diff --git a/spec/basicsSpec.coffee b/spec/basicsSpec.coffee
index 4876c611..ad929f76 100644
--- a/spec/basicsSpec.coffee
+++ b/spec/basicsSpec.coffee
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ describe "Transparency", ->
     template.render data
     expect(template).toBeEqual expected
 
+  it "should accept context as a string", ->
+    template = '<div class="hello"></div>'
+    data     = hello: 'Hello'
+    expected = $ '<div><div class="hello">Hello</div></div>'
+
+    template = $ window.Transparency.render template, data
+    expect(template).toBeEqual expected
+
   it "should match model keys to template by element id, class, name attribute and data-bind attribute", ->
     template = $ """
       <div class="container">
diff --git a/spec/basicsSpec.js b/spec/basicsSpec.js
index 353c17a5..7d22b11f 100644
--- a/spec/basicsSpec.js
+++ b/spec/basicsSpec.js
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@
       template.render(data);
       return expect(template).toBeEqual(expected);
     });
+    it("should accept context as a string", function() {
+      var data, expected, template;
+
+      template = '<div class="hello"></div>';
+      data = {
+        hello: 'Hello'
+      };
+      expected = $('<div><div class="hello">Hello</div></div>');
+      template = $(window.Transparency.render(template, data));
+      return expect(template).toBeEqual(expected);
+    });
     it("should match model keys to template by element id, class, name attribute and data-bind attribute", function() {
       var data, expected, template;
 
diff --git a/src/transparency.coffee b/src/transparency.coffee
index 530aff23..bccf5d4d 100644
--- a/src/transparency.coffee
+++ b/src/transparency.coffee
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ Transparency.render = (context, models = [], directives = {}, options = {}) ->
   return unless context
   models = [models] unless _.isArray models
 
+  # If context was passed in as an HTML string, then convert it to a div element with innHTML as passed in HTML string.
+  if typeof context == 'string'
+      _html_string = context
+      context = document.createElement('div')
+      context.innerHTML = _html_string
+
   # Context element, state and functionality is wrapped to `Context` object. Get it, or create a new
   # if it doesn't exist yet.
   context = helpers.data(context).context ||= new Context(context, Transparency)