diff --git a/src/compiler/code_generator.ts b/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
index 63e40f02a..7fc003690 100644
--- a/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export interface Config {
 export interface CodeGenOptions extends Config {
   hasSafeContext?: boolean;
   name?: string;
+  globalValues?: object;
 }
 
 // using a non-html document so that <inner/outer>HTML serializes as XML instead
@@ -286,6 +287,9 @@ export class CodeGenerator {
     this.dev = options.dev || false;
     this.ast = ast;
     this.templateName = options.name;
+    if (options.globalValues && Object.keys(options.globalValues).length) {
+      this.helpers.add("__globals__");
+    }
   }
 
   generateCode(): string {
diff --git a/src/compiler/index.ts b/src/compiler/index.ts
index 56a7795af..5360e967f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type TemplateFunction = (app: TemplateSet, bdom: any, helpers: any) => Te
 interface CompileOptions extends Config {
   name?: string;
   customDirectives?: customDirectives;
+  globalValues?: object;
 }
 export function compile(
   template: string | Element,
diff --git a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
index e67b769ea..666b7f57e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const RESERVED_WORDS =
-  "true,false,NaN,null,undefined,debugger,console,window,in,instanceof,new,function,return,eval,void,Math,RegExp,Array,Object,Date".split(
+  "true,false,NaN,null,undefined,debugger,console,window,in,instanceof,new,function,return,eval,void,Math,RegExp,Array,Object,Date,__globals__".split(
     ","
   );
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3e4063f58..090a158aa 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ TemplateSet.prototype._compileTemplate = function _compileTemplate(
     translateFn: this.translateFn,
     translatableAttributes: this.translatableAttributes,
     customDirectives: this.customDirectives,
+    globalValues: this.globalValues,
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/runtime/template_set.ts b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
index 8c80e2aeb..025da2489 100644
--- a/src/runtime/template_set.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface TemplateSetConfig {
   templates?: string | Document | Record<string, string>;
   getTemplate?: (s: string) => Element | Function | string | void;
   customDirectives?: customDirectives;
+  globalValues?: object;
 }
 
 export class TemplateSet {
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export class TemplateSet {
   translatableAttributes?: string[];
   Portal = Portal;
   customDirectives: customDirectives;
+  globalValues: object;
 
   constructor(config: TemplateSetConfig = {}) {
     this.dev = config.dev || false;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ export class TemplateSet {
     }
     this.getRawTemplate = config.getTemplate;
     this.customDirectives = config.customDirectives || {};
+    this.globalValues = config.globalValues || {};
   }
 
   addTemplate(name: string, template: string | Element) {
@@ -105,7 +108,8 @@ export class TemplateSet {
       this.templates[name] = function (context, parent) {
         return templates[name].call(this, context, parent);
       };
-      const template = templateFn(this, bdom, helpers);
+      const runtimeUtils = { ...helpers, __globals__: { ...this.globalValues } };
+      const template = templateFn(this, bdom, runtimeUtils);
       this.templates[name] = template;
     }
     return this.templates[name];
diff --git a/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap b/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
index 21d48b9c9..3e67b01a1 100644
--- a/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ exports[`app app: clear scheduler tasks and destroy cancelled nodes immediately
 }"
 `;
 
+exports[`app can add functions to the bdom 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(app, bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, comment } = bdom;
+  let { __globals__ } = helpers;
+  
+  let block1 = createBlock(\`<div class=\\"my-div\\" block-handler-0=\\"click\\"/>\`);
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    let hdlr1 = [()=>__globals__.plop('click'), ctx];
+    return block1([hdlr1]);
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
 exports[`app can call processTask twice in a row without crashing 1`] = `
 "function anonymous(app, bdom, helpers
 ) {
diff --git a/tests/app/app.test.ts b/tests/app/app.test.ts
index 0635eef9b..8820cf125 100644
--- a/tests/app/app.test.ts
+++ b/tests/app/app.test.ts
@@ -201,4 +201,22 @@ describe("app", () => {
     await app.mount(fixture);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("parent<div></div>");
   });
+
+  test("can add functions to the bdom", async () => {
+    const steps: string[] = [];
+    class SomeComponent extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div t-on-click="() => __globals__.plop('click')" class="my-div"/>`;
+    }
+    const app = new App(SomeComponent, {
+      globalValues: {
+        plop: (string: any) => {
+          steps.push(string);
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    await app.mount(fixture);
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe(`<div class="my-div"></div>`);
+    fixture.querySelector("div")!.click();
+    expect(steps).toEqual(["click"]);
+  });
 });