diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 6016cdf..1f6e8aa 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "iron-component-page": "PolymerElements/iron-component-page#^1.0.0",
     "iron-test-helpers": "PolymerElements/iron-test-helpers#^1.1.2",
     "paper-styles": "PolymerElements/paper-styles#^1.1.0",
-    "paper-checkbox": "PolymerElements/paper-checkbox#^1.0.0"
+    "paper-checkbox": "PolymerElements/paper-checkbox#^1.0.0",
+    "paper-input": "polymerelements/paper-input#^1.1.23"
   }
 }
diff --git a/demo-snippet.html b/demo-snippet.html
index b0317f4..29a232f 100644
--- a/demo-snippet.html
+++ b/demo-snippet.html
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@
           on-tap="_copyToClipboard">
       </paper-icon-button>
     </div>
+
+    <template is="dom-if" if="_boundDataJson">
+      <div class="code-container">
+        <marked-element markdown=[[_boundDataJson]]>
+          <div class="markdown-html code"></div>
+        </marked-element>
+      </div>
+    </template>
   </template>
 
   <script>
@@ -126,6 +134,10 @@
         _markdown: {
           type: String,
           value: ''
+        },
+        _boundDataJson: {
+          type: Object,
+          value: ''
         }
       },
 
@@ -148,6 +160,15 @@
         // Stamp the template.
         if (!template.is) {
           Polymer.dom(this).appendChild(document.importNode(template.content, true));
+        } else if(template.id) {
+          var dataGetter = window[template.id];
+
+          // set template data if a global function with the same name exists
+          if(dataGetter && typeof dataGetter === 'function') {
+            var boundData = dataGetter();
+            this._boundDataJson = '``` js\nvar data = ' + JSON.stringify(boundData, null, 2) + '\n' + '```';
+            template.data = boundData;
+          }
         }
       },
 
diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index 4de83d3..08aa1d0 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <link rel="import" href="../../paper-styles/color.html">
   <link rel="import" href="../../iron-flex-layout/iron-flex-layout.html">
   <link rel="import" href="../../paper-checkbox/paper-checkbox.html">
+  <link rel="import" href="../../paper-input/paper-input.html">
   <link rel="import" href="../demo-snippet.html">
   <link rel="import" href="../demo-pages-shared-styles.html">
 
@@ -83,6 +84,22 @@ <h4>Demo of an element with bindings</h4>
         <paper-checkbox checked="{{active}}">Two-Way Binding</paper-checkbox>
       </template>
     </demo-snippet>
+
+    <h4>Demo of an element with initial bound value</h4>
+    <demo-snippet class="centered-demo small-text">
+      <template id="defaultBinding" is="dom-bind">
+        <paper-input value="{{data.someText}}"></paper-input>
+        <paper-input value="{{data.someText}}"></paper-input>
+      </template>
+
+      <script>
+        function defaultBinding() {
+          return {
+            someText: 'Lorem Ipsum Dolor'
+          }
+        }
+      </script>
+    </demo-snippet>
   </div>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/test/basic.html b/test/basic.html
index b434441..132b7b8 100644
--- a/test/basic.html
+++ b/test/basic.html
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   <link rel="import" href="../demo-snippet.html">
   <script src="../../iron-test-helpers/test-helpers.js"></script>
   <link rel="import" href="../../paper-checkbox/paper-checkbox.html">
+  <link rel="import" href="../../paper-input/paper-input.html">
 
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -62,6 +63,21 @@
     </template>
   </demo-snippet>
 
+  <demo-snippet id="domBindDeclarative">
+    <template is="dom-bind" id="boundData">
+      <paper-input value="{{data.theValue}}"></paper-input>
+      <span>[[data.theValue]]</span>
+    </template>
+
+    <script>
+      function boundData() {
+        return {
+          theValue: 'initial input value'
+        }
+      }
+    </script>
+  </demo-snippet>
+
   <script>
     suite('display', function() {
       var emptyHeight;
@@ -142,6 +158,21 @@
           done();
         });
       });
+
+      test('can be bound declaratively to global function of same name', function(done) {
+        var element = document.getElementById('domBindDeclarative');
+        var span = Polymer.dom(element).querySelector('span');
+        var input = Polymer.dom(element).querySelector('paper-input');
+
+        // Render the distributed children.
+        Polymer.dom.flush();
+
+        flush(function() {
+          expect(span.textContent).to.be.equal('initial input value');
+          expect(input.value).to.be.equal('initial input value');
+          done();
+        });
+      })
     });
 
     suite('parsing', function() {
