diff --git a/packages/blaze/view.js b/packages/blaze/view.js
index 9b4e703e91..c3412d34e3 100644
--- a/packages/blaze/view.js
+++ b/packages/blaze/view.js
@@ -529,7 +529,11 @@ Blaze._addEventMap = function (view, eventMap, thisInHandler) {
           function (evt) {
             if (! range.containsElement(evt.currentTarget))
               return null;
-            return handler.apply(thisInHandler || this, arguments);
+            var handlerThis = thisInHandler || this;
+            var handlerArgs = arguments;
+            return Blaze.withCurrentView(view, function () {
+              return handler.apply(handlerThis, handlerArgs);
+            });
           },
           range, function (r) {
             return r.parentRange;
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
index bfd11eef8f..d7d715c09d 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.html
@@ -922,3 +922,7 @@ Hi there!
 <template name="spacebars_test_isolated_lookup3">
   {{> bar}}--{{> spacebars_test_isolated_lookup_inclusion}}
 </template>
+
+<template name="spacebars_test_current_view_in_event">
+  <span>{{.}}</span>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
index dffe1f750d..655f476f44 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/template_tests.js
@@ -2604,3 +2604,26 @@ _.each([1, 2, 3], function (n) {
     }
   );
 });
+
+Tinytest.add('spacebars-tests - template_tests - current view in event handler', function (test) {
+  var tmpl = Template.spacebars_test_current_view_in_event;
+
+  var currentView;
+  var currentData;
+
+  tmpl.events({
+    'click span': function () {
+      currentView = Blaze.getCurrentView();
+      currentData = Blaze.getCurrentData();
+    }
+  });
+
+  var div = renderToDiv(tmpl, 'blah');
+  test.equal(canonicalizeHtml(div.innerHTML), '<span>blah</span>');
+  document.body.appendChild(div);
+  clickElement(div.querySelector('span'));
+  $(div).remove();
+
+  test.isTrue(currentView);
+  test.equal(currentData, 'blah');
+});