diff --git a/compare/eq.go b/compare/compare.go
similarity index 74%
rename from compare/eq.go
rename to compare/compare.go
index 6120c0bf2..19a5deaa2 100644
--- a/compare/eq.go
+++ b/compare/compare.go
@@ -19,3 +19,11 @@ package compare
 type Eqer interface {
 	Eq(other interface{}) bool
 }
+
+// Comparer can be used to compare two values.
+// This will be used when using the le, ge etc. operators in the templates.
+// Compare returns -1 if the given version is less than, 0 if equal and 1 if greater than
+// the running version.
+type Comparer interface {
+	Compare(other interface{}) int
+}
diff --git a/helpers/hugo.go b/helpers/hugo.go
index c4c3f4a76..b9b42e6cf 100644
--- a/helpers/hugo.go
+++ b/helpers/hugo.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/compare"
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
@@ -34,10 +35,40 @@ type HugoVersion struct {
 	Suffix string
 }
 
+var (
+	_ compare.Eqer     = (*HugoVersionString)(nil)
+	_ compare.Comparer = (*HugoVersionString)(nil)
+)
+
+type HugoVersionString string
+
 func (v HugoVersion) String() string {
 	return hugoVersion(v.Number, v.PatchLevel, v.Suffix)
 }
 
+func (v HugoVersion) Version() HugoVersionString {
+	return HugoVersionString(v.String())
+}
+
+func (h HugoVersionString) String() string {
+	return string(h)
+}
+
+// Implements compare.Comparer
+func (h HugoVersionString) Compare(other interface{}) int {
+	v := MustParseHugoVersion(h.String())
+	return compareVersions(v.Number, v.PatchLevel, other)
+}
+
+// Implements compare.Eqer
+func (h HugoVersionString) Eq(other interface{}) bool {
+	s, err := cast.ToStringE(other)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return s == h.String()
+}
+
 // ParseHugoVersion parses a version string.
 func ParseHugoVersion(s string) (HugoVersion, error) {
 	var vv HugoVersion
diff --git a/helpers/hugo_test.go b/helpers/hugo_test.go
index 1f5e5193f..78742c705 100644
--- a/helpers/hugo_test.go
+++ b/helpers/hugo_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ func TestHugoVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, v.ReleaseVersion().String(), "0.21")
 	require.Equal(t, "0.21-DEV", v.String())
 	require.Equal(t, "0.22", v.Next().String())
+	nextVersionString := v.Next().Version()
+	require.Equal(t, "0.22", nextVersionString.String())
+	require.True(t, nextVersionString.Eq("0.22"))
+	require.False(t, nextVersionString.Eq("0.21"))
+	require.True(t, nextVersionString.Eq(nextVersionString))
 	require.Equal(t, "0.20.3", v.NextPatchLevel(3).String())
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_info.go b/hugolib/hugo_info.go
index 1e0c192e5..303231edb 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_info.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_info.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var hugoInfo *HugoInfo
 
 // HugoInfo contains information about the current Hugo environment
 type HugoInfo struct {
-	Version    string
+	Version    helpers.HugoVersionString
 	Generator  template.HTML
 	CommitHash string
 	BuildDate  string
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type HugoInfo struct {
 
 func init() {
 	hugoInfo = &HugoInfo{
-		Version:    helpers.CurrentHugoVersion.String(),
+		Version:    helpers.CurrentHugoVersion.Version(),
 		CommitHash: CommitHash,
 		BuildDate:  BuildDate,
 		Generator:  template.HTML(fmt.Sprintf(`<meta name="generator" content="Hugo %s" />`, helpers.CurrentHugoVersion.String())),
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_info_test.go b/hugolib/hugo_info_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a34330ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_info_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package hugolib
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestHugoInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := require.New(t)
+
+	assert.Equal(helpers.CurrentHugoVersion.Version(), hugoInfo.Version)
+	assert.IsType(helpers.HugoVersionString(""), hugoInfo.Version)
+	assert.Equal(CommitHash, hugoInfo.CommitHash)
+	assert.Equal(BuildDate, hugoInfo.BuildDate)
+	assert.Contains(hugoInfo.Generator, fmt.Sprintf("Hugo %s", hugoInfo.Version))
+
+}
diff --git a/tpl/compare/compare.go b/tpl/compare/compare.go
index 65228da99..b228040cd 100644
--- a/tpl/compare/compare.go
+++ b/tpl/compare/compare.go
@@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ func (*Namespace) Default(dflt interface{}, given ...interface{}) (interface{},
 // Eq returns the boolean truth of arg1 == arg2.
 func (*Namespace) Eq(x, y interface{}) bool {
 
-	// hugolib.Page implements compare.Eqer to make Page and PageOutput comparable.
-	if e1, ok := x.(compare.Eqer); ok {
-		if e2, ok := y.(compare.Eqer); ok {
-			return e1.Eq(e2)
-		}
+	if e, ok := x.(compare.Eqer); ok {
+		return e.Eq(y)
+	}
+
+	if e, ok := y.(compare.Eqer); ok {
+		return e.Eq(x)
 	}
 
 	normalize := func(v interface{}) interface{} {
@@ -120,25 +121,25 @@ func (n *Namespace) Ne(x, y interface{}) bool {
 
 // Ge returns the boolean truth of arg1 >= arg2.
 func (n *Namespace) Ge(a, b interface{}) bool {
-	left, right := n.compareGetFloat(a, b)
+	left, right := n.compareGet(a, b)
 	return left >= right
 }
 
 // Gt returns the boolean truth of arg1 > arg2.
 func (n *Namespace) Gt(a, b interface{}) bool {
-	left, right := n.compareGetFloat(a, b)
+	left, right := n.compareGet(a, b)
 	return left > right
 }
 
 // Le returns the boolean truth of arg1 <= arg2.
 func (n *Namespace) Le(a, b interface{}) bool {
-	left, right := n.compareGetFloat(a, b)
+	left, right := n.compareGet(a, b)
 	return left <= right
 }
 
 // Lt returns the boolean truth of arg1 < arg2.
 func (n *Namespace) Lt(a, b interface{}) bool {
-	left, right := n.compareGetFloat(a, b)
+	left, right := n.compareGet(a, b)
 	return left < right
 }
 
@@ -151,7 +152,29 @@ func (n *Namespace) Conditional(condition bool, a, b interface{}) interface{} {
 	return b
 }
 
-func (*Namespace) compareGetFloat(a interface{}, b interface{}) (float64, float64) {
+func (*Namespace) compareGet(a interface{}, b interface{}) (float64, float64) {
+	if ac, ok := a.(compare.Comparer); ok {
+		c := ac.Compare(b)
+		if c < 0 {
+			return 1, 0
+		} else if c == 0 {
+			return 0, 0
+		} else {
+			return 0, 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	if bc, ok := b.(compare.Comparer); ok {
+		c := bc.Compare(a)
+		if c < 0 {
+			return 0, 1
+		} else if c == 0 {
+			return 0, 0
+		} else {
+			return 1, 0
+		}
+	}
+
 	var left, right float64
 	var leftStr, rightStr *string
 	av := reflect.ValueOf(a)
diff --git a/tpl/compare/compare_test.go b/tpl/compare/compare_test.go
index c9bc2ffe9..d201c995b 100644
--- a/tpl/compare/compare_test.go
+++ b/tpl/compare/compare_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -171,6 +173,13 @@ func doTestCompare(t *testing.T, tp tstCompareType, funcUnderTest func(a, b inte
 		{tstEqerType1("a"), tstEqerType2("a"), 0},
 		{tstEqerType2("a"), tstEqerType1("a"), 0},
 		{tstEqerType2("a"), tstEqerType1("b"), -1},
+		{helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32.1").Version(), helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32").Version(), 1},
+		{helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.35").Version(), helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32").Version(), 1},
+		{helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.36").Version(), helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.36").Version(), 0},
+		{helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32").Version(), helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.36").Version(), -1},
+		{helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32").Version(), "0.36", -1},
+		{"0.36", helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.32").Version(), 1},
+		{"0.36", helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.36").Version(), 0},
 	} {
 		result := funcUnderTest(test.left, test.right)
 		success := false
diff --git a/tpl/compare/init.go b/tpl/compare/init.go
index 7d58cf9ab..f766ef890 100644
--- a/tpl/compare/init.go
+++ b/tpl/compare/init.go
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ func init() {
 
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Ge,
 			[]string{"ge"},
-			[][2]string{},
+			[][2]string{
+				{`{{ if ge .Hugo.Version "0.36" }}Reasonable new Hugo version!{{ end }}`, `Reasonable new Hugo version!`},
+			},
 		)
 
 		ns.AddMethodMapping(ctx.Gt,
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
index 32f1a1a71..b8390c5b9 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ func TestTemplateFuncsExamples(t *testing.T) {
 	var data struct {
 		Title   string
 		Section string
+		Hugo    map[string]interface{}
 		Params  map[string]interface{}
 	}
 
 	data.Title = "**BatMan**"
 	data.Section = "blog"
 	data.Params = map[string]interface{}{"langCode": "en"}
+	data.Hugo = map[string]interface{}{"Version": helpers.MustParseHugoVersion("0.36.1").Version()}
 
 	for _, nsf := range internal.TemplateFuncsNamespaceRegistry {
 		ns := nsf(d)