diff --git a/debug_toolbar/middleware.py b/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
index 1979e1d63..c29feafaf 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
             response.content = replace_insensitive(
                 smart_unicode(response.content),
                 self.tag,
-                smart_unicode(toolbar.render_toolbar() + self.tag))
+                smart_unicode(toolbar.render_toolbar(request) + self.tag))
             if response.get('Content-Length', None):
                 response['Content-Length'] = len(response.content)
         del self.__class__.debug_toolbars[ident]
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/toolbar/loader.py b/debug_toolbar/toolbar/loader.py
index 570111848..953a7e151 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/toolbar/loader.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/toolbar/loader.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.template.context import RequestContext
 
 
 class DebugToolbar(object):
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def load_panels(self):
 
             self._panels[panel_class] = panel_instance
 
-    def render_toolbar(self):
+    def render_toolbar(self, request):
         """
         Renders the overall Toolbar with panels inside.
         """
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def render_toolbar(self):
             'panels': self.panels,
         })
 
-        return render_to_string('debug_toolbar/base.html', context)
+        return render_to_string('debug_toolbar/base.html', RequestContext(request, context))
 
 
 panel_classes = []