diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 5455deb3..599fd29b 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 11/18/2009
 - observe umask settings when setting file permissions
 - avoide unneeded cache file creation for subtemplates which did occur in some situations
+- make $smarty->_current_file available during compilation for Smarty2 BC
 
 11/17/2009
 - sanitize compile_id and cache_id (replace illegal chars with _)
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
index 273d9c01..e501fb31 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase {
         // assume successfull compiling
         $this->compile_error = false; 
         // save template object in compiler class
-        $this->template = $template; 
+        $this->template = $template;
+        $this->smarty->_current_file = $this->template->getTemplateFilepath(); 
         // template header code
         $template_header = '';
         if (!$template->suppressHeader) {