diff --git a/src/Engines/Liquid.js b/src/Engines/Liquid.js
index e52f51c23..b4ea6471c 100644
--- a/src/Engines/Liquid.js
+++ b/src/Engines/Liquid.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Liquid extends TemplateEngine {
 	constructor(name, eleventyConfig) {
 		super(name, eleventyConfig);
 
+		this.globalsReference = this.config.globalData;
 		this.liquidOptions = this.config.liquidOptions || {};
 
 		this.setLibrary(this.config.libraryOverrides.liquid);
@@ -50,11 +51,30 @@ class Liquid extends TemplateEngine {
 		};
 
 		let options = Object.assign(defaults, this.liquidOptions || {});
+
+		this.mergeGlobalData();
+		options.globals = this.globalsReference;
 		// debug("Liquid constructor options: %o", options);
 
 		return options;
 	}
 
+	mergeGlobalData() {
+		for (let name in this.config.liquidOptions.globals) {
+			if (name in this.config.globalData) continue;
+			this.config.globalData[name] = this.config.liquidOptions.globals[name];
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Liquid needs to receive globals in order for {% render %} to have access to them
+	 *
+	 * @override
+	 **/
+	needsGlobals() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	static wrapFilter(fn) {
 		return function (...args) {
 			if (this.context && "get" in this.context) {
@@ -111,6 +131,16 @@ class Liquid extends TemplateEngine {
 		this.liquidLib.registerTag(name, tagObj);
 	}
 
+	addGlobals(globals) {
+		for (let [name, value] of Object.entries(globals)) {
+			this.addGlobal(name, value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	addGlobal(name, value) {
+		this.globalsReference[name] = value;
+	}
+
 	addAllShortcodes(shortcodes) {
 		for (let name in shortcodes) {
 			this.addShortcode(name, shortcodes[name]);
diff --git a/src/Engines/TemplateEngine.js b/src/Engines/TemplateEngine.js
index 15f6999ac..14e5c9c52 100644
--- a/src/Engines/TemplateEngine.js
+++ b/src/Engines/TemplateEngine.js
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ class TemplateEngine {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	needsGlobals() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	getExtraDataFromFile() {
 		return {};
 	}
diff --git a/src/Template.js b/src/Template.js
index c45661420..2ce02d009 100755
--- a/src/Template.js
+++ b/src/Template.js
@@ -356,6 +356,14 @@ class Template extends TemplateContent {
 		debugDev("%o getData mergedData", this.inputPath);
 
 		this._dataCache = mergedData;
+		if (this.templateRender.engine.needsGlobals()) {
+			if (typeof this.templateRender.engine.addGlobals != "function") {
+				throw new Error(
+					"Internal error: the engine's `.needsGlobals()` method returned `true`, but it does not have an `.addGlobals()` method",
+				);
+			}
+			this.templateRender.engine.addGlobals(globalData);
+		}
 		return mergedData;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/TemplateRenderLiquidTest.js b/test/TemplateRenderLiquidTest.js
index 94a802f39..e324ce93b 100644
--- a/test/TemplateRenderLiquidTest.js
+++ b/test/TemplateRenderLiquidTest.js
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import EleventyExtensionMap from "../src/EleventyExtensionMap.js";
 
 import { getTemplateConfigInstance } from "./_testHelpers.js";
 
-async function getNewTemplateRender(name, inputDir, userConfig = {}) {
+async function getNewTemplateRender(name, inputDir, userConfig = {}, configCallback) {
 	let eleventyConfig = await getTemplateConfigInstance({
 		dir: {
 			input: inputDir
 		}
-	}, null, userConfig);
+	}, null, userConfig, configCallback);
 
   let tr = new TemplateRender(name, eleventyConfig);
   tr.extensionMap = new EleventyExtensionMap([], eleventyConfig);
@@ -1039,3 +1039,21 @@ test("Liquid Parse for Symbols", async (t) => {
 
   t.deepEqual(engine.parseForSymbols("{{ collections.mine | test }}>"), ["collections.mine"]);
 });
+
+test("Issue 1541: global data in rendered templates passed through liquidOptions", async (t) => {
+  let tr = await getNewTemplateRender("liquid", "./test/stubs/", {
+    liquidOptions: {
+      globals: {globalVariable: "Hello world"}
+    },
+  });
+  let fn = await tr.getCompiledTemplate(`<p>{% render "globals" %}</p>`);
+  t.is(await fn(), "<p>Hello world</p>");
+});
+
+test("Issue 1541: global data in rendered templates passed through addGlobalData", async (t) => {
+  let tr = await getNewTemplateRender("liquid", "./test/stubs/", null, eleventyConfig => {
+    eleventyConfig.userConfig.addGlobalData('globalVariable', 'Hello world');
+  });
+  let fn = await tr.getCompiledTemplate(`<p>{% render "globals" %}</p>`);
+  t.is(await fn(), "<p>Hello world</p>");
+});
diff --git a/test/_testHelpers.js b/test/_testHelpers.js
index ae8be4b0d..a7bfcf38c 100644
--- a/test/_testHelpers.js
+++ b/test/_testHelpers.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { isPlainObject } from "@11ty/eleventy-utils";
 import TemplateConfig from "../src/TemplateConfig.js";
 import ProjectDirectories from "../src/Util/ProjectDirectories.js";
 
-async function getTemplateConfigInstance(configObj, dirs, configObjOverride = undefined) {
+async function getTemplateConfigInstance(configObj, dirs, configObjOverride = undefined, configCallback = undefined) {
 	let eleventyConfig;
 	if(configObj instanceof TemplateConfig) {
 		eleventyConfig = configObj;
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ async function getTemplateConfigInstance(configObj, dirs, configObjOverride = un
 
 	eleventyConfig.setDirectories(dirs);
 
+	configCallback?.(eleventyConfig);
+
 	await eleventyConfig.init(configObjOverride || configObj); // overrides
 
 	return eleventyConfig;
diff --git a/test/stubs/_includes/globals.liquid b/test/stubs/_includes/globals.liquid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8a583032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/stubs/_includes/globals.liquid
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ globalVariable }}
\ No newline at end of file