diff --git a/laravel/blade.php b/laravel/blade.php
index d7a0729e..ae5c4c84 100644
--- a/laravel/blade.php
+++ b/laravel/blade.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class Blade {
 		'yields',
 		'section_start',
 		'section_end',
-		'render_each',
 	);
 
 	/**
@@ -239,19 +238,6 @@ protected static function compile_section_end($value)
 		return preg_replace('/@endsection/', '<?php \\Laravel\\Section::stop(); ?>', $value);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Rewrites Blade @render_each statements into View statements.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $value
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	protected static function compile_render_each($value)
-	{
-		$pattern = static::matcher('render_each');
-
-		return preg_replace($pattern, '$1<?php \\Laravel\\View::render_each$2; ?>', $value);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Get the regular expression for a generic Blade function.
 	 *
diff --git a/laravel/helpers.php b/laravel/helpers.php
index beff3446..aa1306c6 100644
--- a/laravel/helpers.php
+++ b/laravel/helpers.php
@@ -436,4 +436,18 @@ function has_php($version)
 function render($view, $data = array())
 {
 	return Laravel\View::make($view, $data)->render();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the rendered contents of a partial from a loop.
+ *
+ * @param  string  $view
+ * @param  array   $data
+ * @param  string  $iterator
+ * @param  string  $empty
+ * @return string
+ */
+function render_each($partial, array $data, $iterator, $empty = 'raw|')
+{
+	return Laravel\View::render_each($partial, $data, $iterator, $empty);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/view.php b/laravel/view.php
index 060458c2..7f5d35f1 100644
--- a/laravel/view.php
+++ b/laravel/view.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public static function composer($view, $composer)
 	 * @param  string  $empty
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function render_each($view, array $data, $iterator, $empty = null)
+	public static function render_each($view, array $data, $iterator, $empty = 'raw|')
 	{
 		$result = '';
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public static function render_each($view, array $data, $iterator, $empty = null)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$result = render($empty ?: $view.'_empty');
+				$result = render($empty);
 			}
 		}