diff --git a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
index a367aa0..a024d61 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/jobs.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 **zuul.job**
   The name of the job being run.
 
+**zuul.voting**
+  A boolean indicating whether the job is voting.
+
 **zuul.project**
   The item's project.  This is a data structure with the following
   fields:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
index e5730e3..6903a97 100755
--- a/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_scheduler.py
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
         self.assertReportedStat(
             'zuul.pipeline.gate.org.project.total_changes', value='1|c')
 
-        for build in self.builds:
-            self.assertEqual(build.parameters['ZUUL_VOTING'], '1')
+        for build in self.history:
+            self.assertTrue(build.parameters['zuul']['voting'])
 
     def test_initial_pipeline_gauges(self):
         "Test that each pipeline reported its length on start"
@@ -1392,8 +1392,12 @@
             self.getJobFromHistory('nonvoting-project-test2').result,
             'FAILURE')
 
-        for build in self.builds:
-            self.assertEqual(build.parameters['ZUUL_VOTING'], '0')
+        self.assertTrue(self.getJobFromHistory('nonvoting-project-merge').
+                        parameters['zuul']['voting'])
+        self.assertTrue(self.getJobFromHistory('nonvoting-project-test1').
+                        parameters['zuul']['voting'])
+        self.assertFalse(self.getJobFromHistory('nonvoting-project-test2').
+                         parameters['zuul']['voting'])
 
     def test_check_queue_success(self):
         "Test successful check queue jobs."
diff --git a/zuul/executor/client.py b/zuul/executor/client.py
index 982ff3d..2ff4c65 100644
--- a/zuul/executor/client.py
+++ b/zuul/executor/client.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
                            ref=item.change.ref,
                            pipeline=pipeline.name,
                            job=job.name,
+                           voting=job.voting,
                            project=project,
                            tenant=tenant.name,
                            jobtags=sorted(job.tags))
@@ -195,7 +196,6 @@
                       ZUUL_PROJECT=item.change.project.name)
         params['ZUUL_PIPELINE'] = pipeline.name
         params['ZUUL_URL'] = item.current_build_set.zuul_url
-        params['ZUUL_VOTING'] = job.voting and '1' or '0'
 
         params['job'] = job.name
         params['timeout'] = job.timeout