diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 64b1939e..905f0bef 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func init() {
 	beegoTplFuncMap["assets_js"] = AssetsJs
 	beegoTplFuncMap["assets_css"] = AssetsCss
 	beegoTplFuncMap["config"] = Config
+	beegoTplFuncMap["map_get"] = MapGet
 
 	// go1.2 added template funcs
 	// Comparisons
diff --git a/templatefunc.go b/templatefunc.go
index 28ed15a3..6092f71e 100644
--- a/templatefunc.go
+++ b/templatefunc.go
@@ -652,3 +652,76 @@ func ge(arg1, arg2 interface{}) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // go1.2 added template funcs. end
+
+// getting value from map by keys
+// usage:
+// Data["m"] = map[string]interface{} {
+//     "a": 1,
+//     "1": map[string]float64{
+//         "c": 4,
+//     },
+// }
+//
+// {{ map_get m "a" }} // return 1
+// {{ map_get m 1 "c" }} // return 4
+func MapGet(arg1 interface{}, arg2 ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	arg1Type := reflect.TypeOf(arg1)
+	arg1Val := reflect.ValueOf(arg1)
+
+	if arg1Type.Kind() == reflect.Map && len(arg2) > 0 {
+		// check whether arg2[0] type equals to arg1 key type
+		// if they are different, make convertion
+		arg2Val := reflect.ValueOf(arg2[0])
+		arg2Type := reflect.TypeOf(arg2[0])
+		if arg2Type.Kind() != arg1Type.Key().Kind() {
+			// convert arg2Value to string
+			var arg2ConvertedVal interface{}
+			arg2String := fmt.Sprintf("%v", arg2[0])
+
+			// convert string representation to any other type
+			switch arg1Type.Key().Kind() {
+			case reflect.Bool:
+				arg2ConvertedVal, _ = strconv.ParseBool(arg2String)
+			case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+				arg2ConvertedVal, _ = strconv.ParseInt(arg2String, 0, 64)
+			case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
+				arg2ConvertedVal, _ = strconv.ParseUint(arg2String, 0, 64)
+			case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+				arg2ConvertedVal, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(arg2String, 64)
+			case reflect.String:
+				arg2ConvertedVal = arg2String
+			default:
+				arg2ConvertedVal = arg2Val.Interface()
+			}
+			arg2Val = reflect.ValueOf(arg2ConvertedVal)
+		}
+
+		storedVal := arg1Val.MapIndex(arg2Val)
+
+		var result interface{}
+
+		switch arg1Type.Elem().Kind() {
+		case reflect.Bool:
+			result = storedVal.Bool()
+		case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+			result = storedVal.Int()
+		case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
+			result = storedVal.Uint()
+		case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
+			result = storedVal.Float()
+		case reflect.String:
+			result = storedVal.String()
+		default:
+			result = storedVal.Interface()
+		}
+
+		// if there is more keys, handle this recursively
+		if len(arg2) > 1 {
+			return MapGet(result, arg2[1:]...)
+		} else {
+			return result, nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+}