diff --git a/tasks/handlebars.js b/tasks/handlebars.js
index aade262..89b7a0c 100644
--- a/tasks/handlebars.js
+++ b/tasks/handlebars.js
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
       // nsdeclare options when fetching namespace info
       var nsDeclareOptions = {response: 'details', declared: nsDeclarations};
 
+      // if 'disableGlobal' option is true prevent the templates to be declared in the global namespace
+      if (options.disableGlobal) {
+        nsDeclareOptions.root = 'templates';
+      }
+
       // Just get the namespace info for a given template
       var getNamespaceInfo = _.memoize(function(filepath) {
         if (!useNamespace) {
@@ -182,7 +187,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
             output.push(nodeExport);
           }
+        }
 
+        // if the 'disableGlobal' option is true create a local root variable to contain the templates
+        if (options.disableGlobal) {
+          output.unshift('var ' + nsDeclareOptions.root + ' = {};');
         }
 
         if (options.amd) {