diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 5bb8ea1c9..0907df6a1 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@ sub template_params (@) { #{{{
 			my $text_ref = shift;
 			$$text_ref=&Encode::decode_utf8($$text_ref);
 		},
-		filename => "$config{templatedir}/$filename", @_;
+		filename => "$config{templatedir}/$filename",
+		loop_context_vars => 1,
+		@_;
 } #}}}
 
 sub template ($;@) { #{{{
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a66ba60f7..2f0258868 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ ikiwiki (1.17) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Disable tidy generator tag.
   * Move tidy back to sanitize hook, found out how to only show body.
   * Turn off tidy indentation too.
+  * Turn on HTML::Template loop_context_vars; not actually used in stock
+    templates but can be useful for things like making comma-delimited lists
+    of tags or what have you.
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  4 Aug 2006 22:29:31 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri,  4 Aug 2006 23:04:12 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (1.16) unstable; urgency=low