diff --git a/template/parse.go b/template/parse.go
index df29e8af0..c0e21b1c4 100644
--- a/template/parse.go
+++ b/template/parse.go
@@ -174,6 +174,17 @@ func (r *rawTemplate) Template() (*Template, error) {
 		result.Provisioners = append(result.Provisioners, &p)
 	}
 
+	// Push
+	if len(r.Push) > 0 {
+		var p Push
+		if err := r.decoder(&p, nil).Decode(r.Push); err != nil {
+			errs = multierror.Append(errs, fmt.Errorf(
+				"push: %s", err))
+		}
+
+		result.Push = &p
+	}
+
 	// If we have errors, return those with a nil result
 	if errs != nil {
 		return nil, errs
diff --git a/template/parse_test.go b/template/parse_test.go
index 3e6847604..023c3d537 100644
--- a/template/parse_test.go
+++ b/template/parse_test.go
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			false,
 		},
+
+		{
+			"parse-push.json",
+			&Template{
+				Push: &Push{
+					Name: "foo",
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
diff --git a/template/test-fixtures/parse-push.json b/template/test-fixtures/parse-push.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2529eedc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/test-fixtures/parse-push.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "push": {
+        "name": "foo"
+    }
+}