diff --git a/middleware/templates/context.go b/middleware/templates/context.go
index 78df77323..a0dfc6633 100644
--- a/middleware/templates/context.go
+++ b/middleware/templates/context.go
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ package templates
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware"
 )
 
 // This file contains the context and functions available for
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 type context struct {
 	root http.FileSystem
 	req  *http.Request
+	URL  *url.URL
 }
 
 // Include returns the contents of filename relative to the site root
@@ -50,3 +55,40 @@ func (c context) Header(name string) string {
 func (c context) RemoteAddr() string {
 	return c.req.RemoteAddr
 }
+
+// URI returns the raw, unprocessed request URI (including query
+// string and hash) obtained directly from the Request-Line of
+// the HTTP request.
+func (c context) URI() string {
+	return c.req.RequestURI
+}
+
+// Host returns the hostname portion of the Host header
+// from the HTTP request.
+func (c context) Host() (string, error) {
+	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(c.req.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return host, nil
+}
+
+// Port returns the port portion of the Host header if specified.
+func (c context) Port() (string, error) {
+	_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(c.req.Host)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return port, nil
+}
+
+// Method returns the method (GET, POST, etc.) of the request.
+func (c context) Method() string {
+	return c.req.Method
+}
+
+// PathMatches returns true if the path portion of the request
+// URL matches pattern.
+func (c context) PathMatches(pattern string) bool {
+	return middleware.Path(c.req.URL.Path).Matches(pattern)
+}
diff --git a/middleware/templates/templates.go b/middleware/templates/templates.go
index 946d5906a..183d4a02d 100644
--- a/middleware/templates/templates.go
+++ b/middleware/templates/templates.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (t Templates) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error
 		for _, ext := range rule.Extensions {
 			if reqExt == ext {
 				// Create execution context
-				ctx := context{root: http.Dir(t.Root), req: r}
+				ctx := context{root: http.Dir(t.Root), req: r, URL: r.URL}
 
 				// Build the template
 				tpl, err := template.ParseFiles(t.Root + r.URL.Path)