1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/template/__init__.py b/django/template/__init__.py
index 08f433fec9..993de7304e 100644
--- a/django/template/__init__.py
+++ b/django/template/__init__.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class Parser(object):
         self.tags.update(lib.tags)
         self.filters.update(lib.filters)
 
-    def compile_filter(self,token):
+    def compile_filter(self, token):
         "Convenient wrapper for FilterExpression"
         return FilterExpression(token, self)
 
@@ -543,11 +543,14 @@ class FilterExpression(object):
             raise TemplateSyntaxError, "Could not parse the remainder: %s" % token[upto:]
         self.var, self.filters = var, filters
 
-    def resolve(self, context):
+    def resolve(self, context, ignore_failures=False):
         try:
             obj = resolve_variable(self.var, context)
         except VariableDoesNotExist:
-            obj = settings.TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID
+            if ignore_failures:
+                return None
+            else:
+                return settings.TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID
         for func, args in self.filters:
             arg_vals = []
             for lookup, arg in args: