diff --git a/command/build_test.go b/command/build_test.go
index a948760af..ecda6358e 100644
--- a/command/build_test.go
+++ b/command/build_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ mascarpone
 whipped_egg_white
 dress
 `
+	one = "1\n"
+	two = "2\n"
 )
 
 func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
@@ -396,6 +398,23 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 				expected: []string{"dummy-fooo.txt", "dummy-baar.txt", "postgres/13-fooo.txt", "postgres/13-baar.txt"},
 			},
 		},
+
+		{
+			name: "hcl - variables can be used in shared post-processor fields",
+			args: []string{
+				testFixture("hcl", "var-in-pp-name.pkr.hcl"),
+			},
+			fileCheck: fileCheck{
+				expectedContent: map[string]string{
+					"example1.1.txt": one,
+					"example2.2.txt": two,
+				},
+				notExpected: []string{
+					"example1.2.txt",
+					"example2.1.txt",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tc {
diff --git a/command/build_windows_test.go b/command/build_windows_test.go
index 829cf987f..9978bfea0 100644
--- a/command/build_windows_test.go
+++ b/command/build_windows_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ func init() {
 	spaghettiCarbonara = fixWindowsLineEndings(spaghettiCarbonara)
 	lasagna = fixWindowsLineEndings(lasagna)
 	tiramisu = fixWindowsLineEndings(tiramisu)
+	one = fixWindowsLineEndings(one)
+	two = fixWindowsLineEndings(two)
 }
 
 func fixWindowsLineEndings(s string) string {
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/hcl/var-in-pp-name.pkr.hcl b/command/test-fixtures/hcl/var-in-pp-name.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc59d0f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/test-fixtures/hcl/var-in-pp-name.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+source "null" "example1" {
+  communicator = "none"
+}
+
+source "null" "example2" {
+  communicator = "none"
+}
+
+locals {
+  except_example2 = "null.example2"
+  true   = true
+}
+
+variable "only_example2" {
+  default = "null.example2"
+}
+
+variable "foo" {
+  default = "bar"
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = ["source.null.example1", "source.null.example2"]
+  post-processor "shell-local" {
+    keep_input_artifact = local.true
+    except              = [local.except_example2]
+    inline              = ["echo 1 > ${source.name}.1.txt"]
+  }
+
+  post-processor "shell-local" {
+    name   = var.foo
+    only   = [var.only_example2]
+    inline = ["echo 2 > ${source.name}.2.txt"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.build.go b/hcl2template/types.build.go
index 471c2c39a..92d7d169c 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.build.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.build.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (p *Parser) decodeBuildConfig(block *hcl.Block, cfg *PackerConfig) (*BuildB
 			}
 			build.ErrorCleanupProvisionerBlock = p
 		case buildPostProcessorLabel:
-			pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessor(block)
+			pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessor(block, cfg)
 			diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 			if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
 				continue
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (p *Parser) decodeBuildConfig(block *hcl.Block, cfg *PackerConfig) (*BuildB
 			errored := false
 			postProcessors := []*PostProcessorBlock{}
 			for _, block := range content.Blocks {
-				pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessor(block)
+				pp, moreDiags := p.decodePostProcessor(block, cfg)
 				diags = append(diags, moreDiags...)
 				if moreDiags.HasErrors() {
 					errored = true
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go b/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
index a70d9dd61..ce2bf1592 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.build.post-processor.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (p *PostProcessorBlock) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(buildPostProcessorLabel+"-block %q %q", p.PType, p.PName)
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) decodePostProcessor(block *hcl.Block) (*PostProcessorBlock, hcl.Diagnostics) {
+func (p *Parser) decodePostProcessor(block *hcl.Block, cfg *PackerConfig) (*PostProcessorBlock, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 	var b struct {
 		Name              string   `hcl:"name,optional"`
 		Only              []string `hcl:"only,optional"`
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func (p *Parser) decodePostProcessor(block *hcl.Block) (*PostProcessorBlock, hcl
 		KeepInputArtifact *bool    `hcl:"keep_input_artifact,optional"`
 		Rest              hcl.Body `hcl:",remain"`
 	}
-	diags := gohcl.DecodeBody(block.Body, nil, &b)
+	diags := gohcl.DecodeBody(block.Body, cfg.EvalContext(BuildContext, nil), &b)
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		return nil, diags
 	}