diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7076b436..eb13a0de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ releases:
       values:
       - 1
       - 2
+    # set a templated value
+    - name: namespace
+      value: {{ .Namespace }}
     # will attempt to decrypt it using helm-secrets plugin
     secrets:
       - vault_secret.yaml
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ GLOBAL OPTIONS:
    --quiet, -q                             Silence output. Equivalent to log-level warn
    --kube-context value                    Set kubectl context. Uses current context by default
    --log-level value                       Set log level, default info
-   --namespace value, -n value             Set namespace. Uses the namespace set in the context by default
+   --namespace value, -n value             Set namespace. Uses the namespace set in the context by default, and is available in templates as {{ .Namespace }}
    --selector value, -l value              Only run using the releases that match labels. Labels can take the form of foo=bar or foo!=bar.
                                            A release must match all labels in a group in order to be used. Multiple groups can be specified at once.
                                            --selector tier=frontend,tier!=proxy --selector tier=backend. Will match all frontend, non-proxy releases AND all backend releases.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 263d750c..b502ebbf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "namespace, n",
-			Usage: "Set namespace. Uses the namespace set in the context by default",
+			Usage: "Set namespace. Uses the namespace set in the context by default, and is available in templates as {{ .Namespace }}",
 		},
 		cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name: "selector, l",
@@ -636,11 +636,12 @@ func prependLineNumbers(text string) string {
 }
 
 type twoPassRenderer struct {
-	reader   func(string) ([]byte, error)
-	env      string
-	filename string
-	logger   *zap.SugaredLogger
-	abs      func(string) (string, error)
+	reader    func(string) ([]byte, error)
+	env       string
+	namespace string
+	filename  string
+	logger    *zap.SugaredLogger
+	abs       func(string) (string, error)
 }
 
 func (r *twoPassRenderer) renderEnvironment(content []byte) environment.Environment {
@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ func (r *twoPassRenderer) renderTemplate(content []byte) (*bytes.Buffer, error)
 	// try a first pass render. This will always succeed, but can produce a limited env
 	firstPassEnv := r.renderEnvironment(content)
 
-	secondPassRenderer := tmpl.NewFileRenderer(r.reader, filepath.Dir(r.filename), firstPassEnv)
+	secondPassRenderer := tmpl.NewFileRenderer(r.reader, filepath.Dir(r.filename), firstPassEnv, r.namespace)
 	yamlBuf, err := secondPassRenderer.RenderTemplateContentToBuffer(content)
 	if err != nil {
 		if r.logger != nil {
@@ -702,11 +703,12 @@ func (a *app) FindAndIterateOverDesiredStates(fileOrDir string, converge func(*s
 		}
 		// render template, in two runs
 		r := &twoPassRenderer{
-			reader:   a.readFile,
-			env:      env,
-			filename: f,
-			logger:   a.logger,
-			abs:      a.abs,
+			reader:    a.readFile,
+			env:       env,
+			namespace: namespace,
+			filename:  f,
+			logger:    a.logger,
+			abs:       a.abs,
 		}
 		yamlBuf, err := r.renderTemplate(content)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 284ed90c..bb1dd74c 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ func TestReadFromYaml_DuplicateReleaseName(t *testing.T) {
 
 func makeRenderer(readFile func(string) ([]byte, error), env string) *twoPassRenderer {
 	return &twoPassRenderer{
-		reader:   readFile,
-		env:      env,
-		filename: "",
-		logger:   logger,
-		abs:      filepath.Abs,
+		reader:    readFile,
+		env:       env,
+		namespace: "namespace",
+		filename:  "",
+		logger:    logger,
+		abs:       filepath.Abs,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ releases:
 
 func TestReadFromYaml_RenderTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 
-	defaultValuesYalm := []byte(`
+	defaultValuesYaml := []byte(`
 releaseName: "hello"
 conditionalReleaseTag: "yes"
 `)
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ releases:
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(filename, expectedFilename) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected filename: expected=%s, actual=%s", expectedFilename, filename)
 		}
-		return defaultValuesYalm, nil
+		return defaultValuesYaml, nil
 	}
 
 	r := makeRenderer(fileReader, "staging")
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ releases:
 }
 
 func TestReadFromYaml_RenderTemplateWithValuesReferenceError(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultValuesYalm := []byte("")
+	defaultValuesYaml := []byte("")
 
 	yamlContent := []byte(`
 environments:
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ releases:
 
 	// make a reader that returns a simulated context
 	fileReader := func(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
-		return defaultValuesYalm, nil
+		return defaultValuesYaml, nil
 	}
 
 	r := makeRenderer(fileReader, "staging")
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ releases:
 // This does not apply to .gotmpl files, which is a nice side-effect.
 func TestReadFromYaml_RenderTemplateWithGotmpl(t *testing.T) {
 
-	defaultValuesYalmGotmpl := []byte(`
+	defaultValuesYamlGotmpl := []byte(`
 releaseName: {{ readFile "nonIgnoredFile" }}
 `)
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ releases:
 		if strings.HasSuffix(filename, "nonIgnoredFile") {
 			return []byte("release-a"), nil
 		}
-		return defaultValuesYalmGotmpl, nil
+		return defaultValuesYamlGotmpl, nil
 	}
 
 	r := makeRenderer(fileReader, "staging")
@@ -232,3 +233,29 @@ releases:
 		t.Fatal("release should have been declared")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadFromYaml_RenderTemplateWithNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultValuesYaml := []byte(``)
+	yamlContent := []byte(`releases:
+- name: {{ .Namespace }}-myrelease
+  chart: mychart
+`)
+
+	// make a reader that returns a simulated context
+	fileReader := func(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
+		return defaultValuesYaml, nil
+	}
+
+	r := makeRenderer(fileReader, "staging")
+	yamlBuf, err := r.renderTemplate(yamlContent)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var state state.HelmState
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(yamlBuf.Bytes(), &state)
+
+	if state.Releases[0].Name != "namespace-myrelease" {
+		t.Errorf("release name should be namespace-myrelease")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/run.sh b/test/integration/run.sh
index e16ad880..31d1ef8a 100755
--- a/test/integration/run.sh
+++ b/test/integration/run.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ wait_deploy_ready httpbin-httpbin
 retry 5 "curl --fail $(minikube service --url --namespace=${test_ns} httpbin-httpbin)/status/200"
 [ ${retry_result} -eq 0 ] || fail "httpbin failed to return 200 OK"
 info "Deleting release"
-${helmfile} -f ${dir}/happypath.yaml delete
+${helmfile} -f ${dir}/happypath.yaml delete --auto-approve
 ${helm} status --namespace=${test_ns} httpbin &> /dev/null && fail "release should not exist anymore after a delete"
 test_pass "happypath"
 
diff --git a/tmpl/file.go b/tmpl/file.go
index 5b3e6b9b..ad2d83fe 100644
--- a/tmpl/file.go
+++ b/tmpl/file.go
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ type templateFileRenderer struct {
 type TemplateData struct {
 	// Environment is accessible as `.Environment` from any template executed by the renderer
 	Environment environment.Environment
+	// Namespace is accessible as `.Namespace` from any non-values template executed by the renderer
+	Namespace string
 }
 
 type FileRenderer interface {
 	RenderTemplateFileToBuffer(file string) (*bytes.Buffer, error)
 }
 
-func NewFileRenderer(readFile func(filename string) ([]byte, error), basePath string, env environment.Environment) *templateFileRenderer {
+func NewFileRenderer(readFile func(filename string) ([]byte, error), basePath string, env environment.Environment, namespace string) *templateFileRenderer {
 	return &templateFileRenderer{
 		ReadFile: readFile,
 		Context: &Context{
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ func NewFileRenderer(readFile func(filename string) ([]byte, error), basePath st
 		},
 		Data: TemplateData{
 			Environment: env,
+			Namespace:   namespace,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/valuesfile/valuesfile.go b/valuesfile/valuesfile.go
index f964cb99..0bed26a4 100644
--- a/valuesfile/valuesfile.go
+++ b/valuesfile/valuesfile.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type renderer struct {
 func NewRenderer(readFile func(filename string) ([]byte, error), basePath string, env environment.Environment) *renderer {
 	return &renderer{
 		readFile:         readFile,
-		tmplFileRenderer: tmpl.NewFileRenderer(readFile, basePath, env),
+		tmplFileRenderer: tmpl.NewFileRenderer(readFile, basePath, env, ""),
 	}
 }