diff --git a/lib/compilers.js b/lib/compilers.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index debbcf8..839a2fb
--- a/lib/compilers.js
+++ b/lib/compilers.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.6.3
 (function() {
-  var compileCoffeescript, compilers, cs, eco, err, fs, jade, path, stylus,
+  var compileCoffeescript, compilers, cs, eco, err, fs, handlebars, jade, path, stylus,
     __indexOf = [].indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
 
   fs = require('fs');
@@ -118,6 +118,31 @@
     err = _error;
   }
 
+  try {
+    handlebars = require('handlebars');
+    compilers.hbs = function(path) {
+      var content, ex, source, template;
+      content = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
+      try {
+        template = handlebars.precompile(content, {
+          separator: '\n',
+          knownHelpers: [],
+          knownHelpersOnly: false
+        });
+        source = template.toString();
+        return "module.exports = Handlebars.template(" + source + ");";
+      } catch (_error) {
+        ex = _error;
+        throw new Error("" + ex + " in " + path);
+      }
+    };
+    require.extensions['.hbs'] = function(module, filename) {
+      return module._compile(compilers.hbs(filename), filename);
+    };
+  } catch (_error) {
+    err = _error;
+  }
+
   try {
     stylus = require('stylus');
     compilers.styl = function(_path) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2eae9df..ea98c78
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "karma": "0.8.0",
     "jade": ">=0.28.2",
     "file": ">=0.2.1",
-    "uglify-js": "~2.4.0"
+    "uglify-js": "~2.4.0",
+    "handlebars": "~1.1.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/compilers.coffee b/src/compilers.coffee
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e6a0df7..b6edc04
--- a/src/compilers.coffee
+++ b/src/compilers.coffee
@@ -90,6 +90,26 @@ try
     module._compile compilers.jade(filename), filename
 catch err
 
+try
+  handlebars = require('handlebars')
+  
+  compilers.hbs = (path) ->
+    content = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8')
+    try
+      template = handlebars.precompile content,
+        separator: '\n'
+        knownHelpers: []
+        knownHelpersOnly: false
+      source = template.toString()
+      "module.exports = Handlebars.template(#{source});"
+    catch ex
+      throw new Error("#{ex} in #{path}")
+
+  require.extensions['.hbs'] = (module, filename) ->
+    module._compile compilers.hbs(filename), filename
+catch err
+
+
 try
   stylus = require('stylus')
   
diff --git a/src/package.coffee b/src/package.coffee
old mode 100644
new mode 100755