diff --git a/lib/widget.rb b/lib/widget.rb
index 121ca25bcc..6becfe4609 100644
--- a/lib/widget.rb
+++ b/lib/widget.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,28 @@
-class Widget
+class ActionView::Base
+  def render_widget(widget, subject, options = nil)
+    i = widget.new(subject)
+    i.config = config
+    i.controller = controller
+    i._content_for = @_content_for
+    (options ? i.render_with_options(options) : i.render).html_safe
+  end
+end
+
+class Widget < ActionView::Base
+  include ActionView::Helpers::TagHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper
+  include ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper
+
+  attr_accessor :output_buffer, :controller, :config, :_content_for
+
+  extend ProactiveAutoloader
+
+  def l(s)
+    ::I18n.t(s.to_sym, :default => s.to_s.humanize)
+  end
+
+  def current_language
+    ::I18n.locale
+  end
 end