diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 890e340d4..61e3d7eec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 - irc: request and perform SASL authentication when the server advertises SASL support with message "CAP NEW" ([#2277](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2277))
 - logger: change default time format to `%@%F %T.%fZ` (UTC) ([#886](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/886))
 - logger: use function util_parse_time to parse date/time in log files ([#886](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/886))
+- xfer: add buffer local variable "server" in DCC CHAT buffers
 - build: require Curl ≥ 7.68.0 ([#2268](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2268))
 - build: require GnuTLS ≥ 3.6.3 ([#2268](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2268))
 - build: require libgcrypt ≥ 1.8.0 ([#2268](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2268))
diff --git a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-chat.c b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-chat.c
index 471b9d990..ddfaff486 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-chat.c
+++ b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer-chat.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ xfer_chat_open_buffer (struct t_xfer *xfer)
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "input_prompt", xfer->local_nick);
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "localvar_set_type", "private");
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "localvar_set_nick", xfer->local_nick);
+        weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "localvar_set_server", xfer->plugin_id);
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "localvar_set_channel", xfer->remote_nick);
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "localvar_set_tls_version", "cleartext");
         weechat_hashtable_set (buffer_props, "highlight_words_add", "$nick");