diff --git a/dist/dust-core-1.1.1.js b/dist/dust-core-1.1.1.js
index c062151e..dc531566 100644
--- a/dist/dust-core-1.1.1.js
+++ b/dist/dust-core-1.1.1.js
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ Chunk.prototype.partial = function(elem, context, params) {
     //put the params context second to match what section does. {.} matches the current context without parameters
     // start with an empty context
     partialContext = dust.makeBase(context.global);
+    partialContext.blocks = context.blocks;
     if (context.stack && context.stack.tail){
       // grab the stack(tail) off of the previous context if we have it
       partialContext.stack = context.stack.tail;
diff --git a/dist/dust-full-1.1.1.js b/dist/dust-full-1.1.1.js
index 5ff1756a..58027436 100644
--- a/dist/dust-full-1.1.1.js
+++ b/dist/dust-full-1.1.1.js
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ Chunk.prototype.partial = function(elem, context, params) {
     //put the params context second to match what section does. {.} matches the current context without parameters
     // start with an empty context
     partialContext = dust.makeBase(context.global);
+    partialContext.blocks = context.blocks;
     if (context.stack && context.stack.tail){
       // grab the stack(tail) off of the previous context if we have it
       partialContext.stack = context.stack.tail;
diff --git a/test/jasmine-test/spec/coreTests.js b/test/jasmine-test/spec/coreTests.js
index a999935d..39aae0b5 100644
--- a/test/jasmine-test/spec/coreTests.js
+++ b/test/jasmine-test/spec/coreTests.js
@@ -784,6 +784,62 @@ var coreTests = [
     expected: "",
     message: "should ignore carriage return or tab in inline param values"
   },
+  {
+     name:     "array: reference $idx in iteration on objects",
+     source:   "{#names}({$idx}).{title} {name}{~n}{/names}",
+     context:  { title: "Sir", names: [ { name: "Moe" }, { name: "Larry" }, { name: "Curly" } ] },
+     expected: "(0).Sir Moe\n(1).Sir Larry\n(2).Sir Curly\n",
+     message: "array: reference $idx in iteration on objects"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array: reference $len in iteration on objects",
+      source:   "{#names}Size=({$len}).{title} {name}{~n}{/names}",
+      context:  { title: "Sir", names: [ { name: "Moe" }, { name: "Larry" }, { name: "Curly" } ] },
+      expected: "Size=(3).Sir Moe\nSize=(3).Sir Larry\nSize=(3).Sir Curly\n",
+      message: "test array: reference $len in iteration on objects"
+  },
+  {
+     name:     "array reference $idx in iteration on simple type",
+     source:   "{#names}({$idx}).{title} {.}{~n}{/names}",
+     context:  { title: "Sir", names: [ "Moe", "Larry", "Curly" ] },
+     expected: "(0).Sir Moe\n(1).Sir Larry\n(2).Sir Curly\n",
+     message: "test array reference $idx in iteration on simple types"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array reference $len in iteration on simple type",
+      source:   "{#names}Size=({$len}).{title} {.}{~n}{/names}",
+      context:  { title: "Sir", names: [ "Moe", "Larry", "Curly" ] },
+      expected: "Size=(3).Sir Moe\nSize=(3).Sir Larry\nSize=(3).Sir Curly\n",
+      message: "test array reference $len in iteration on simple types"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array reference $idx/$len on empty array case",
+      source:   "{#names}Idx={$idx} Size=({$len}).{title} {.}{~n}{/names}",
+      context:  { title: "Sir", names: [ ] },
+      expected: "",
+      message: "test array reference $idx/$len on empty array case"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array reference $idx/$len on single element case (scalar case)",
+      source:   "{#name}Idx={$idx} Size={$len} {.}{/name}",
+      context:  { name: "Just one name" },
+      expected: "Idx= Size= Just one name",
+      message: "test array reference $idx/$len on single element case"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array reference $idx/$len {#.} section case",
+      source:   "{#names}{#.}{$idx}{.} {/.}{/names}",
+      context:  { names:  ["Moe", "Larry", "Curly"] },
+      expected: "0Moe 1Larry 2Curly ",
+      message: "test array reference $idx/$len {#.} section case"
+  },
+  {
+      name:     "array reference $idx/$len nested loops",
+      source:   "{#A}A loop:{$idx}-{$len},{#B}B loop:{$idx}-{$len}C[0]={.C[0]} {/B}A loop trailing: {$idx}-{$len}{/A}",
+      context:  {"A": [ {"B": [ {"C": ["Ca1", "C2"]}, {"C": ["Ca2", "Ca22"]} ] }, {"B": [ {"C": ["Cb1", "C2"]}, {"C": ["Cb2", "Ca2"]} ] } ] },
+      expected: "A loop:0-2,B loop:0-2C[0]=Ca1 B loop:1-2C[0]=Ca2 A loop trailing: 0-2A loop:1-2,B loop:0-2C[0]=Cb1 B loop:1-2C[0]=Cb2 A loop trailing: 1-2",
+      message: "test array reference $idx/$len nested loops"
+  },
   {
     name: "blocks with dynamic keys",
     source: ['{<title_A}',
diff --git a/test/test.html b/test/test.html
index f57288ca..f3295d49 100644
--- a/test/test.html
+++ b/test/test.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 <script src="./dust_files/jsdump.js"></script>
 <script src="./dust_files/beautify.js"></script>
 <script src="../lib/dust.js"></script>
-<script src="../lib/dust-helpers.js"></script>
 <script src="../lib/parser.js"></script>
 <script src="../lib/compiler.js"></script>
 <script src="./jasmine-test/spec/coreTests.js"></script>