diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee2a7c4e..6bc8e347 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Allowed values are as follows
 |**[`title`](#)**|`{String}`|``|The title to use for the generated HTML document|
 |**[`filename`](#)**|`{String}`|`'index.html'`|The file to write the HTML to. Defaults to `index.html`. You can specify a subdirectory here too (eg: `assets/admin.html`)|
 |**[`template`](#)**|`{String}`|``|`webpack` require path to the template. Please see the [docs](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/blob/master/docs/template-option.md) for details|
+|**[`templateParameters`](#)**|`{Boolean\|Object\|Function}`|``| Allows to overwrite the parameters used in the template |
 |**[`inject`](#)**|`{Boolean\|String}`|`true`|`true \|\| 'head' \|\| 'body' \|\| false` Inject all assets into the given `template` or `templateContent`. When passing `true` or `'body'` all javascript resources will be placed at the bottom of the body element. `'head'` will place the scripts in the head element|
 |**[`favicon`](#)**|`{String}`|``|Adds the given favicon path to the output HTML|
 |**[`minify`](#)**|`{Boolean\|Object}`|`true`|Pass [html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier#options-quick-reference)'s options as object to minify the output|
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ae6026e5..d7844eaf 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
     // Default options
     this.options = _.extend({
       template: path.join(__dirname, 'default_index.ejs'),
+      templateParameters: templateParametersGenerator,
       filename: 'index.html',
       hash: false,
       inject: true,
@@ -253,25 +254,29 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
       : Promise.reject('The loader "' + this.options.template + '" didn\'t return html.');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Generate the template parameters for the template function
+   */
+  getTemplateParameters (compilation, assets) {
+    if (typeof this.options.templateParameters === 'function') {
+      return this.options.templateParameters(compilation, assets, this.options);
+    }
+    if (typeof this.options.templateParameters === 'object') {
+      return this.options.templateParameters;
+    }
+    return {};
+  }
+
   /**
    * Html post processing
    *
    * Returns a promise
    */
   executeTemplate (templateFunction, chunks, assets, compilation) {
-    const self = this;
     return Promise.resolve()
       // Template processing
       .then(() => {
-        const templateParams = {
-          compilation: compilation,
-          webpack: compilation.getStats().toJson(),
-          webpackConfig: compilation.options,
-          htmlWebpackPlugin: {
-            files: assets,
-            options: self.options
-          }
-        };
+        const templateParams = this.getTemplateParameters(compilation, assets);
         let html = '';
         try {
           html = templateFunction(templateParams);
@@ -684,4 +689,20 @@ function trainCaseToCamelCase (word) {
   return word.replace(/-([\w])/g, (match, p1) => p1.toUpperCase());
 }
 
+/**
+ * The default for options.templateParameter
+ * Generate the template parameters
+ */
+function templateParametersGenerator (compilation, assets, options) {
+  return {
+    compilation: compilation,
+    webpack: compilation.getStats().toJson(),
+    webpackConfig: compilation.options,
+    htmlWebpackPlugin: {
+      files: assets,
+      options: options
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 module.exports = HtmlWebpackPlugin;
diff --git a/spec/BasicSpec.js b/spec/BasicSpec.js
index b70f2ea3..ca0d5158 100644
--- a/spec/BasicSpec.js
+++ b/spec/BasicSpec.js
@@ -1614,7 +1614,60 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
           inject: false
         })
       ]
-    }, ['templateParams.compilation exists: true'], null, done);
+    }, ['templateParams keys: "compilation,webpack,webpackConfig,htmlWebpackPlugin"'], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('should allow to disable template parameters', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/templateParam.js'),
+          inject: false,
+          templateParameters: false
+        })
+      ]
+    }, ['templateParams keys: ""'], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('should allow to set specific template parameters', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/templateParam.js'),
+          inject: false,
+          templateParameters: { foo: 'bar' }
+        })
+      ]
+    }, ['templateParams keys: "foo"'], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('should allow to set specific template parameters using a function', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/templateParam.js'),
+          inject: false,
+          templateParameters: function () {
+            return { 'foo': 'bar' };
+          }
+        })
+      ]
+    }, ['templateParams keys: "foo"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('should not treat templateContent set to an empty string as missing', function (done) {
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/templateParam.js b/spec/fixtures/templateParam.js
index 55741869..6580c457 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/templateParam.js
+++ b/spec/fixtures/templateParam.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module.exports = function (templateParams) {
-  return 'templateParams.compilation exists: ' + !!templateParams.compilation;
+  return 'templateParams keys: "' + Object.keys(templateParams).join(',') + '"';
 };