diff --git a/src/Tpl.php b/src/Tpl.php
index 1411b46..db81899 100644
--- a/src/Tpl.php
+++ b/src/Tpl.php
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ class Tpl {
 
       foreach(App :: get('templates.static_directories', array(), 'array') as $path)
         self :: register_static_directory($path);
+
+      self :: register_function('var_dump', array('EesyPHP\\Tpl', 'smarty_var_dump'));
     }
   }
 
@@ -698,4 +700,15 @@ class Tpl {
     $url = self :: static_url($params['path']);
     if ($url) echo $url;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Smarty function to dump variable using var_dump()
+   * @param array<string,mixed> $params Parameters from template file
+   * @param Smarty $smarty The smarty object
+   * @return void
+   */
+  public static function smarty_var_dump($params, $smarty) {
+    if (!isset($params['data'])) return;
+    var_dump($params['data']);
+  }
 }