diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7842bc3..a9a9f18 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,11 +163,8 @@ config.hamlcoffee.format = 'xhtml'
 
 ### Template namespace
 
-By default all Haml Coffee templates are registered under the `JST` namespace.
-
-**Example:**
-
-A template `app/assets/templates/header.hamlc` with the given content:
+By default all Haml Coffee templates are registered under the `JST` namespace. A template
+`app/assets/templates/header.hamlc` with the given content:
 
 ```haml
 %header
@@ -208,7 +205,7 @@ And you must make sure `MyApp` exists before any template is loaded.
 #### Template name
 
 The name under which the template can be addressed in the namespace depends not only from the filename, but also on
-the directory name.
+the directory name by default.
 
 The following examples assumes a configured namespace `window.JST` and the asset template directory
 `app/assets/templates`:
@@ -217,6 +214,25 @@ The following examples assumes a configured namespace `window.JST` and the asset
 * `app/assets/templates/users/new.hamlc` will become `JST['users/new']`
 * `app/assets/templates/shared/form/address.hamlc` will become `JST['shared/form/address']`
 
+### Basename
+
+If you don't want to have your directory names under which your template is located to be contained in the JST name,
+you can configure Haml Coffee n your `config/application.rb` to strip off the path to the file name and only use the
+basename as JST name:
+
+```ruby
+config.hamlcoffee.basename = true
+```
+
+With this setting enabled the following naming rule applies:
+
+* `app/assets/templates/login.hamlc` will become `JST['login']`
+* `app/assets/templates/users/new.hamlc` will become `JST['new']`
+* `app/assets/templates/shared/form/address.hamlc` will become `JST['address']`
+
+This setting has only an effect when you're using Haml Coffee to generate the JST and not when using the Sprockets
+JST processor.
+
 ### Escaping
 
 All generated output by running CoffeeScript in your template is being escaped, but you can disable escaping of either
diff --git a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/engine.rb b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/engine.rb
index 3c80471..5912a31 100644
--- a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/engine.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Engine < Rails::Engine
         :format                => 'html5',
         :namespace             => 'window.JST',
         :uglify                => false,
+        :basename              => false,
         :escapeHtml            => true,
         :escapeAttributes      => true,
         :cleanValue            => true,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class Engine < Rails::Engine
         config.namespace             = options[:namespace]
         config.format                = options[:format]
         config.uglify                = options[:uglify]
+        config.basename              = options[:basename]
         config.escapeHtml            = options[:escapeHtml]
         config.escapeAttributes      = options[:escapeAttributes]
         config.cleanValue            = options[:cleanValue]
diff --git a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee.rb b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee.rb
index fb14320..8dc3ed6 100644
--- a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee.rb
+++ b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ module HamlCoffee
     mattr_accessor :uglify
     self.uglify = false
 
+    # Ignore path when generate the JST
+    #
+    mattr_accessor :basename
+    self.basename = false
+
     # Escape template code output
     #
     mattr_accessor :escapeHtml
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ def configure
       # @return [String] the compiled template in JavaScript
       #
       def compile(name, source, jst = true)
-        runtime.call('HamlCoffeeAssets.compile', name, source, jst, HamlCoffee.namespace, HamlCoffee.format, HamlCoffee.uglify,
+        runtime.call('HamlCoffeeAssets.compile', name, source, jst, HamlCoffee.namespace, HamlCoffee.format, HamlCoffee.uglify, HamlCoffee.basename,
                      HamlCoffee.escapeHtml, HamlCoffee.escapeAttributes, HamlCoffee.cleanValue,
                      HamlCoffee.customHtmlEscape, HamlCoffee.customCleanValue,
                      HamlCoffee.customPreserve, HamlCoffee.customFindAndPreserve,
diff --git a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_assets.js b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_assets.js
index 52d81b7..704c8e9 100644
--- a/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_assets.js
+++ b/lib/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_assets.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var HamlCoffeeAssets = (function(){
        * @param jst [Boolean] if a JST template should be generated
        * @param format [String] output HTML format
        * @param uglify [Boolean] skip HTML indention
+       * @param basename [Boolean] ignore path when generate JST
        * @param escapeHtml [Boolean] whether to escape HTML output by default or not
        * @param escapeAttributes [Boolean] whether to escape HTML attributes output by default or not
        * @param customHtmlEscape [String] the name of the function to escape the output
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ var HamlCoffeeAssets = (function(){
        * @param selfCloseTags [String] comma separated list of tags to self-closing tags
        * @param context [String] the name of the function to merge contexts
        */
-      compile: function(name, source, jst, namespace, format, uglify,
+      compile: function(name, source, jst, namespace, format, uglify, basename,
                         escapeHtml, escapeAttributes, cleanValue,
                         customHtmlEscape, customCleanValue, customPreserve, customFindAndPreserve,
                         preserveTags, selfCloseTags,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ var HamlCoffeeAssets = (function(){
         var compiler = new Compiler({
           format: format,
           uglify: uglify,
+          basename: basename,
           escapeHtml: escapeHtml,
           escapeAttributes: escapeAttributes,
           cleanValue: cleanValue,
diff --git a/lib/js/haml-coffee.js b/lib/js/haml-coffee.js
index 0eac072..68be61b 100644
--- a/lib/js/haml-coffee.js
+++ b/lib/js/haml-coffee.js
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ require.define("/haml-coffee.js", function (require, module, exports, __dirname,
   module.exports = HamlCoffee = (function() {
 
     function HamlCoffee(options) {
-      var _base, _base2, _base3, _base4, _base5, _base6, _base7, _ref, _ref2, _ref3, _ref4, _ref5, _ref6, _ref7;
+      var _base, _base2, _base3, _base4, _base5, _base6, _base7, _base8, _ref, _ref2, _ref3, _ref4, _ref5, _ref6, _ref7, _ref8;
       this.options = options != null ? options : {};
       if ((_ref = (_base = this.options).escapeHtml) == null) {
         _base.escapeHtml = true;
@@ -354,14 +354,17 @@ require.define("/haml-coffee.js", function (require, module, exports, __dirname,
         _base3.cleanValue = true;
       }
       if ((_ref4 = (_base4 = this.options).uglify) == null) _base4.uglify = false;
-      if ((_ref5 = (_base5 = this.options).format) == null) {
-        _base5.format = 'html5';
+      if ((_ref5 = (_base5 = this.options).basename) == null) {
+        _base5.basename = false;
       }
-      if ((_ref6 = (_base6 = this.options).preserveTags) == null) {
-        _base6.preserveTags = 'pre,textarea';
+      if ((_ref6 = (_base6 = this.options).format) == null) {
+        _base6.format = 'html5';
       }
-      if ((_ref7 = (_base7 = this.options).selfCloseTags) == null) {
-        _base7.selfCloseTags = 'meta,img,link,br,hr,input,area,param,col,base';
+      if ((_ref7 = (_base7 = this.options).preserveTags) == null) {
+        _base7.preserveTags = 'pre,textarea';
+      }
+      if ((_ref8 = (_base8 = this.options).selfCloseTags) == null) {
+        _base8.selfCloseTags = 'meta,img,link,br,hr,input,area,param,col,base';
       }
     }
 
@@ -535,7 +538,7 @@ require.define("/haml-coffee.js", function (require, module, exports, __dirname,
       if (namespace == null) namespace = 'window.HAML';
       template = '';
       segments = ("" + namespace + "." + templateName).replace(/(\s|-)+/g, '_').split(/\./);
-      templateName = this.options.basename ? segments.pop() : segments.pop().split(/\/|\\/).pop();
+      templateName = this.options.basename ? segments.pop().split(/\/|\\/).pop() : segments.pop();
       namespace = segments.shift();
       if (segments.length !== 0) {
         for (_i = 0, _len = segments.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
diff --git a/spec/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_spec.rb b/spec/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_spec.rb
index add1e9a..1abd2aa 100644
--- a/spec/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/haml_coffee_assets/haml_coffee_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.namespace = 'window.JST'
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.format = 'html5'
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.uglify = false
+    HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.basename = false
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.preserveTags = 'textarea,pre'
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.selfCloseTags = 'meta,img,link,br,hr,input,area,param,col,base'
     HamlCoffeeAssets::HamlCoffee.escapeHtml = true
@@ -447,6 +448,47 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'basename configuration' do
+      it 'does not strip the path by default' do
+        subject.compile('path/to/file', "%p Basename").should eql <<-TEMPLATE
+(function() {
+  var _ref;
+  if ((_ref = window.JST) == null) {
+    window.JST = {};
+  }
+  window.JST['path/to/file'] = function(context) {
+    return (function() {
+      var $o;
+      $o = [];
+      $o.push("<p>Basename</p>");
+      return $o.join("\\n");
+    }).call(context);
+  };
+}).call(this);
+        TEMPLATE
+      end
+
+      it 'does strip the path' do
+        subject.basename = true
+        subject.compile('path/to/file', "%p Basename").should eql <<-TEMPLATE
+(function() {
+  var _ref;
+  if ((_ref = window.JST) == null) {
+    window.JST = {};
+  }
+  window.JST['file'] = function(context) {
+    return (function() {
+      var $o;
+      $o = [];
+      $o.push("<p>Basename</p>");
+      return $o.join("\\n");
+    }).call(context);
+  };
+}).call(this);
+        TEMPLATE
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'whitespace tag list configuration' do
       it 'uses textarea and pre by default' do
         subject.compile('ws', "%textarea= 'Test\\nMe'\n%pre= 'Test\\nMe'\n%p= 'Test\\nMe'\n").should eql <<-TEMPLATE