diff --git a/pkg/tmpl/context.go b/pkg/tmpl/context.go
index 6c119415..2cfce655 100644
--- a/pkg/tmpl/context.go
+++ b/pkg/tmpl/context.go
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@ type Context struct {
 	basePath  string
 	readFile  func(string) ([]byte, error)
 }
+
+// SetBasePath sets the base path for the template
+func (c *Context) SetBasePath(path string) {
+	c.basePath = path
+}
+
+func (c *Context) SetReadFile(f func(string) ([]byte, error)) {
+	c.readFile = f
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go b/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
index 0131db33..e709ad51 100644
--- a/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
+++ b/pkg/tmpl/context_funcs.go
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ func (c *Context) ReadFile(filename string) (string, error) {
 		path = filepath.Join(c.basePath, filename)
 	}
 
+	if c.readFile == nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("readFile is not implemented")
+	}
+
 	bytes, err := c.readFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/snapshot_test.go b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/snapshot_test.go
index c2b2d960..6eef2ad1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/snapshot_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestHelmfileTemplateWithBuildCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 	projectRoot := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filename), "..", "..", "..", "..")
 	helmfileBin := filepath.Join(projectRoot, "helmfile")
-	testdataDir := "testdata"
+	testdataDir := "testdata/snapshot"
 
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(testdataDir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/issue_2098_release_template_needs/input.yaml b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/snapshot/issue_2098_release_template_needs/input.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/issue_2098_release_template_needs/input.yaml
rename to test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/snapshot/issue_2098_release_template_needs/input.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/issue_2098_release_template_needs/output.yaml b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/snapshot/issue_2098_release_template_needs/output.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/issue_2098_release_template_needs/output.yaml
rename to test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/snapshot/issue_2098_release_template_needs/output.yaml
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/tmpl/readfile.txt b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/tmpl/readfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30d74d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/testdata/tmpl/readfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
index 94e96ae1..6c82e5fd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
@@ -77,13 +77,36 @@ var envExecTestCases = []tmplTestCase{
 	{
 		name:       "envExec",
 		tmplString: `{{ envExec (dict) "bash" (list "-c" "echo -n $testkey" ) }}`,
-		output:     "",
 	},
 	{
 		name:       "envExecInvalidEnvType",
 		wantErr:    true,
 		tmplString: `{{ envExec "dict" "bash" (list "-c" "echo -n $testkey" ) }}`,
-		output:     "",
+	},
+}
+
+var execTestCases = []tmplTestCase{
+	{
+		name:       "exec",
+		tmplString: `{{ exec "bash" (list "-c" "echo -n $testkey" ) }}`,
+	},
+	{
+		name:       "execWithError",
+		wantErr:    true,
+		tmplString: `{{ exec "bash" (list "-c" "exit 1" ) }}`,
+	},
+}
+
+var readFileTestCases = []tmplTestCase{
+	{
+		name:       "readFile",
+		tmplString: `{{ readFile "./testdata/tmpl/readfile.txt" }}`,
+		output:     "test",
+	},
+	{
+		name:       "readFileWithError",
+		tmplString: `{{ readFile "./testdata/tmpl/readfile_error.txt" }}`,
+		wantErr:    true,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -102,6 +125,8 @@ func (t *tmplE2e) load() {
 	t.append(requireEnvTestCases...)
 	t.append(requiredTestCases...)
 	t.append(envExecTestCases...)
+	t.append(execTestCases...)
+	t.append(readFileTestCases...)
 }
 
 var tmplE2eTest = tmplE2e{}
@@ -109,6 +134,8 @@ var tmplE2eTest = tmplE2e{}
 // TestTmplStrings tests the template string
 func TestTmplStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &tmpl.Context{}
+	c.SetBasePath(".")
+	c.SetReadFile(os.ReadFile)
 	tmpl := template.New("stringTemplateTest").Funcs(c.CreateFuncMap())
 
 	tmplE2eTest.load()