diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 040fa53..cbe6896 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,39 @@ $phpView = new PhpRenderer("./path/to/templates");
 $response = $phpView->render(new Response(), "/path/to/template.php", $yourData);
 ```
 
+## Template Variables
+
+You can now add variables to your renderer that will be available to all templates you render.
+
+```php
+// via the constructor
+$templateVariables = [
+    "title" => "Title"
+];
+$phpView = new PhpRenderer("./path/to/templates", $templateVariables);
+
+// or setter
+$phpView->setAttributes($templateVariables);
+
+// or individually
+$phpView->addAttribute($key, $value);
+```
+
+Data passed in via `->render()` takes precedence over attributes.
+```php
+$templateVariables = [
+    "title" => "Title"
+];
+$phpView = new PhpRenderer("./path/to/templates", $templateVariables);
+
+//...
+
+$phpView->render($response, $template, [
+    "title" => "My Title"
+]);
+// In the view above, the $title will be "My Title" and not "Title"
+```
+
 ## Exceptions
 `\RuntimeException` - if template does not exist
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 32b5f7d..edb2b1f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         }
     },
   "require-dev": {
-    "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0",
+    "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.0",
     "slim/slim" : "^3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpRenderer.php b/src/PhpRenderer.php
index 4a14a47..eedaa4b 100644
--- a/src/PhpRenderer.php
+++ b/src/PhpRenderer.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 namespace Slim\Views;
 
+use \InvalidArgumentException;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -23,14 +24,21 @@ class PhpRenderer
      */
     protected $templatePath;
 
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes;
+
     /**
      * SlimRenderer constructor.
      *
      * @param string $templatePath
+     * @param array $attributes
      */
-    public function __construct($templatePath = "")
+    public function __construct($templatePath = "", $attributes = [])
     {
         $this->templatePath = $templatePath;
+        $this->attributes = $attributes;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,6 +66,70 @@ public function render(ResponseInterface $response, $template, array $data = [])
         return $response;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the attributes for the renderer
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getAttributes()
+    {
+        return $this->attributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the attributes for the renderer
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes
+     */
+    public function setAttributes(array $attributes)
+    {
+        $this->attributes = $attributes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add an attribute
+     *
+     * @param $key
+     * @param $value
+     */
+    public function addAttribute($key, $value) {
+        $this->attributes[$key] = $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve an attribute
+     *
+     * @param $key
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getAttribute($key) {
+        if (!isset($this->attributes[$key])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->attributes[$key];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the template path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getTemplatePath()
+    {
+        return $this->templatePath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the template path
+     *
+     * @param string $templatePath
+     */
+    public function setTemplatePath($templatePath)
+    {
+        $this->templatePath = $templatePath;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Renders a template and returns the result as a string
      *
@@ -82,6 +154,16 @@ public function fetch($template, array $data = []) {
             throw new \RuntimeException("View cannot render `$template` because the template does not exist");
         }
 
+
+        /*
+        foreach ($data as $k=>$val) {
+            if (in_array($k, array_keys($this->attributes))) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Duplicate key found in data and renderer attributes. " . $k);
+            }
+        }
+        */
+        $data = array_merge($this->attributes, $data);
+
         ob_start();
         $this->protectedIncludeScope($this->templatePath . $template, $data);
         $output = ob_get_clean();
diff --git a/tests/PhpRendererTest.php b/tests/PhpRendererTest.php
index cc1226c..6ec92a6 100644
--- a/tests/PhpRendererTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpRendererTest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Date: 2015-11-12
  * Time: 1:19 PM
  */
-class PhpRendererTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+class PhpRendererTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
 
     public function testRenderer() {
@@ -25,4 +25,51 @@ public function testRenderer() {
 
         $this->assertEquals("Hi", $newResponse->getBody()->getContents());
     }
+
+    public function testAttributeMerging() {
+
+        $renderer = new \Slim\Views\PhpRenderer("tests/", [
+            "hello" => "Hello"
+        ]);
+
+        $headers = new Headers();
+        $body = new Body(fopen('php://temp', 'r+'));
+        $response = new Response(200, $headers, $body);
+
+        $newResponse = $renderer->render($response, "testTemplate.php", [
+            "hello" => "Hi"
+        ]);
+        $newResponse->getBody()->rewind();
+        $this->assertEquals("Hi", $newResponse->getBody()->getContents());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionForTemplateInData() {
+
+        $renderer = new \Slim\Views\PhpRenderer("tests/");
+
+        $headers = new Headers();
+        $body = new Body(fopen('php://temp', 'r+'));
+        $response = new Response(200, $headers, $body);
+
+        $renderer->render($response, "testTemplate.php", [
+            "template" => "Hi"
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function testTemplateNotFound() {
+
+        $renderer = new \Slim\Views\PhpRenderer("tests/");
+
+        $headers = new Headers();
+        $body = new Body(fopen('php://temp', 'r+'));
+        $response = new Response(200, $headers, $body);
+
+        $renderer->render($response, "adfadftestTemplate.php", []);
+    }
 }