if value, ok := e.lookupConditionValue(arg, host, task, nil); ok {
+			return sprintf("%v", value)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ""
diff --git a/executor_extra_test.go b/executor_extra_test.go
index 13fc11e..4529a8f 100644
--- a/executor_extra_test.go
+++ b/executor_extra_test.go
@@ -504,13 +504,13 @@ func TestExecutorExtra_HandleLookup_Good_EnvVar(t *testing.T) {
 	e := NewExecutor("/tmp")
 	t.Setenv("TEST_ANSIBLE_LOOKUP", "found_it")
 
-	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('env', 'TEST_ANSIBLE_LOOKUP')")
+	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('env', 'TEST_ANSIBLE_LOOKUP')", "", nil)
 	assert.Equal(t, "found_it", result)
 }
 
 func TestExecutorExtra_HandleLookup_Good_EnvVarMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	e := NewExecutor("/tmp")
-	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('env', 'NONEXISTENT_VAR_12345')")
+	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('env', 'NONEXISTENT_VAR_12345')", "", nil)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", result)
 }
 
@@ -519,14 +519,23 @@ func TestExecutorExtra_HandleLookup_Good_FileLookupResolvesBasePath(t *testing.T
 	require.NoError(t, writeTestFile(joinPath(dir, "vars.txt"), []byte("from base path"), 0644))
 
 	e := NewExecutor(dir)
-	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('file', 'vars.txt')")
+	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('file', 'vars.txt')", "", nil)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "from base path", result)
 }
 
+func TestExecutorExtra_HandleLookup_Good_VarsLookup(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewExecutor("/tmp")
+	e.SetVar("lookup_value", "resolved from vars")
+
+	result := e.handleLookup("lookup('vars', 'lookup_value')", "", nil)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "resolved from vars", result)
+}
+
 func TestExecutorExtra_HandleLookup_Bad_InvalidSyntax(t *testing.T) {
 	e := NewExecutor("/tmp")
-	result := e.handleLookup("lookup(invalid)")
+	result := e.handleLookup("lookup(invalid)", "", nil)
 	assert.Equal(t, "", result)
 }