diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 87e6edd..7640d7a 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-ui-sortable",
-  "version": "0.14.0",
+  "version": "0.14.1",
   "description": "This directive allows you to jQueryUI Sortable.",
   "author": "https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-sortable/graphs/contributors",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ae2478..f2d8b50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-ui-sortable",
-  "version": "0.14.0",
+  "version": "0.14.1",
   "description": "This directive allows you to jQueryUI Sortable.",
   "author": "https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-sortable/graphs/contributors",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/sortable.js b/src/sortable.js
index 179e5a1..19f3770 100644
--- a/src/sortable.js
+++ b/src/sortable.js
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
           // return the index of ui.item among the items
           // we can't just do ui.item.index() because there it might have siblings
           // which are not items
-          function getItemIndex(ui) {
-            return ui.item.parent()
+          function getItemIndex(item) {
+            return item.parent()
               .find(opts['ui-model-items'])
-              .index(ui.item);
+              .index(item);
           }
 
           var opts = {};
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
               }
 
               // Save the starting position of dragged item
-              var index = getItemIndex(ui);
+              var index = getItemIndex(ui.item);
               ui.item.sortable = {
                 model: ngModel.$modelValue[index],
                 index: index,
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
               // update that happens when moving between lists because then
               // the value will be overwritten with the old value
               if(!ui.item.sortable.received) {
-                ui.item.sortable.dropindex = getItemIndex(ui);
+                ui.item.sortable.dropindex = getItemIndex(ui.item);
                 var droptarget = ui.item.parent();
                 ui.item.sortable.droptarget = droptarget;
 
@@ -431,7 +431,24 @@ angular.module('ui.sortable', [])
             wrappers.helper = function (inner) {
               if (inner && typeof inner === 'function') {
                 return function (e, item) {
+                  var oldItemSortable = item.sortable;
+                  var index = getItemIndex(item);
+                  item.sortable = {
+                    model: ngModel.$modelValue[index],
+                    index: index,
+                    source: item.parent(),
+                    sourceModel: ngModel.$modelValue,
+                    _restore: function () {
+                      angular.forEach(item.sortable, function(value, key) {
+                        item.sortable[key] = undefined;
+                      });
+
+                      item.sortable = oldItemSortable;
+                    }
+                  };
+
                   var innerResult = inner.apply(this, arguments);
+                  item.sortable._restore();
                   item.sortable._isCustomHelperUsed = item !== innerResult;
                   return innerResult;
                 };
diff --git a/test/sortable.e2e.callbacks.spec.js b/test/sortable.e2e.callbacks.spec.js
index a762106..9057388 100644
--- a/test/sortable.e2e.callbacks.spec.js
+++ b/test/sortable.e2e.callbacks.spec.js
@@ -457,6 +457,64 @@ describe('uiSortable', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should provide the item.sortable properties on helper callback', function() {
+      inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
+        var element, helperItem, itemSortable_Restore, sortableAfterRestore, helperCallbackExpectations;
+        element = $compile(''.concat(
+          '<ul ui-sortable="opts" ng-model="items">',
+          beforeLiElement,
+          '<li ng-repeat="item in items" id="s-{{$index}}">{{ item }}</li>',
+          afterLiElement +
+          '</ul>'))($rootScope);
+        $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+          $rootScope.opts = {
+            helper: function(e, item) {
+              helperItem = item;
+
+              var oldRestore = item.sortable._restore;
+              item.sortable._restore = function () {
+                oldRestore.apply(this, arguments);
+                // hold the value of the sortable object
+                // right after the _restore method completes
+                sortableAfterRestore = item.sortable;
+              };
+
+              spyOn(item.sortable, '_restore').and.callThrough();
+              itemSortable_Restore = item.sortable._restore;
+              helperCallbackExpectations(item.sortable);
+              return item.clone();
+            }
+          };
+          $rootScope.items = ['One', 'Two', 'Three'];
+        });
+
+        host.append(element);
+
+        $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        });
+
+        var li = element.find('[ng-repeat]:eq(0)');
+        var dy = (2 + EXTRA_DY_PERCENTAGE) * li.outerHeight();
+        helperCallbackExpectations = function(helperItemSortable) {
+          expect(helperItemSortable.model).toEqual('One');
+          expect(helperItemSortable.index).toEqual(0);
+          expect(helperItemSortable.source.length).toEqual(1);
+          expect(helperItemSortable.source[0]).toBe(host.children()[0]);
+          expect(helperItemSortable.sourceModel).toBe($rootScope.items);
+        };
+        li.simulate('drag', { dy: dy });
+        expect($rootScope.items).toEqual(['Two', 'Three', 'One']);
+        expect($rootScope.items).toEqual(listContent(element));
+        expect(itemSortable_Restore).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(hasUndefinedProperties(helperItem.sortable)).toBe(true);
+        // this happens after the update callback, so everything is udnefined
+        expect(typeof sortableAfterRestore).toBe('function');
+        helperItem = itemSortable_Restore = sortableAfterRestore = helperCallbackExpectations = undefined;
+
+        $(element).remove();
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should properly reset a deleted callback option', function() {
       inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
         var element, logsElement;