diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index a120bdbf..7b03504c 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  ===== 3.1.28-dev===== (xx.xx.2015)
  02.08.2015
   - optimization and code cleanup of {foreach} and {section} compiler
+  - rework {capture} compiler
 
  01.08.2015
   - update DateTime object can be instance of DateTimeImmutable since PHP5.5 https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/75
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 8a27854c..28548b11 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.28-dev/37';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.28-dev/38';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
@@ -688,13 +688,6 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
      */
     public $escape_html = false;
 
-    /**
-     * global internal smarty vars
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    public static $_smarty_vars = array();
-
     /**
      * start time for execution time calculation
      *
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
index 34728e47..91f37c6f 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_capture.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
      * @see Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
      */
     public $shorttag_order = array('name');
+
     /**
      * Attribute definition: Overwrites base class.
      *
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
     /**
      * Compiles code for the {capture} tag
      *
-     * @param  array  $args     array with attributes from parser
-     * @param  object $compiler compiler object
+     * @param  array                                $args     array with attributes from parser
+     * @param \Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler compiler object
      *
      * @return string compiled code
      */
-    public function compile($args, $compiler)
+    public function compile($args, Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler)
     {
         // check and get attributes
         $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
@@ -55,6 +56,27 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
 
         return $_output;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Compiles code for the {$smarty.capture.xxx}
+     *
+     * @param  array                                $args      array with attributes from parser
+     * @param \Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler  compiler object
+     * @param  array                                $parameter array with compilation parameter
+     *
+     * @return string compiled code
+     * @throws \SmartyCompilerException
+     */
+    public static function compileSpecialVariable($args, Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler, $parameter)
+    {
+        // make all lower case
+        $parameter = array_map('strtolower', $parameter);
+        $tag = trim($parameter[0], '"\'');
+        if (!isset($parameter[1]) || false === $name = $compiler->getId($parameter[1])) {
+            $compiler->trigger_template_error("missing or illegal \$smarty.{$tag} name attribute", $compiler->lex->taglineno);
+        }
+        return "isset(\$_smarty_tpl->_cache['__smarty_capture']['{$name}']) ? \$_smarty_tpl->_cache['__smarty_capture']['{$name}'] : null";
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -68,12 +90,12 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_CaptureClose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
     /**
      * Compiles code for the {/capture} tag
      *
-     * @param  array  $args     array with attributes from parser
-     * @param  object $compiler compiler object
+     * @param  array                                $args     array with attributes from parser
+     * @param \Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler compiler object
      *
      * @return string compiled code
      */
-    public function compile($args, $compiler)
+    public function compile($args, Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase $compiler)
     {
         // check and get attributes
         $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
@@ -88,7 +110,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_CaptureClose extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase
         $_output .= "if (!empty(\$_capture_buffer)) {\n";
         $_output .= " if (isset(\$_capture_assign)) \$_smarty_tpl->assign(\$_capture_assign, ob_get_contents());\n";
         $_output .= " if (isset( \$_capture_append)) \$_smarty_tpl->append( \$_capture_append, ob_get_contents());\n";
-        $_output .= " Smarty::\$_smarty_vars['capture'][\$_capture_buffer]=ob_get_clean();\n";
+        $_output .= "\$_smarty_tpl->_cache['__smarty_capture'][\$_capture_buffer]=ob_get_clean();\n";
         $_output .= "} else \$_smarty_tpl->capture_error();?>";
 
         return $_output;
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_private_special_variable.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_private_special_variable.php
index d734aa84..44602300 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_private_special_variable.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_compile_private_special_variable.php
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Special_Variable extends Smarty_Internal_C
                 case 'section':
                     return Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_ForeachSection::compileSpecialVariable(array(), $compiler, $_index);
                 case 'capture':
-                    return "Smarty::\$_smarty_vars$parameter";
+                    if (class_exists('Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture')) {
+                        return Smarty_Internal_Compile_Capture::compileSpecialVariable(array(), $compiler, $_index);
+                    }
+                    return '';
                 case 'now':
                     return 'time()';
                 case 'cookies':
@@ -116,13 +119,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Private_Special_Variable extends Smarty_Internal_C
                     $compiler->trigger_template_error('$smarty.' . trim($_index[0], "'") . ' is invalid');
                     break;
             }
-            if (isset($_index[1])) {
-                array_shift($_index);
-                foreach ($_index as $_ind) {
-                    $compiled_ref = $compiled_ref . "[$_ind]";
-                }
-            }
         }
-        return $compiled_ref;
+        return '';
     }
 }
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
index 16f442ce..c9892ab7 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ abstract class Smarty_Internal_TemplateCompilerBase
      */
     public $cache = array();
 
+    /**
+     * Stack during {capture} compilation
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public $_capture_stack = array();
     /**
      * Strip preg pattern
      *