diff --git a/src/generate/generator.js b/src/generate/createGenerator.js
similarity index 90%
rename from src/generate/generator.js
rename to src/generate/createGenerator.js
index 300f81a857..4a6608d967 100644
--- a/src/generate/generator.js
+++ b/src/generate/createGenerator.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import isReference from '../utils/isReference.js';
 import counter from './utils/counter.js';
 import flattenReference from '../utils/flattenReference.js';
 import visitors from './visitors/index.js';
+import globalWhitelist from '../utils/globalWhitelist.js';
 
-export default function generator ( parsed, source, names ) {
+export default function createGenerator ( parsed, source, names ) {
 	const generator = {
 		addElement ( name, renderStatement, needsIdentifier = false ) {
 			const isToplevel = generator.current.localElementDepth === 0;
@@ -130,22 +131,31 @@ export default function generator ( parsed, source, names ) {
 
 						if ( parent && parent.type === 'CallExpression' && node === parent.callee && generator.helpers[ name ] ) {
 							generator.code.prependRight( node.start, `template.helpers.` );
-							return;
 						}
 
-						if ( name === 'event' && isEventHandler ) {
-							return;
+						else if ( name === 'event' && isEventHandler ) {
+							// noop
 						}
 
-						if ( contexts[ name ] ) {
+						else if ( contexts[ name ] ) {
 							dependencies.push( ...contextDependencies[ name ] );
 							if ( !~usedContexts.indexOf( name ) ) usedContexts.push( name );
-						} else if ( indexes[ name ] ) {
+						}
+
+						else if ( indexes[ name ] ) {
 							const context = indexes[ name ];
 							if ( !~usedContexts.indexOf( context ) ) usedContexts.push( context );
-						} else {
+						}
+
+						else {
+							if ( globalWhitelist[ name ] ) {
+								generator.code.prependRight( node.start, `( '${name}' in root ? root.` );
+								generator.code.appendLeft( node.object.end, ` : ${name} )` );
+							} else {
+								generator.code.prependRight( node.start, `root.` );
+							}
+
 							dependencies.push( name );
-							generator.code.prependRight( node.start, `root.` );
 							if ( !~usedContexts.indexOf( 'root' ) ) usedContexts.push( 'root' );
 						}
 
diff --git a/src/generate/index.js b/src/generate/index.js
index eef24505d6..7a7226be29 100644
--- a/src/generate/index.js
+++ b/src/generate/index.js
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import namespaces from '../utils/namespaces.js';
 import getIntro from './utils/getIntro.js';
 import getOutro from './utils/getOutro.js';
 import processCss from './css/process.js';
-import Generator from './generator.js';
+import createGenerator from './createGenerator.js';
 
 export default function generate ( parsed, source, options, names ) {
 	const format = options.format || 'es';
 
-	const generator = Generator( parsed, source, names );
+	const generator = createGenerator( parsed, source, names );
 
 	const templateProperties = {};
 	const imports = [];
diff --git a/src/utils/globalWhitelist.js b/src/utils/globalWhitelist.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467cc4cc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/globalWhitelist.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export default {
+	Array: true,
+	Boolean: true,
+	console: true,
+	Date: true,
+	decodeURI: true,
+	decodeURIComponent: true,
+	encodeURI: true,
+	encodeURIComponent: true,
+	Infinity: true,
+	Intl: true,
+	isFinite: true,
+	isNaN: true,
+	JSON: true,
+	Map: true,
+	Math: true,
+	NaN: true,
+	Number: true,
+	Object: true,
+	parseFloat: true,
+	parseInt: true,
+	RegExp: true,
+	Set: true,
+	String: true,
+	undefined: true,
+};
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/_config.js b/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a0d6175be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		x: 10
+	},
+
+	html: '5',
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		component.set({ x: 3 });
+		assert.htmlEqual( target.innerHTML, '3' );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/main.html b/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..771042ed07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-not-dereferenced/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{Math.min(x, 5)}}
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/_config.js b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed1fbcef3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		x: 10
+	},
+
+	html: 'potato',
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		component.set({ x: 3 });
+		assert.htmlEqual( target.innerHTML, 'potato' );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/main.html b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73fd9437af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-data/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{Math.min(x, 5)}}
+
+<script>
+	export default {
+		data () {
+			return {
+				Math: {
+					min ( a, b ) {
+						return 'potato';
+					}
+				}
+			};
+		}
+	};
+</script>
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/_config.js b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed1fbcef3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		x: 10
+	},
+
+	html: 'potato',
+
+	test ( assert, component, target ) {
+		component.set({ x: 3 });
+		assert.htmlEqual( target.innerHTML, 'potato' );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/main.html b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6746617b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generator/globals-shadowed-by-helpers/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{Math.min(x, 5)}}
+
+<script>
+	export default {
+		helpers: {
+			Math: {
+				min ( a, b ) {
+					return 'potato';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	};
+</script>