diff --git a/site/site.go b/site/site.go
index 1766904..ea16367 100644
--- a/site/site.go
+++ b/site/site.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func Load(config config.Config) (*Site, error) {
 		Config:         config,
 		tags:           make(map[string][]map[string]interface{}),
 		data:           make(map[string]interface{}),
-		templateEngine: templates.NewEngine(config.SiteUrl),
+		templateEngine: templates.NewEngine(config.SiteUrl, config.IncludesDir),
 	}
 
 	if err := site.loadDataFiles(); err != nil {
diff --git a/templates/filters.go b/templates/filters.go
index 975c152..d08651a 100644
--- a/templates/filters.go
+++ b/templates/filters.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/url"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"time"
@@ -16,12 +18,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/osteele/liquid/evaluator"
 	"github.com/osteele/liquid/expressions"
 	"github.com/yuin/goldmark"
+
+	"github.com/osteele/liquid/render"
 )
 
 // a lot of the filters and tags available at jekyll aren't default liquid manually adding them here
 // copied from https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/blob/f1794a874890bfb601cae767a0cce15d672e9058/filters/filters.go
 // MIT License: https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/blob/f1794a874890bfb601cae767a0cce15d672e9058/LICENSE
-func loadJekyllFilters(e *liquid.Engine, siteUrl string) {
+func loadJekyllFilters(e *liquid.Engine, siteUrl string, includesDir string) {
 	e.RegisterFilter("filter", filter)
 	e.RegisterFilter("group_by", groupByFilter)
 	e.RegisterFilter("group_by_exp", groupByExpFilter)
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ func loadJekyllFilters(e *liquid.Engine, siteUrl string) {
 		return date.Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00")
 		// Out: 2008-11-07T13:07:54-08:00
 	})
+
+	e.RegisterTag("include", func(rc render.Context) (string, error) {
+		return includeFromDir(includesDir, rc)
+	})
 }
 
 func filter(values []map[string]interface{}, key string) []interface{} {
@@ -185,3 +193,20 @@ func whereFilter(array []map[string]interface{}, key string, value interface{})
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+func includeFromDir(dir string, rc render.Context) (string, error) {
+	argsline, err := rc.ExpandTagArg()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	args := strings.Split(argsline, " ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse error")
+	}
+
+	filename := filepath.Join(dir, args[0])
+	return rc.RenderFile(filename, map[string]interface{}{})
+}
diff --git a/templates/templates.go b/templates/templates.go
index 125cdad..dbcb057 100644
--- a/templates/templates.go
+++ b/templates/templates.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ type Template struct {
 
 // Create a new template engine, with custom liquid filters.
 // The `siteUrl` is necessary to provide context for the absolute_url filter.
-func NewEngine(siteUrl string) *Engine {
+func NewEngine(siteUrl string, includesDir string) *Engine {
 	e := liquid.NewEngine()
-	loadJekyllFilters(e, siteUrl)
+	loadJekyllFilters(e, siteUrl, includesDir)
 	return e
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/templates_test.go b/templates/templates_test.go
index 9ff7d01..223e12b 100644
--- a/templates/templates_test.go
+++ b/templates/templates_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 	file := newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 
 	assertEqual(t, templ.Metadata["title"], "my new post")
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ subtitle: a blog post
 	file := newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	_, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	_, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 
 	// not first thing in file, leaving as is
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 	file = newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	_, err = Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	_, err = Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 `
 	file := newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
-	_, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	_, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 
 	assertEqual(t, err.Error(), "front matter not closed")
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 
 	file = newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
-	_, err = Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	_, err = Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assert(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "invalid yaml"))
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 	file := newFile("test*.html", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 	ctx := map[string]interface{}{"page": templ.Metadata}
 	content, err := templ.Render(ctx)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 	file := newFile("test*.org", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 
 	content, err := templ.Render(nil)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ tags: ["software", "web"]
 	file := newFile("test*.md", input)
 	defer os.Remove(file.Name())
 
-	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev"), file.Name())
+	templ, err := Parse(NewEngine("https://olano.dev", "includes"), file.Name())
 	assertEqual(t, err, nil)
 
 	content, err := templ.Render(nil)