diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/files.go b/pkg/chartutil/files.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45598de3a1cec84fa447b00a8e2649bbde736ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/files.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+)
+
+// Files is a map of files in a chart that can be accessed from a template.
+type Files map[string][]byte
+
+// NewFiles creates a new Files from chart files.
+// Given an []*any.Any (the format for files in a chart.Chart), extract a map of files.
+func NewFiles(from []*any.Any) Files {
+	files := map[string][]byte{}
+	for _, f := range from {
+		files[f.TypeUrl] = f.Value
+	}
+	return files
+}
+
+// Get a file by path.
+//
+// This is intended to be accessed from within a template, so a missed key returns
+// an empty []byte.
+func (f Files) Get(name string) []byte {
+	v, ok := f[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return []byte{}
+	}
+	return v
+}
+
+// GetString returns a string representation of the given file.
+//
+// This is a convenience for the otherwise cumbersome template logic
+// for '{{.Files.Get "foo" | printf "%s"}}'.
+func (f Files) GetString(name string) string {
+	return string(f.Get(name))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/files_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/files_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..97eb4ee0529f8866399e6e1e0011c17f0cb30216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/files_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+)
+
+func TestNewFiles(t *testing.T) {
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		path, data string
+	}{
+		{"ship/captain.txt", "The Captain"},
+		{"ship/stowaway.txt", "Legatt"},
+		{"story/name.txt", "The Secret Sharer"},
+		{"story/author.txt", "Joseph Conrad"},
+	}
+
+	a := []*any.Any{}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		a = append(a, &any.Any{TypeUrl: c.path, Value: []byte(c.data)})
+	}
+
+	files := NewFiles(a)
+	if len(files) != len(cases) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected len() = %d, got %d", len(cases), len(files))
+	}
+
+	for i, f := range cases {
+		if got := string(files.Get(f.path)); got != f.data {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected %q, got %q", i, f.data, got)
+		}
+		if got := files.GetString(f.path); got != f.data {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected %q, got %q", i, f.data, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values.go b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
index 6585fce8dae2576d285df3cc57aa0821848bd27c..3166ce3fa18d898cc8a5c33eedf6f8a0ee171a7d 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values.go
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ type ReleaseOptions struct {
 
 // ToRenderValues composes the struct from the data coming from the Releases, Charts and Values files
 func ToRenderValues(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals *chart.Config, options ReleaseOptions) (Values, error) {
+
 	top := map[string]interface{}{
 		"Release": map[string]interface{}{
 			"Name":      options.Name,
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ func ToRenderValues(chrt *chart.Chart, chrtVals *chart.Config, options ReleaseOp
 			"Service":   "Tiller",
 		},
 		"Chart": chrt.Metadata,
+		"Files": NewFiles(chrt.Files),
 	}
 
 	vals, err := CoalesceValues(chrt, chrtVals)
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
index 3b58277b80ca0740004f38f10ce1c070e2be5287..33f0854a83c2e9e630dd663e0590712dd837f91f 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/values_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/timeconv"
 )
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ where:
 				Values:   &chart.Config{Raw: ""},
 			},
 		},
+		Files: []*any.Any{
+			{TypeUrl: "scheherazade/shahryar.txt", Value: []byte("1,001 Nights")},
+		},
 	}
 	v := &chart.Config{Raw: overideValues}
 
@@ -106,6 +110,18 @@ where:
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	// Ensure that the top-level values are all set.
+	if name := res["Chart"].(*chart.Metadata).Name; name != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected chart name 'test', got %q", name)
+	}
+	if name := res["Release"].(map[string]interface{})["Name"]; fmt.Sprint(name) != "Seven Voyages" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected release name 'Seven Voyages', got %q", name)
+	}
+	if data := res["Files"].(Files)["scheherazade/shahryar.txt"]; string(data) != "1,001 Nights" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected file '1,001 Nights', got %q", string(data))
+	}
+
 	var vals Values
 	vals = res["Values"].(Values)
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 9349177014a21ffe60d3759b8f6cd0bde889afa4..cb88088e6e448aeb6499fd210735ac2f2f3a1db4 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func recAllTpls(c *chart.Chart, templates map[string]renderable, parentVals char
 			"Values":  newVals,
 			"Release": parentVals["Release"],
 			"Chart":   c.Metadata,
+			"Files":   chartutil.NewFiles(c.Files),
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
index a61d5de37b2330c506de1c36ef93c0b25a1ad3fe..03ee083dc1ff5f13e74d16a9565e51e9d0d9b2d6 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
 )
 
 func TestEngine(t *testing.T) {
@@ -310,9 +312,14 @@ func TestRenderBuiltinValues(t *testing.T) {
 		Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Name: "Latium"},
 		Templates: []*chart.Template{
 			{Name: "Lavinia", Data: []byte(`{{.Template.Name}}{{.Chart.Name}}{{.Release.Name}}`)},
+			{Name: "From", Data: []byte(`{{.Files.author | printf "%s"}} {{.Files.GetString "book/title.txt"}}`)},
 		},
 		Values:       &chart.Config{Raw: ``},
 		Dependencies: []*chart.Chart{},
+		Files: []*any.Any{
+			{TypeUrl: "author", Value: []byte("Virgil")},
+			{TypeUrl: "book/title.txt", Value: []byte("Aeneid")},
+		},
 	}
 
 	outer := &chart.Chart{
@@ -342,6 +349,7 @@ func TestRenderBuiltinValues(t *testing.T) {
 	expects := map[string]string{
 		"Troy/charts/Latium/Lavinia": "Troy/charts/Latium/LaviniaLatiumAeneid",
 		"Troy/Aeneas":                "Troy/AeneasTroyAeneid",
+		"Troy/charts/Latium/From":    "Virgil Aeneid",
 	}
 	for file, expect := range expects {
 		if out[file] != expect {