diff --git a/lib/tilt.rb b/lib/tilt.rb
index 85b03809..92f2e54f 100644
--- a/lib/tilt.rb
+++ b/lib/tilt.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'tilt/mapping'
+require 'tilt/template'
 
 # Namespace for Tilt. This module is not intended to be included anywhere.
 module Tilt
diff --git a/lib/tilt/template.rb b/lib/tilt/template.rb
index 34dc9506..7f4ee053 100644
--- a/lib/tilt/template.rb
+++ b/lib/tilt/template.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'tilt'
 require 'thread'
 
 module Tilt