diff --git a/cmd/tiller/release_server.go b/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
index 3f73129b8..c422cb0a7 100644
--- a/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
+++ b/cmd/tiller/release_server.go
@@ -238,13 +238,15 @@ func (s *releaseServer) InstallRelease(c ctx.Context, req *services.InstallRelea
 
 	// Render the templates
 	// TODO: Fix based on whether chart has `engine: SOMETHING` set.
-	vals, err := chartutil.CoalesceValues(req.Chart, req.Values, overrides)
+	vals, err := chartutil.CoalesceValues(req.Chart, req.Values, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	overrides["Values"] = vals
+
 	renderer := s.engine(req.Chart)
-	files, err := renderer.Render(req.Chart, vals)
+	files, err := renderer.Render(req.Chart, overrides)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/docs/examples/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml b/docs/examples/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
index 2294cfd03..c15ab8efc 100644
--- a/docs/examples/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/alpine/templates/alpine-pod.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
-  name: "{{.Release.Name}}-{{.Chart.Name}}"
+  name: "{{.Release.Name}}-{{.Values.Name}}"
   labels:
     # The "heritage" label is used to track which tool deployed a given chart.
     # It is useful for admins who want to see what releases a particular tool
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
   # called restartPolicy. If it is not found, it will use the default value.
   # {{default "Never" .restartPolicy}} is a slightly optimized version of the
   # more conventional syntax: {{.restartPolicy | default "Never"}}
-  restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .restartPolicy}}
+  restartPolicy: {{default "Never" .Values.restartPolicy}}
   containers:
   - name: waiter
     image: "alpine:3.3"
diff --git a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 1727e9b09..1af41a2e3 100644
--- a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {{/*
 Expand the name of the chart.
 */}}
-{{define "name"}}{{default "nginx" .nameOverride | trunc 24 }}{{end}}
+{{define "name"}}{{default "nginx" .Values.nameOverride | trunc 24 }}{{end}}
 
 {{/*
 Create a default fully qualified app name.
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ Create a default fully qualified app name.
 We truncate at 24 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this
 (by the DNS naming spec).
 */}}
-{{define "fullname"}}{{.Release.Name}}-{{default "nginx" .nameOverride | trunc 24 }}{{end}}
+{{define "fullname"}}{{.Release.Name}}-{{default "nginx" .Values.nameOverride | trunc 24 }}{{end}}
diff --git a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/configmap.yaml b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/configmap.yaml
index f6dc2011f..ec4b9e5c3 100644
--- a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ metadata:
 data:
   # When the config map is mounted as a volume, these will be created as
   # files.
-  index.html: {{ default "Hello" .index | quote }}
+  index.html: {{default "Hello" .Values.index | quote}}
   test.txt: test
diff --git a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/deployment.yaml b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/deployment.yaml
index f291aa44e..1443a5136 100644
--- a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ metadata:
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     chart: "{{.Chart.Name}}-{{.Chart.Version}}"
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ default 1 .replicaCount | quote }}
+  replicas: {{default 1 .Values.replicaCount | quote}}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ spec:
         # is a nice option for the user. Especially in the strange cases like
         # nginx where the base distro is determined by the tag. Using :latest
         # is frowned upon, using :stable isn't that great either.
-        image: "{{default "nginx" .image}}:{{default "stable-alpine" .imageTag}}"
-        imagePullPolicy: {{default "IfNotPresent" .pullPolicy}}
+        image: "{{default "nginx" .Values.image}}:{{default "stable-alpine" .Values.imageTag}}"
+        imagePullPolicy: {{default "IfNotPresent" .Values.pullPolicy}}
         ports:
         - containerPort: 80
         # This (and the volumes section below) mount the config map as a volume.
diff --git a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/svc.yaml b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/svc.yaml
index 62c55a759..dbbb3bb21 100644
--- a/docs/examples/nginx/templates/svc.yaml
+++ b/docs/examples/nginx/templates/svc.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ metadata:
     chart: "{{.Chart.Name}}-{{.Chart.Version}}"
 spec:
   ports:
-  - port: {{ default 80 .httpPort | quote }}
+  - port: {{default 80 .Values.httpPort | quote}}
     targetPort: 80
     protocol: TCP
     name: http
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index 4a403a9ce..3987c5a16 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -94,11 +94,18 @@ func tableLookup(v Values, simple string) (Values, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return v, ErrNoTable
 	}
-	vv, ok := v2.(map[string]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return vv, ErrNoTable
+	if vv, ok := v2.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+		return vv, nil
+	}
+
+	// This catches a case where a value is of type Values, but doesn't (for some
+	// reason) match the map[string]interface{}. This has been observed in the
+	// wild, and might be a result of a nil map of type Values.
+	if vv, ok := v2.(Values); ok {
+		return vv, nil
 	}
-	return vv, nil
+
+	return map[string]interface{}{}, ErrNoTable
 }
 
 // ReadValues will parse YAML byte data into a Values.
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 2499e1c77..f5cd9df21 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func New() *Engine {
 func (e *Engine) Render(chrt *chart.Chart, values chartutil.Values) (map[string]string, error) {
 	// Render the charts
 	tmap := allTemplates(chrt, values)
+	fmt.Printf("%v", tmap)
 	return e.render(tmap)
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +105,6 @@ func (e *Engine) render(tpls map[string]renderable) (map[string]string, error) {
 	rendered := make(map[string]string, len(files))
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for _, file := range files {
-		//	log.Printf("Exec %s with %v (%s)", file, tpls[file].vals, tpls[file].tpl)
 		if err := t.ExecuteTemplate(&buf, file, tpls[file].vals); err != nil {
 			return map[string]string{}, fmt.Errorf("render error in %q: %s", file, err)
 		}
@@ -137,13 +137,25 @@ func recAllTpls(c *chart.Chart, templates map[string]renderable, parentVals char
 	} else if c.Metadata != nil && c.Metadata.Name != "" {
 		// An error indicates that the table doesn't exist. So we leave it as
 		// an empty map.
-		tmp, err := parentVals.Table(c.Metadata.Name)
+
+		var tmp chartutil.Values
+		vs, err := parentVals.Table("Values")
+		if err == nil {
+			tmp, err = vs.Table(c.Metadata.Name)
+		} else {
+			tmp, err = parentVals.Table(c.Metadata.Name)
+		}
+
+		//tmp, err := parentVals["Values"].(chartutil.Values).Table(c.Metadata.Name)
 		if err == nil {
-			cvals = tmp
+			cvals = map[string]interface{}{
+				"Values":  tmp,
+				"Release": parentVals["Release"],
+				"Chart":   c,
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	//log.Printf("racAllTpls values: %v", cvals)
 	for _, child := range c.Dependencies {
 		recAllTpls(child, templates, cvals, false)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
index 661939d5c..e8c8e54cc 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
@@ -215,11 +215,13 @@ func TestRenderNestedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	innerpath := "charts/inner/templates/inner.tpl"
 	outerpath := "templates/outer.tpl"
 	deepestpath := "charts/inner/charts/deepest/templates/deepest.tpl"
+	checkrelease := "charts/inner/charts/deepest/templates/release.tpl"
 
 	deepest := &chart.Chart{
 		Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Name: "deepest"},
 		Templates: []*chart.Template{
-			{Name: deepestpath, Data: []byte(`And this same {{.what}} that smiles {{.global.when}}`)},
+			{Name: deepestpath, Data: []byte(`And this same {{.Values.what}} that smiles {{.Values.global.when}}`)},
+			{Name: checkrelease, Data: []byte(`Tomorrow will be {{default "happy" .Release.Name }}`)},
 		},
 		Values: &chart.Config{Raw: `what: "milkshake"`},
 	}
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ func TestRenderNestedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	inner := &chart.Chart{
 		Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Name: "herrick"},
 		Templates: []*chart.Template{
-			{Name: innerpath, Data: []byte(`Old {{.who}} is still a-flyin'`)},
+			{Name: innerpath, Data: []byte(`Old {{.Values.who}} is still a-flyin'`)},
 		},
 		Values:       &chart.Config{Raw: `who: "Robert"`},
 		Dependencies: []*chart.Chart{deepest},
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ func TestRenderNestedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	outer := &chart.Chart{
 		Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Name: "top"},
 		Templates: []*chart.Template{
-			{Name: outerpath, Data: []byte(`Gather ye {{.what}} while ye may`)},
+			{Name: outerpath, Data: []byte(`Gather ye {{.Values.what}} while ye may`)},
 		},
 		Values: &chart.Config{
 			Raw: `
@@ -258,11 +260,19 @@ global:
   when: to-day`,
 	}
 
-	inject, err := chartutil.CoalesceValues(outer, &injValues, map[string]interface{}{})
+	tmp, err := chartutil.CoalesceValues(outer, &injValues, map[string]interface{}{})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to coalesce values: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	inject := chartutil.Values{
+		"Values": tmp,
+		"Chart":  outer.Metadata,
+		"Release": chartutil.Values{
+			"Name": "dyin",
+		},
+	}
+
 	t.Logf("Calculated values: %v", inject)
 
 	out, err := e.Render(outer, inject)
@@ -281,4 +291,8 @@ global:
 	if out[deepestpath] != "And this same flower that smiles to-day" {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected deepest: %q", out[deepestpath])
 	}
+
+	if out[checkrelease] != "Tomorrow will be dyin" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected release: %q", out[checkrelease])
+	}
 }