diff --git a/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php b/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
index b42571a88..d7769aff3 100644
--- a/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
+++ b/modules/cms/classes/Controller.php
@@ -959,6 +959,17 @@ class Controller extends BaseController
         return $this->pageObj;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the CMS page object being processed by the controller.
+     * The object is not available on the early stages of the controller
+     * initialization.
+     * @return \Cms\Classes\Page Returns the Page object or null.
+     */
+    public function getPage()
+    {
+        return $this->page;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Intended to be called from the page, returns the layout code base object.
      * @return \Cms\Classes\CodeBase
diff --git a/modules/cms/twig/Extension.php b/modules/cms/twig/Extension.php
index 41a07c089..6b319bce6 100644
--- a/modules/cms/twig/Extension.php
+++ b/modules/cms/twig/Extension.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use URL;
 use Flash;
 use Block;
+use Event;
 use Twig_Extension;
 use Twig_TokenParser;
 use Twig_SimpleFilter;
@@ -204,6 +205,9 @@ class Extension extends Twig_Extension
             return $default;
         }
 
+        if ($event = Event::fire('cms.block.render', [$name, $result], true))
+            $result = $event;
+
         $result = str_replace('<!-- X_OCTOBER_DEFAULT_BLOCK_CONTENT -->', trim($default), $result);
         return $result;
     }