diff --git a/yum/__init__.py b/yum/__init__.py
 index 99039e0..003adda 100644
 --- a/yum/__init__.py
 +++ b/yum/__init__.py
 @@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class YumBase(depsolve.Depsolve):
              repo.name = section
              self.logger.error(_('Repository %r is missing name in configuration, '
                      'using id') % section)
 -        repo.name = to_unicode(repo.name)
 +        repo.name = to_unicode(varReplace(repo.name, self.conf.yumvar))
  
          # Set attributes not from the config file
          repo.basecachedir = self.conf.cachedir