diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 5000a56..d7912ee 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     }
 
 
-    var CONTEXT_KEY = 'intl';
+    var CONTEXT_KEY = 'intl',
+        RE_NUMERIC_PARAM_KEY = /^v(\d+)$/;
 
 
     /**
@@ -181,7 +182,9 @@
         var formatOptions = {},
             locales,
             msg,
-            formatter;
+            formatter,
+            key,
+            matches;
         params = params || {};
 
         if (params.hasOwnProperty('_msg')) {
@@ -200,6 +203,15 @@
             return chunk;
         }
 
+        for (key in params) {
+            if (params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+                matches = key.match(RE_NUMERIC_PARAM_KEY);
+                if (matches) {
+                    params[matches[1]] = params[key];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         formatOptions = _contextGet(context, [CONTEXT_KEY, 'formats']);
         locales = _getLocales(chunk, params, context);
         formatter = new IntlMessageFormat(msg, locales, formatOptions);
diff --git a/tests/helpers.js b/tests/helpers.js
index d686c40..96e47dc 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.js
+++ b/tests/helpers.js
@@ -483,6 +483,19 @@ describe('Helper `intlMessage`', function () {
             expect(out).to.equal(expected);
         });
     });
+
+    it('should support numeric token replacements (with `v` prefix)', function () {
+        var tmpl = '{@intlMessage _msg=MSG v0=firstName v1=lastName /}',
+            ctx = {
+                MSG: 'Hi, my name is {0} {1}.',
+                firstName: 'Anthony',
+                lastName: 'Pipkin'
+            },
+            expected = "Hi, my name is Anthony Pipkin.";
+        Dust.renderSource(tmpl, ctx, function(err, out) {
+            expect(out).to.equal(expected);
+        });
+    });
 });