diff --git a/lib/MojoX/Renderer/TT.pm b/lib/MojoX/Renderer/TT.pm
index 328ff43..3e31ce7 100644
--- a/lib/MojoX/Renderer/TT.pm
+++ b/lib/MojoX/Renderer/TT.pm
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ sub AUTOLOAD {
 
     $method = (split '::' => $method)[-1];
 
+    die qq/Unknown helper: $method/ unless $self->ctx->app->renderer->helper->{$method};
+
     return $self->ctx->helper($method => @_);
 }
 
diff --git a/t/lite_app.t b/t/lite_app.t
index 45e0482..9fc0494 100644
--- a/t/lite_app.t
+++ b/t/lite_app.t
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use utf8;
 
-use Test::More tests => 19;
+use Test::More tests => 22;
 
 use Mojolicious::Lite;
 use Mojo::ByteStream 'b';
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ get '/unicode' => 'unicode';
 
 get '/helpers' => 'helpers';
 
+get '/unknown_helper' => 'unknown_helper';
+
 get '/on-disk' => 'foo';
 
 get '/foo/:message' => 'index';
@@ -50,7 +52,10 @@ $t->get_ok('/with_wrapper')->content_is("wrapped\n\n\n");
 $t->get_ok('/unicode')->content_is(b("привет")->encode('UTF-8')->to_string . "\n\n");
 
 # Helpers
-$t->get_ok('/helpers')->content_is("/helpers\n");
+$t->get_ok('/helpers')->content_is("/helpers\n\n");
+
+# Unknown helper
+$t->get_ok('/unknown_helper')->status_is(500)->content_like(qr//);
 
 # On Disk
 $t->get_ok('/on-disk')->content_is("4\n");
@@ -86,3 +91,6 @@ w[% content %]d
 
 @@ helpers.html.tt
 [% h.url_for('helpers') %]
+
+@@ unknown_helper.html.tt
+[% h.unknown_helper('foo') %]