diff --git a/lib/mustache/context.rb b/lib/mustache/context.rb
index 7c1dc355..013095a0 100644
--- a/lib/mustache/context.rb
+++ b/lib/mustache/context.rb
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ def has_key?(key)
     def fetch(name, default = :__raise)
       @key = name
 
-      # support for dot.notation
-      if name.to_s.include? '.'
+      if name == :'.'
+        # implicit iterators - {{.}}
+        name = :to_s
+      elsif name.to_s.include? '.'
+        # dot notation - {{person.name}}
         parts = name.to_s.split('.')
 
         parts.each do |part|
diff --git a/test/mustache_test.rb b/test/mustache_test.rb
index 1f77ef41..d53fb11d 100644
--- a/test/mustache_test.rb
+++ b/test/mustache_test.rb
@@ -508,6 +508,18 @@ def escapeHTML(str)
     assert_equal 'nothing', Mustache.render("{{thing}}", :thing => "nothing")
   end
 
+  def test_implicit_iterator
+    view = Mustache.new
+    view.template = "{{#people}}* {{.}}\n{{/people}}"
+    view[:people] = %w( Chris Mark Scott )
+
+    assert_equal <<text, view.render
+* Chris
+* Mark
+* Scott
+text
+  end
+
   def test_dot_notation
     assert_equal <<-text.chomp, DotNotation.render
 * Chris Firescythe