diff --git a/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Include.swift b/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Include.swift
index 647af38..a5added 100644
--- a/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Include.swift
+++ b/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Include.swift
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ import PathKit
 
 
 public class IncludeNode : NodeType {
-  public let templateName: String
+  public let templateName: Variable
 
   public class func parse(parser: TokenParser, token: Token) throws -> NodeType {
-    let bits = token.contents.characters.split("\"", allowEmptySlices: true).map(String.init)
+    let bits = token.components()
 
-    guard bits.count == 3 else {
+    guard bits.count == 2 else {
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("'include' tag takes one argument, the template file to be included")
     }
 
-    return IncludeNode(templateName: bits[1])
+    return IncludeNode(templateName: Variable(bits[1]))
   }
 
-  public init(templateName: String) {
+  public init(templateName: Variable) {
     self.templateName = templateName
   }
 
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ public class IncludeNode : NodeType {
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("Template loader not in context")
     }
 
+    guard let templateName = try self.templateName.resolve(context) as? String else {
+      throw TemplateSyntaxError("'\(self.templateName)' could not be resolved as a string")
+    }
+
     guard let template = loader.loadTemplate(templateName) else {
       let paths = loader.paths.map { $0.description }.joinWithSeparator(", ")
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("'\(templateName)' template not found in \(paths)")
diff --git a/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Inheritence.swift b/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Inheritence.swift
index 51342ea..f1efa28 100644
--- a/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Inheritence.swift
+++ b/Stencil/TemplateLoader/Inheritence.swift
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ extension CollectionType {
 
 
 class ExtendsNode : NodeType {
-  let templateName: String
+  let templateName: Variable
   let blocks: [String:BlockNode]
 
   class func parse(parser: TokenParser, token: Token) throws -> NodeType {
-    let bits = token.contents.componentsSeparatedByString("\"")
+    let bits = token.components()
 
-    guard bits.count == 3 else {
+    guard bits.count == 2 else {
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("'extends' takes one argument, the template file to be extended")
     }
 
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ class ExtendsNode : NodeType {
       return dict
     }
 
-    return ExtendsNode(templateName: bits[1], blocks: nodes)
+    return ExtendsNode(templateName: Variable(bits[1]), blocks: nodes)
   }
 
-  init(templateName: String, blocks: [String:BlockNode]) {
+  init(templateName: Variable, blocks: [String: BlockNode]) {
     self.templateName = templateName
     self.blocks = blocks
   }
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class ExtendsNode : NodeType {
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("Template loader not in context")
     }
 
+    guard let templateName = try self.templateName.resolve(context) as? String else {
+      throw TemplateSyntaxError("'\(self.templateName)' could not be resolved as a string")
+    }
+
     guard let template = loader.loadTemplate(templateName) else {
       let paths:String = loader.paths.map { $0.description }.joinWithSeparator(", ")
       throw TemplateSyntaxError("'\(templateName)' template not found in \(paths)")
diff --git a/StencilSpecs/TemplateLoader/IncludeSpec.swift b/StencilSpecs/TemplateLoader/IncludeSpec.swift
index 80edb85..6a0c7e9 100644
--- a/StencilSpecs/TemplateLoader/IncludeSpec.swift
+++ b/StencilSpecs/TemplateLoader/IncludeSpec.swift
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ describe("Include") {
       let nodes = try parser.parse()
       let node = nodes.first as? IncludeNode
       try expect(nodes.count) == 1
-      try expect(node?.templateName) == "test.html"
+      try expect(node?.templateName) == Variable("\"test.html\"")
     }
   }
 
   $0.describe("rendering") {
     $0.it("throws an error when rendering without a loader") {
-      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: "test.html")
+      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: Variable("\"test.html\""))
 
       do {
         try node.render(Context())
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe("Include") {
     }
 
     $0.it("throws an error when it cannot find the included template") {
-      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: "unknown.html")
+      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: Variable("\"unknown.html\""))
 
       do {
         try node.render(Context(dictionary: ["loader": loader]))
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("Include") {
     }
 
     $0.it("successfully renders a found included template") {
-      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: "test.html")
+      let node = IncludeNode(templateName: Variable("\"test.html\""))
       let context = Context(dictionary: ["loader":loader, "target": "World"])
       let value = try node.render(context)
       try expect(value) == "Hello World!"