diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XPathNavigatorExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XPathNavigatorExtensions.cs
index 51b387b981..3839327e9c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XPathNavigatorExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XPathNavigatorExtensions.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,34 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Xml
             if (variables == null || variables.Length == 0 || variables[0] == null)
                 return navigator.Select(expression);
 
-            var compiled = navigator.Compile(expression);
+            // Reflector shows that the standard XPathNavigator.Compile method just does
+            //   return XPathExpression.Compile(xpath);
+            // only difference is, XPathNavigator.Compile is virtual so it could be overriden
+            // by a class inheriting from XPathNavigator... there does not seem to be any
+            // doing it in the Framework, though... so we'll assume it's much cleaner to use
+            // the static compile:
+            var compiled = XPathExpression.Compile(expression);
+
+            var context = new DynamicContext();
+            foreach (var variable in variables)
+                context.AddVariable(variable.Name, variable.Value);
+            compiled.SetContext(context);
+            return navigator.Select(compiled);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Selects a node set, using the specified XPath expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="navigator">A source XPathNavigator.</param>
+        /// <param name="expression">An XPath expression.</param>
+        /// <param name="variables">A set of XPathVariables.</param>
+        /// <returns>An iterator over the nodes matching the specified expression.</returns>
+        public static XPathNodeIterator Select(this XPathNavigator navigator, XPathExpression expression, params XPathVariable[] variables)
+        {
+            if (variables == null || variables.Length == 0 || variables[0] == null)
+                return navigator.Select(expression);
+
+            var compiled = expression.Clone(); // clone for thread-safety
             var context = new DynamicContext();
             foreach (var variable in variables)
                 context.AddVariable(variable.Name, variable.Value);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XmlNodeExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XmlNodeExtensions.cs
index e6021f28d6..1af6ee0983 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XmlNodeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Xml/XmlNodeExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.XPath;
 
 // source: mvpxml.codeplex.com
 
@@ -29,6 +30,24 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Xml
             return SelectNodes(source, expression, av);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Selects a list of XmlNode matching an XPath expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">A source XmlNode.</param>
+        /// <param name="expression">An XPath expression.</param>
+        /// <param name="variables">A set of XPathVariables.</param>
+        /// <returns>The list of XmlNode matching the XPath expression.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>If <param name="variables" /> is <c>null</c>, or is empty, or contains only one single
+        /// value which itself is <c>null</c>, then variables are ignored.</para>
+        /// <para>The XPath expression should reference variables as <c>$var</c>.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static XmlNodeList SelectNodes(this XmlNode source, XPathExpression expression, IEnumerable<XPathVariable> variables)
+        {
+            var av = variables == null ? null : variables.ToArray();
+            return SelectNodes(source, expression, av);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Selects a list of XmlNode matching an XPath expression.
         /// </summary>
@@ -50,6 +69,27 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Xml
 			return XmlNodeListFactory.CreateNodeList(iterator);
 		}
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Selects a list of XmlNode matching an XPath expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">A source XmlNode.</param>
+        /// <param name="expression">An XPath expression.</param>
+        /// <param name="variables">A set of XPathVariables.</param>
+        /// <returns>The list of XmlNode matching the XPath expression.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>If <param name="variables" /> is <c>null</c>, or is empty, or contains only one single
+        /// value which itself is <c>null</c>, then variables are ignored.</para>
+        /// <para>The XPath expression should reference variables as <c>$var</c>.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static XmlNodeList SelectNodes(this XmlNode source, XPathExpression expression, params XPathVariable[] variables)
+        {
+            if (variables == null || variables.Length == 0 || variables[0] == null)
+                return source.SelectNodes(expression);
+
+            var iterator = source.CreateNavigator().Select(expression, variables);
+            return XmlNodeListFactory.CreateNodeList(iterator);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Selects the first XmlNode that matches an XPath expression.
         /// </summary>
@@ -67,7 +107,25 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Xml
             var av = variables == null ? null : variables.ToArray();
             return SelectSingleNode(source, expression, av);
         }
-        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Selects the first XmlNode that matches an XPath expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">A source XmlNode.</param>
+        /// <param name="expression">An XPath expression.</param>
+        /// <param name="variables">A set of XPathVariables.</param>
+        /// <returns>The first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>If <param name="variables" /> is <c>null</c>, or is empty, or contains only one single
+        /// value which itself is <c>null</c>, then variables are ignored.</para>
+        /// <para>The XPath expression should reference variables as <c>$var</c>.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static XmlNode SelectSingleNode(this XmlNode source, XPathExpression expression, IEnumerable<XPathVariable> variables)
+        {
+            var av = variables == null ? null : variables.ToArray();
+            return SelectSingleNode(source, expression, av);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Selects the first XmlNode that matches an XPath expression.
         /// </summary>
@@ -87,5 +145,25 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Xml
             
             return SelectNodes(source, expression, variables).Cast<XmlNode>().FirstOrDefault();
 		}
-	}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Selects the first XmlNode that matches an XPath expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">A source XmlNode.</param>
+        /// <param name="expression">An XPath expression.</param>
+        /// <param name="variables">A set of XPathVariables.</param>
+        /// <returns>The first XmlNode that matches the XPath expression.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <para>If <param name="variables" /> is <c>null</c>, or is empty, or contains only one single
+        /// value which itself is <c>null</c>, then variables are ignored.</para>
+        /// <para>The XPath expression should reference variables as <c>$var</c>.</para>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static XmlNode SelectSingleNode(this XmlNode source, XPathExpression expression, params XPathVariable[] variables)
+        {
+            if (variables == null || variables.Length == 0 || variables[0] == null)
+                return source.SelectSingleNode(expression);
+
+            return SelectNodes(source, expression, variables).Cast<XmlNode>().FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/CoreXml/FrameworkXmlTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/CoreXml/FrameworkXmlTests.cs
index 7ac4af2d20..a7cb581eed 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/CoreXml/FrameworkXmlTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/CoreXml/FrameworkXmlTests.cs
@@ -213,5 +213,27 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.CoreXml
 
             Assert.AreEqual(5, count);
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void OldFrameworkXPathBugIsFixed()
+        {
+            // see http://bytes.com/topic/net/answers/177129-reusing-xpathexpression-multiple-iterations
+
+            var doc = new XmlDocument();
+            doc.LoadXml("<root><a><a1/><a2/></a><b/></root>");
+
+            var nav = doc.CreateNavigator();
+            var expr = nav.Compile("*");
+
+            nav.MoveToFirstChild(); //root
+            var iter1 = nav.Select(expr);
+            iter1.MoveNext(); //root/a
+            var iter2 = iter1.Current.Select(expr);
+            iter2.MoveNext(); // /root/a/a1
+            iter2.MoveNext(); // /root/a/a2
+
+            // used to fail because iter1 and iter2 would conflict
+            Assert.IsTrue(iter1.MoveNext()); //root/b
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/ContextualPublishedCacheExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/ContextualPublishedCacheExtensions.cs
index 2a75c79c14..b2fb9089c4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/ContextualPublishedCacheExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/ContextualPublishedCacheExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.XPath;
 using Umbraco.Core.Dynamics;
 using Umbraco.Core.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models;
@@ -36,6 +37,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             return content == null ? new DynamicNull() : new DynamicPublishedContent(content).AsDynamic();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a dynamic content resulting from an XPath query.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="cache">The contextual cache.</param>
+        /// <param name="xpath">The XPath query.</param>
+        /// <param name="vars">Optional XPath variables</param>
+        /// <returns>The dynamic content, or null.</returns>
+        public static dynamic GetDynamicSingleByXPath(this ContextualPublishedContentCache cache, XPathExpression xpath, params XPathVariable[] vars)
+        {
+            var content = cache.GetSingleByXPath(xpath, vars);
+            return content == null ? new DynamicNull() : new DynamicPublishedContent(content).AsDynamic();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets dynamic contents resulting from an XPath query.
         /// </summary>
@@ -49,6 +63,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             return new DynamicPublishedContentList(content.Select(c => new DynamicPublishedContent(c)));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets dynamic contents resulting from an XPath query.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="cache">The contextual cache.</param>
+        /// <param name="xpath">The XPath query.</param>
+        /// <param name="vars">Optional XPath variables</param>
+        /// <returns>The dynamic contents.</returns>
+        public static dynamic GetDynamicByXPath(this ContextualPublishedContentCache cache, XPathExpression xpath, params XPathVariable[] vars)
+        {
+            var content = cache.GetByXPath(xpath, vars);
+            return new DynamicPublishedContentList(content.Select(c => new DynamicPublishedContent(c)));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets dynamic contents at root.
         /// </summary>