diff --git a/libs/plugins/function.eval.php b/libs/plugins/function.eval.php
index e0a7a036..c72ceeff 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/function.eval.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/function.eval.php
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ function smarty_function_eval($params, &$smarty)
 	}
 
 	$smarty->_compile_source('evaluated template', $params['var'], $_var_compiled);
-	
+
     ob_start();
+    $this =& $smarty; /* this should be done nicer, maybe */
 	eval('?>' . $_var_compiled);
 	$_contents = ob_get_contents();
     ob_end_clean();