diff --git a/client/consul_template.go b/client/consul_template.go
index 1a656a3ea656..e3f534f7eefd 100644
--- a/client/consul_template.go
+++ b/client/consul_template.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func templateRunner(tmpls []*structs.Template, config *config.Config,
 	}
 
 	// Set Nomad's environment variables
-	runner.Env = taskEnv.Build().EnvMap()
+	runner.Env = taskEnv.Build().EnvMapAll()
 
 	// Build the lookup
 	idMap := runner.TemplateConfigMapping()
diff --git a/client/driver/env/env.go b/client/driver/env/env.go
index c2aacd38332d..c96a724f43d4 100644
--- a/client/driver/env/env.go
+++ b/client/driver/env/env.go
@@ -287,6 +287,20 @@ func (t *TaskEnvironment) EnvMap() map[string]string {
 	return m
 }
 
+// EnvMapAll returns the environment variables that will be set as well as node
+// meta/attrs in the map. This is appropriate for interpolation.
+func (t *TaskEnvironment) EnvMapAll() map[string]string {
+	m := make(map[string]string, len(t.TaskEnv))
+	for k, v := range t.TaskEnv {
+		m[k] = v
+	}
+	for k, v := range t.NodeValues {
+		m[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
 // Builder methods to build the TaskEnvironment
 func (t *TaskEnvironment) SetAllocDir(dir string) *TaskEnvironment {
 	t.AllocDir = dir
diff --git a/website/source/docs/job-specification/template.html.md b/website/source/docs/job-specification/template.html.md
index 88fa109c70ec..0c3588a49159 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/job-specification/template.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/job-specification/template.html.md
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ job "docs" {
 ```
 
 Nomad utilizes a tool called [Consul Template][ct]. Since Nomad v0.5.3, the
-template can reference [Nomad's runtime environment variables][env]. For a full
-list of the API template functions, please refer to the [Consul Template
+template can reference [Nomad's runtime environment variables][env]. Since Nomad
+v0.5.6, the template can reference [Node attributes and metadata][nodevars]. For
+a full list of the API template functions, please refer to the [Consul Template
 README][ct].
 
 ## `template` Parameters
@@ -137,7 +138,24 @@ template {
 }
 ```
 
-### Client Configuration
+### Node Variables
+
+As of Nomad v0.5.6 it is possible to access the Node's attributes and metadata.
+
+```hcl
+template {
+  data = <<EOH
+  ---
+    node_dc:    {{ env "node.datacenter" }}
+    node_cores: {{ env "attr.cpu.numcores" }}
+    meta_key:   {{ env "meta.node_meta_key" }}
+  EOH
+
+  destination = "local/file.yml"
+}
+```
+
+## Client Configuration
 
 The `template` block has the following [client configuration
 options](/docs/agent/config.html#options):
@@ -148,3 +166,4 @@ options](/docs/agent/config.html#options):
 [ct]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template "Consul Template by HashiCorp"
 [artifact]: /docs/job-specification/artifact.html "Nomad artifact Job Specification"
 [env]: /docs/runtime/environment.html "Nomad Runtime Environment"
+[nodevars]: /docs/runtime/interpolation.html#interpreted_node_vars "Nomad Node Variables"