diff --git a/packer/core.go b/packer/core.go
index 4c4292ca7..cabf10359 100644
--- a/packer/core.go
+++ b/packer/core.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (c *Core) BuildNames() []string {
 // Build returns the Build object for the given name.
 func (c *Core) Build(n string) (Build, error) {
 	// Setup the builder
-	configBuilder, ok := c.template.Builders[n]
+	configBuilder, ok := c.builds[n]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no such build found: %s", n)
 	}
diff --git a/packer/core_test.go b/packer/core_test.go
index 5935b1407..31ee34218 100644
--- a/packer/core_test.go
+++ b/packer/core_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,48 @@ func TestCoreBuild_basic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCoreBuild_basicInterpolated(t *testing.T) {
+	config := TestCoreConfig(t)
+	testCoreTemplate(t, config, fixtureDir("build-basic-interpolated.json"))
+	b := TestBuilder(t, config, "test")
+	core := TestCore(t, config)
+
+	b.ArtifactId = "hello"
+
+	build, err := core.Build("NAME")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := build.Prepare(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	artifact, err := build.Run(nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if len(artifact) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", artifact)
+	}
+
+	if artifact[0].Id() != b.ArtifactId {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %s", artifact[0].Id())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCoreBuild_nonExist(t *testing.T) {
+	config := TestCoreConfig(t)
+	testCoreTemplate(t, config, fixtureDir("build-basic.json"))
+	TestBuilder(t, config, "test")
+	core := TestCore(t, config)
+
+	_, err := core.Build("nope")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should error")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCoreValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		File string
diff --git a/packer/test-fixtures/build-basic-interpolated.json b/packer/test-fixtures/build-basic-interpolated.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c70677c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/test-fixtures/build-basic-interpolated.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "builders": [{
+        "name": "{{upper `name`}}",
+        "type": "test"
+    }]
+}