diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index e1a55618d..606226500 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func (i *Install) Run(chrt *chart.Chart, vals map[string]interface{}) (*release.
 	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      i.ReleaseName,
 		Namespace: i.Namespace,
+		Revision:  1,
 		IsInstall: true,
 	}
 	valuesToRender, err := chartutil.ToRenderValues(chrt, vals, options, caps)
diff --git a/pkg/action/upgrade.go b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
index e89ad6050..31fcc1471 100644
--- a/pkg/action/upgrade.go
+++ b/pkg/action/upgrade.go
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ func (u *Upgrade) prepareUpgrade(name string, chart *chart.Chart, vals map[strin
 	options := chartutil.ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      name,
 		Namespace: currentRelease.Namespace,
+		Revision:  revision,
 		IsUpgrade: true,
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index a6b55701c..d9b94212c 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func ReadValuesFile(filename string) (Values, error) {
 type ReleaseOptions struct {
 	Name      string
 	Namespace string
+	Revision  int
 	IsUpgrade bool
 	IsInstall bool
 }
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ func ToRenderValues(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals map[string]interface{}, options
 			"Namespace": options.Namespace,
 			"IsUpgrade": options.IsUpgrade,
 			"IsInstall": options.IsInstall,
+			"Revision":  options.Revision,
 			"Service":   "Helm",
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
index 00bcfefed..2cb328d5d 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ func TestToRenderValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 	o := ReleaseOptions{
 		Name:      "Seven Voyages",
+		Namespace: "default",
+		Revision:  1,
 		IsInstall: true,
 	}
 
@@ -115,6 +117,12 @@ func TestToRenderValues(t *testing.T) {
 	if name := relmap["Name"]; name.(string) != "Seven Voyages" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected release name 'Seven Voyages', got %q", name)
 	}
+	if namespace := relmap["Namespace"]; namespace.(string) != "default" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected namespace 'default', got %q", namespace)
+	}
+	if revision := relmap["Revision"]; revision.(int) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected revision '1', got %d", revision)
+	}
 	if relmap["IsUpgrade"].(bool) {
 		t.Error("Expected upgrade to be false.")
 	}