diff --git a/phpBB/includes/template/twig/environment.php b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/environment.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1494b3ab28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/environment.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+class phpbb_template_twig_environment extends Twig_Environment
+{
+	/**
+	* recursive helper to set variables into $context so that Twig can properly fetch them for display
+	*
+	* @param array $data Data to set at the end of the chain
+	* @param array $blocks Array of blocks to loop into still
+	* @param mixed $current_location Current location in $context (recursive!)
+	*/
+	public function context_recursive_loop_builder($data, $blocks, &$current_location)
+	{
+		$block = array_shift($blocks);
+
+		if (empty($blocks))
+		{
+			$current_location[$block] = $data;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$this->context_recursive_loop_builder($data, $blocks, $current_location[$block]);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/template/twig/node/begin.php b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/node/begin.php
index 3adb09f17e..34fd16dd73 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/template/twig/node/begin.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/node/begin.php
@@ -29,6 +29,49 @@ class phpbb_template_twig_node_begin extends Twig_Node
      * @param Twig_Compiler A Twig_Compiler instance
      */
     public function compile(Twig_Compiler $compiler)
+    {
+		$compiler
+			->write("if (!isset(\$phpbb_blocks)) {\n")
+			->indent()
+				->write("\$phpbb_blocks = array();\n")
+				->write("\$parent = \$context['_phpbb_blocks'];\n")
+			->outdent()
+			->write("}\n")
+			->write("\$phpbb_blocks[] = '" . $this->getAttribute('beginName') . "';\n")
+		;
+
+        $compiler
+			->write("foreach (\$parent['" . $this->getAttribute('beginName') . "'] as \$" . $this->getAttribute('beginName') . ") {\n")
+			->indent()
+				// Set up $context correctly so that Twig can get the correct data with $this->getAttribute
+				->write("\$this->getEnvironment()->context_recursive_loop_builder(\$" . $this->getAttribute('beginName') . ", \$phpbb_blocks, \$context);\n")
+
+				// We store the parent so that we can do this recursively
+				->write("\$parent = \$" . $this->getAttribute('beginName') . ";\n")
+        ;
+
+        $compiler->subcompile($this->getNode('body'));
+
+        $compiler
+            ->outdent()
+            ->write("}\n")
+
+            // Remove the last item from the blocks storage as we've completed iterating over them all
+            ->write("array_pop(\$phpbb_blocks);\n")
+
+            // If we've gone through all of the blocks, we're back at the main level and have completed, so unset the var
+            ->write("if (empty(\$phpbb_blocks)) { unset(\$phpbb_blocks); }\n")
+        ;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compiles the node to PHP.
+     *
+     * Uses anonymous functions to compile the loops, which seems nicer to me, but requires PHP 5.4 (since subcompile uses $this, which is not available in 5.3)
+     *
+     * @param Twig_Compiler A Twig_Compiler instance
+     *
+    public function compile(Twig_Compiler $compiler)
     {
         $compiler->addDebugInfo($this);
 
@@ -85,4 +128,5 @@ class phpbb_template_twig_node_begin extends Twig_Node
 			->outdent()
 			->write("}\n");
     }
+    */
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/template/twig/twig.php b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/twig.php
index a28905ca4e..358467d50d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/template/twig/twig.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/template/twig/twig.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class phpbb_template_twig implements phpbb_template
 		// @todo use phpbb_admin path
 		$loader->addPath($this->phpbb_root_path . 'adm/style/', 'admin');
 
-		$this->twig = new Twig_Environment($loader, array(
+		$this->twig = new phpbb_template_twig_environment($loader, array(
 		    'cache'			=> $this->cachepath,
 		    'debug'			=> true, // @todo
 		    'auto_reload'	=> true, // @todo
@@ -422,11 +422,13 @@ class phpbb_template_twig implements phpbb_template
 		$vars = array_merge(
 			$vars,
 			$this->context->get_rootref(),
-			$this->context->get_tpldata()
+			array(
+				'_phpbb_blocks'	=>  $this->context->get_tpldata(),
+			)
 		);
 
 		// cleanup
-		unset($vars['.']);
+		unset($vars['_phpbb_blocks']['.']);
 
 		return $vars;
 	}