diff --git a/src/tv2-common/getSegment.ts b/src/tv2-common/getSegment.ts
index a9dbc78b..c5bd5af3 100644
--- a/src/tv2-common/getSegment.ts
+++ b/src/tv2-common/getSegment.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export interface GetSegmentShowstyleOptions<ShowStyleConfig extends TV2ShowStyle
 
 interface Segment<T> extends IBlueprintSegment<T> {
 	invalidity?: SegmentInvalidity
+	definesShowStyleVariant?: boolean
 }
 
 interface SegmentInvalidity {
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ interface SegmentMetadata {
 	miniShelfVideoClipFile?: string
 }
 
+const SHOW_STYLE_VARIANT_LOWER_CASE_CUE: string = 'sofie=showstylevariant'
+
 export async function getSegmentBase<ShowStyleConfig extends TV2ShowStyleConfig>(
 	context: SegmentContext<ShowStyleConfig>,
 	ingestSegment: IngestSegment,
@@ -125,6 +128,10 @@ export async function getSegmentBase<ShowStyleConfig extends TV2ShowStyleConfig>
 		segment.isHidden = false
 	}
 
+	segment.definesShowStyleVariant = iNewsStory.cues.some((cue) =>
+		cue?.some((cueElement) => cueElement.toLowerCase().includes(SHOW_STYLE_VARIANT_LOWER_CASE_CUE))
+	)
+
 	const totalTimeMs = TimeFromINewsField(iNewsStory.fields.totalTime) * 1000
 	let blueprintParts: BlueprintResultPart[] = []
 	const parsedParts: PartDefinition[] = ParseBody(