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diff --git a/packages/ember-handlebars/lib/helpers/binding.js b/packages/ember-handlebars/lib/helpers/binding.js
index dd4fc0f..c0d28a7 100644
--- a/packages/ember-handlebars/lib/helpers/binding.js
+++ b/packages/ember-handlebars/lib/helpers/binding.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var forEach = Ember.ArrayUtils.forEach;
 
 var EmberHandlebars = Ember.Handlebars, helpers = EmberHandlebars.helpers;
 
-(function() {
   // Binds a property into the DOM. This will create a hook in DOM that the
   // KVO system will look for and update if the property changes.
   var bind = function(property, options, preserveContext, shouldDisplay, valueNormalizer) {
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ var EmberHandlebars = Ember.Handlebars, helpers = EmberHandlebars.helpers;
 
     return bind.call(context, property, fn, true, func, func);
   });
-})();
 
 /**
   @name Handlebars.helpers.with
@@ -156,10 +154,27 @@ var EmberHandlebars = Ember.Handlebars, helpers = EmberHandlebars.helpers;
   @returns {String} HTML string
 */
 EmberHandlebars.registerHelper('with', function(context, options) {
-  Ember.assert("You must pass exactly one argument to the with helper", arguments.length === 2);
+  if (arguments.length === 4) {
+    var keywordName, path;
+
+    Ember.assert("If you pass more than one argument to the with helper, it must be in the form #with foo as bar", arguments[1] === "as");
+    options = arguments[3];
+    preserveContext = true;
+    keywordName = arguments[2];
+    path = arguments[0];
+
   Ember.assert("You must pass a block to the with helper", options.fn && options.fn !== Handlebars.VM.noop);
 
+    options.data.keywords[keywordName] = getPath(this, path);
+
+    return bind.call(this, path, options.fn, true, function(result) {
+      return !Ember.none(result);
+    });
+  } else {
+    Ember.assert("You must pass exactly one argument to the with helper", arguments.length === 2);
+    Ember.assert("You must pass a block to the with helper", options.fn && options.fn !== Handlebars.VM.noop);
   return helpers.bind.call(options.contexts[0], context, options);
+  }
 });
 
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-handlebars/tests/helpers/with_test.js b/packages/ember-handlebars/tests/helpers/with_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdf98f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ember-handlebars/tests/helpers/with_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var appendView = function(view) {
+  Ember.run(function() { view.appendTo('#qunit-fixture'); });
+};
+
+module("Handlebars {{#with}} helper");
+
+test("it should support #with foo as bar", function() {
+  var view = Ember.View.create({
+    template: Ember.Handlebars.compile("{{#with person as tom}}{{title}}: {{tom.name}}{{/with}}"),
+    title: "Señor Engineer",
+    person: { name: "Tom Dale" }
+  });
+
+  appendView(view);
+
+  equal(view.$().text(), "Señor Engineer: Tom Dale", "should be properly scoped");
+});
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
index 63ce13c..43b1b76 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/view.js
@@ -743,20 +743,23 @@ Ember.View = Ember.Object.extend(Ember.Evented,
           templateData = this.get('templateData'),
           controller = this.get('controller');
 
+      var keywords = templateData ? Ember.copy(templateData.keywords) : {};
+      keywords.view = get(this, 'concreteView');
+
+      // If the view has a controller specified, make it available to the
+      // template. If not, pass along the parent template's controller,
+      // if it exists.
+      if (controller) {
+        keywords.controller = controller;
+      }
+
       var data = {
         view: this,
         buffer: buffer,
         isRenderData: true,
-        keywords: {
-          view: get(this, 'concreteView')
-        }
+        keywords: keywords
       };
 
-      // If the view has a controller specified, make it available to the
-      // template. If not, pass along the parent template's controller,
-      // if it exists.
-      data.keywords.controller = controller || (templateData && templateData.keywords.controller);
-
       // Invoke the template with the provided template context, which
       // is the view by default. A hash of data is also passed that provides
       // the template with access to the view and render buffer.