diff --git a/deps/deps.go b/deps/deps.go
index de6d8b52a46..b778a07b62b 100644
--- a/deps/deps.go
+++ b/deps/deps.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/filecache"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
@@ -62,8 +63,12 @@ type Deps struct {
 	// The translation func to use
 	Translate func(translationID string, args ...interface{}) string `json:"-"`
 
+	// The language in use. TODO(bep) consolidate with site
 	Language *langs.Language
 
+	// The site building.
+	Site hugo.Site
+
 	// All the output formats available for the current site.
 	OutputFormatsConfig output.Formats
 
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@ func New(cfg DepsCfg) (*Deps, error) {
 
 // ForLanguage creates a copy of the Deps with the language dependent
 // parts switched out.
-func (d Deps) ForLanguage(cfg DepsCfg) (*Deps, error) {
+func (d Deps) ForLanguage(cfg DepsCfg, onCreated func(d *Deps) error) (*Deps, error) {
 	l := cfg.Language
 	var err error
 
@@ -271,6 +276,12 @@ func (d Deps) ForLanguage(cfg DepsCfg) (*Deps, error) {
 	d.Cfg = l
 	d.Language = l
 
+	if onCreated != nil {
+		if err = onCreated(&d); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := d.translationProvider.Clone(&d); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
index 9cc091927c7..043e049d765 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/publisher"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/herrors"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/publisher"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/i18n"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl"
@@ -224,6 +225,27 @@ func applyDeps(cfg deps.DepsCfg, sites ...*Site) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		onCreated := func(d *deps.Deps) error {
+			s.Deps = d
+
+			// Set up the main publishing chain.
+			s.publisher = publisher.NewDestinationPublisher(d.PathSpec.BaseFs.PublishFs, s.outputFormatsConfig, s.mediaTypesConfig, cfg.Cfg.GetBool("minify"))
+
+			if err := s.initializeSiteInfo(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			d.Site = &s.Info
+
+			siteConfig, err := loadSiteConfig(s.Language)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			s.siteConfig = siteConfig
+			s.siteRefLinker, err = newSiteRefLinker(s.Language, s)
+			return err
+		}
+
 		cfg.Language = s.Language
 		cfg.MediaTypes = s.mediaTypesConfig
 		cfg.OutputFormats = s.outputFormatsConfig
@@ -238,37 +260,23 @@ func applyDeps(cfg deps.DepsCfg, sites ...*Site) error {
 			}
 
 			d.OutputFormatsConfig = s.outputFormatsConfig
-			s.Deps = d
+
+			if err := onCreated(d); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			if err = d.LoadResources(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
 		} else {
-			d, err = d.ForLanguage(cfg)
+			d, err = d.ForLanguage(cfg, onCreated)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			d.OutputFormatsConfig = s.outputFormatsConfig
-			s.Deps = d
 		}
 
-		// Set up the main publishing chain.
-		s.publisher = publisher.NewDestinationPublisher(d.PathSpec.BaseFs.PublishFs, s.outputFormatsConfig, s.mediaTypesConfig, cfg.Cfg.GetBool("minify"))
-
-		if err := s.initializeSiteInfo(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		siteConfig, err := loadSiteConfig(s.Language)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		s.siteConfig = siteConfig
-		s.siteRefLinker, err = newSiteRefLinker(s.Language, s)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/hugolib/pages_language_merge_test.go b/hugolib/pages_language_merge_test.go
index 8a4688f166e..6706af3bce1 100644
--- a/hugolib/pages_language_merge_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/pages_language_merge_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestMergeLanguages(t *testing.T) {
 
 	firstNN := nnSite.RegularPages[0]
 	assert.Equal(4, len(firstNN.Sites()))
-	assert.Equal("en", firstNN.Sites().First().Language.Lang)
+	assert.Equal("en", firstNN.Sites().First().Language().Lang)
 
 	nnBundle := nnSite.getPage("page", "bundle")
 	enBundle := enSite.getPage("page", "bundle")
diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 25eb34f05a6..0fde7d8df7e 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -405,13 +405,17 @@ type SiteInfo struct {
 	Data                           *map[string]interface{}
 	owner                          *HugoSites
 	s                              *Site
-	Language                       *langs.Language
+	language                       *langs.Language
 	LanguagePrefix                 string
 	Languages                      langs.Languages
 	defaultContentLanguageInSubdir bool
 	sectionPagesMenu               string
 }
 
+func (s *SiteInfo) Language() *langs.Language {
+	return s.language
+}
+
 func (s *SiteInfo) Config() SiteConfig {
 	return s.s.siteConfig
 }
@@ -797,7 +801,10 @@ func (s *Site) processPartial(events []fsnotify.Event) (whatChanged, error) {
 				MediaTypes:    site.mediaTypesConfig,
 				OutputFormats: site.outputFormatsConfig,
 			}
-			site.Deps, err = first.Deps.ForLanguage(depsCfg)
+			site.Deps, err = first.Deps.ForLanguage(depsCfg, func(d *deps.Deps) error {
+				d.Site = &site.Info
+				return nil
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return whatChanged{}, err
 			}
@@ -1122,7 +1129,7 @@ func (s *Site) initialize() (err error) {
 func (s *SiteInfo) HomeAbsURL() string {
 	base := ""
 	if s.IsMultiLingual() {
-		base = s.Language.Lang
+		base = s.Language().Lang
 	}
 	return s.owner.AbsURL(base, false)
 }
@@ -1194,7 +1201,7 @@ func (s *Site) initializeSiteInfo() error {
 		Social:                         lang.GetStringMapString("social"),
 		LanguageCode:                   lang.GetString("languageCode"),
 		Copyright:                      lang.GetString("copyright"),
-		Language:                       lang,
+		language:                       lang,
 		LanguagePrefix:                 languagePrefix,
 		Languages:                      languages,
 		defaultContentLanguageInSubdir: defaultContentInSubDir,
diff --git a/hugolib/template_test.go b/hugolib/template_test.go
index 9cc523cb063..68eeae9a7ea 100644
--- a/hugolib/template_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/template_test.go
@@ -236,3 +236,21 @@ Page Content
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/page/index.html", "Base: Hi!?")
 
 }
+
+func TestTemplateFuncs(t *testing.T) {
+
+	b := newTestSitesBuilder(t).WithDefaultMultiSiteConfig()
+
+	homeTpl := `Site: {{ site.Language.Lang }} / {{ .Site.Language.Lang }} / {{ site.BaseURL }}`
+
+	b.WithTemplatesAdded(
+		"index.html", homeTpl,
+		"index.fr.html", homeTpl,
+	)
+
+	b.CreateSites().Build(BuildCfg{})
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/index.html", "Site: en / en / http://example.com/blog")
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/fr/index.html", "Site: fr / fr / http://example.com/blog")
+
+}
diff --git a/tpl/site/init.go b/tpl/site/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1957ce0781f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/site/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package site
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/internal"
+)
+
+const name = "site"
+
+func init() {
+	f := func(d *deps.Deps) *internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace {
+
+		s := d.Site
+		ns := &internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace{
+			Name:    name,
+			Context: func(args ...interface{}) interface{} { return s },
+		}
+
+		if s == nil {
+			panic("no Site")
+		}
+
+		// We just add the Site as the namespace here. No method mappings.
+
+		return ns
+
+	}
+
+	internal.AddTemplateFuncsNamespace(f)
+}
diff --git a/tpl/site/init_test.go b/tpl/site/init_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7e7edf04c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/site/init_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package site
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/internal"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
+	var found bool
+	var ns *internal.TemplateFuncsNamespace
+	var s hugo.Site
+
+	for _, nsf := range internal.TemplateFuncsNamespaceRegistry {
+		ns = nsf(&deps.Deps{Site: s})
+		if ns.Name == name {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.True(t, found)
+	require.IsType(t, s, ns.Context())
+}
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
index 27ffcd97a75..87b5bfa358d 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/path"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/resources"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/safe"
+	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/site"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/strings"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/templates"
 	_ "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl/time"