diff --git a/compiler/CodeGenerator.js b/compiler/CodeGenerator.js
index dd33b56e7..2abede12c 100644
--- a/compiler/CodeGenerator.js
+++ b/compiler/CodeGenerator.js
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ class Generator {
         this.context.addStaticCode(code);
     }
 
+    importModule(varName, path) {
+        return this.context.importModule(varName, path);
+    }
+
     getStaticVars() {
         return this.context.getStaticVars();
     }
diff --git a/compiler/CompileContext.js b/compiler/CompileContext.js
index 979e09252..227f83e2c 100644
--- a/compiler/CompileContext.js
+++ b/compiler/CompileContext.js
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@ class CompileContext {
         return deresolve(targetFilename, this.dirname);
     }
 
+    importModule(varName, path) {
+        if (typeof path !== 'string') {
+            throw new Error('"path" should be a string');
+        }
+
+        return this.addStaticVar(varName, 'require("' + path + '")');
+    }
+
+
     addStaticVar(name, init) {
         var actualVarName = this._uniqueVars.addVar(name, init);
         this._staticVars[actualVarName] = init;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/expected.js b/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf1632cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+function create(__helpers) {
+  var str = __helpers.s,
+      empty = __helpers.e,
+      notEmpty = __helpers.ne,
+      escapeXml = __helpers.x,
+      foo = require("./foo");
+
+  return function render(data, out) {
+    foo();
+  };
+}
+
+(module.exports = require("marko").c(__filename)).c(create);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/template.marko b/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/template.marko
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e8cd64e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/compiler/autotest/importModule/template.marko
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<test-import-module/>
\ No newline at end of file