diff --git a/pkg/tmpl/file_renderer.go b/pkg/tmpl/file_renderer.go
index 6004061e..563bb1c2 100644
--- a/pkg/tmpl/file_renderer.go
+++ b/pkg/tmpl/file_renderer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func NewFileRenderer(readFile func(filename string) ([]byte, error), basePath st
 		Context: &Context{
 			basePath: basePath,
 			readFile: readFile,
+			readDir:  os.ReadDir,
 		},
 		Data: data,
 	}
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ func NewFirstPassRenderer(basePath string, data interface{}) *FileRenderer {
 			preRender: true,
 			basePath:  basePath,
 			readFile:  os.ReadFile,
+			readDir:   os.ReadDir,
 		},
 		Data: data,
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
index 7fc49b43..8aa7c105 100644
--- a/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/template/helmfile/tmpl_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package helmfile
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
@@ -264,6 +265,31 @@ func (t *tmplE2e) load() {
 
 var tmplE2eTest = tmplE2e{}
 
+func TestFileRendering(t *testing.T) {
+	tmplE2eTest.load()
+
+	for _, tc := range tmplE2eTest.tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tc.setEnvs(t)
+			tempDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("./testdata", "test")
+			defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+
+			filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.gotmpl", tempDir, tc.name)
+			os.WriteFile(filename, []byte(tc.tmplString), 0644)
+			fileRenderer := tmpl.NewFileRenderer(os.ReadFile, ".", tc.data)
+			tmpl_bytes, err := fileRenderer.RenderToBytes(filename)
+
+			if tc.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			tmpl := string(tmpl_bytes)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.output, tmpl)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 // TestTmplStrings tests the template string
 func TestTmplStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	c := &tmpl.Context{}