diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cae02dd9..8e075d7d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+  - fix handling of assign inside {insert}-tags (messju)
   - fix handling if [...] inside triple-quotes in config-files (messju)
   - fix handling of simple-math-operators inside modifiers (Dominik, messju)
   - fix handling of trailing-slashes in open_basedir in
diff --git a/libs/core/core.process_cached_inserts.php b/libs/core/core.process_cached_inserts.php
index 2a4994ff..0e368fdd 100644
--- a/libs/core/core.process_cached_inserts.php
+++ b/libs/core/core.process_cached_inserts.php
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ function smarty_core_process_cached_inserts($params, &$smarty)
         }
 
         $function_name = $smarty->_plugins['insert'][$name][0];
-        $replace = $function_name($args, $smarty);
+        if (empty($args['assign'])) {
+            $replace = $function_name($args, $smarty);
+        } else {
+            $smarty->assign($args['assign'], $function_name($args, $smarty));
+            $replace = '';
+        }
 
         $params['results'] = str_replace($cached_inserts[$i], $replace, $params['results']);
         if ($smarty->debugging) {