diff --git a/examples/unescaped_ampersand.html b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bccbf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>{{&title}}</h1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/unescaped_ampersand.js b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11f30cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var unescaped_ampersand = {
+  title: function() {
+    return "Bear > Shark";
+  }
+};
diff --git a/examples/unescaped_ampersand.txt b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..089ad79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unescaped_ampersand.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h1>Bear > Shark</h1>
diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index ed72c16..d21058f 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
       var that = this;
 
       var new_regex = function() {
-        return new RegExp(that.escaped_otag + "(=|!|>|\\{|%)?([^\\/#\\^]+?)\\1?" +
+        return new RegExp(that.escaped_otag + "(=|!|>|\\{|&|%)?([^\\/#\\^]+?)\\1?" +
           that.escaped_ctag + "+", "g");
       };
 
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ var Mustache = function() {
         case ">": // render partial
           return that.render_partial(name, context, partials);
         case "{": // the triple mustache is unescaped
+		case "&": // the ampersand is also unescaped
           return that.find(name, context);
         default: // escape the value
           return that.escape(that.find(name, context));