diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6985ea85..7543b2b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ packages:
         package: output-var
 ```
 
-Variables that you want to make available to other package are in the `export` block of the Zarf package to export a variable from. To have another package ingest an exported variable, use the `imports` key to name both the `variable` and `package` that the variable is exported from.
+Variables that you want to make available to other packages are in the `export` block of the Zarf package to export a variable from. By default, all exported variables are available to all of the packages in a bundle. To have another package ingest a specific exported variable, like in the case of variable name collisions, use the `imports` key to name both the `variable` and `package` that the variable is exported from, like in the example above.
 
 In the example above, the `OUTPUT` variable is created as part of a Zarf Action in the [output-var](src/test/packages/zarf/no-cluster/output-var) package, and the [receive-var](src/test/packages/zarf/no-cluster/receive-var) package expects a variable called `OUTPUT`.
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
index 45c8cb5d..333688db 100644
--- a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
+++ b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ func deployPackages(packages []types.Package, resume bool, b *Bundle, zarfPackag
 func (b *Bundle) loadVariables(pkg types.Package, bundleExportedVars map[string]map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	pkgVars := make(map[string]string)
 
+	// load all exported variables
+	for _, exportedVarMap := range bundleExportedVars {
+		for varName, varValue := range exportedVarMap {
+			pkgVars[strings.ToUpper(varName)] = varValue
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Set variables in order or precendence (least specific to most specific)
 	// imported vars
 	for _, imp := range pkg.Imports {
diff --git a/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/export-name-collision/uds-bundle.yaml b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/export-name-collision/uds-bundle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad15a689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/export-name-collision/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+kind: UDSBundle
+metadata:
+  name: export-name-collision
+  description: show how to specify import vars in case of name collisions
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+packages:
+  - name: output-var
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: OUTPUT
+      - name: PRECEDENCE
+
+  - name: output-var-collision
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var-collision
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: OUTPUT
+
+  - name: receive-var
+    repository: localhost:888/receive-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    imports:
+       - package: output-var-collision
+         name: OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all-bad-name/uds-bundle.yaml b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all-bad-name/uds-bundle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34671511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all-bad-name/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+kind: UDSBundle
+metadata:
+  name: import-all-bad-name
+  description: show errors for bad imports
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+packages:
+  - name: output-var
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: OUTPUT
+      - name: PRECEDENCE
+
+  - name: receive-var
+    repository: localhost:888/receive-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    imports:
+       - package: output-varz
+         name: OUTPUTZ
diff --git a/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all/uds-bundle.yaml b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all/uds-bundle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c2e28fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+kind: UDSBundle
+metadata:
+  name: import-all
+  description: show how global exports work
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+packages:
+  - name: output-var
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: OUTPUT
+      - name: PRECEDENCE
+
+  - name: receive-var
+    repository: localhost:888/receive-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
index f52c5c06..1cf9e501 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ func createLocal(t *testing.T, bundlePath string, arch string) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func createLocalError(t *testing.T, bundlePath string, arch string) (stderr string) {
+	cmd := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("create %s --insecure --confirm -a %s", bundlePath, arch), " ")
+	_, stderr, _ = e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	return stderr
+}
+
 func createRemoteInsecure(t *testing.T, bundlePath, registry, arch string) {
 	cmd := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("create %s -o %s --confirm --insecure -a %s", bundlePath, registry, arch), " ")
 	_, _, err := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go b/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
index 95bbdffa..a8edf1ef 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,38 @@ func TestBundleVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Setenv("UDS_CONFIG", filepath.Join("src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars", "uds-config.yaml"))
 
 	_, stderr := deploy(t, bundleTarballPath)
+	bundleVariablesTestChecks(t, stderr, bundleTarballPath)
+	remove(t, bundleTarballPath)
 
+	// Run same test checks but with package that isn't explicitly importing vars
+	bundleDir = "src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all"
+	bundleTarballPath = filepath.Join(bundleDir, fmt.Sprintf("uds-bundle-import-all-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+	createLocal(t, bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
+	_, stderr = deploy(t, bundleTarballPath)
+	bundleVariablesTestChecks(t, stderr, bundleTarballPath)
+
+	// Test with bad variable name in import
+	bundleDir = "src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all-bad-name"
+	stderr = createLocalError(t, bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
+	require.Contains(t, stderr, "does not have a matching export")
+
+	// Test name collisions with exported variables
+	zarfPkgPath3 := "src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var-collision"
+	e2e.CreateZarfPkg(t, zarfPkgPath3, false)
+
+	pkg = filepath.Join(zarfPkgPath3, fmt.Sprintf("zarf-package-output-var-collision-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+	zarfPublish(t, pkg, "localhost:888")
+
+	bundleDir = "src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/export-name-collision"
+	bundleTarballPath = filepath.Join(bundleDir, fmt.Sprintf("uds-bundle-export-name-collision-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+	createLocal(t, bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
+	createRemoteInsecure(t, bundleDir, "localhost:888", e2e.Arch)
+	_, stderr = deploy(t, bundleTarballPath)
+	require.Contains(t, stderr, "This fun-fact was imported: Daffodils are the national flower of Wales")
+	require.NotContains(t, stderr, "This fun-fact was imported: Unicorns are the national animal of Scotland")
+}
+
+func bundleVariablesTestChecks(t *testing.T, stderr string, bundleTarballPath string) {
 	require.NotContains(t, stderr, "CLIVersion is set to 'unset' which can cause issues with package creation and deployment")
 	require.Contains(t, stderr, "This fun-fact was imported: Unicorns are the national animal of Scotland")
 	require.Contains(t, stderr, "This fun-fact demonstrates precedence: The Red Dragon is the national symbol of Wales")
diff --git a/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var-collision/zarf.yaml b/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var-collision/zarf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db6b6f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var-collision/zarf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+kind: ZarfPackageConfig
+metadata:
+  name: output-var-collision
+  description: |
+    Exports variable with same name as variable exported from output-var package
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+variables:
+  - name: COUNTRY
+    default: Wales
+  - name: FLOWER
+    default: Daffodils
+
+components:
+  - name: echo
+    required: true
+    actions:
+      onDeploy:
+        after:
+          - cmd: echo ""${ZARF_VAR_FLOWER}" are the national flower of "${ZARF_VAR_COUNTRY}""
+            setVariables:
+              - name: OUTPUT