diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8bba374..6c87fe7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Master
 
+### Enhancements
+
+- Added an optional second parameter to the `include` tag for passing a sub context to the included file.  
+  [Yonas Kolb](https://github.com/yonaskolb)
+  [#394](https://github.com/stencilproject/Stencil/pull/214)
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Fixed using quote as a filter parameter
diff --git a/Sources/Include.swift b/Sources/Include.swift
index cd9cc5c..560bb74 100644
--- a/Sources/Include.swift
+++ b/Sources/Include.swift
@@ -3,19 +3,21 @@ import PathKit
 
 class IncludeNode : NodeType {
   let templateName: Variable
+  let includeContext: String?
 
   class func parse(_ parser: TokenParser, token: Token) throws -> NodeType {
     let bits = token.components()
 
-    guard bits.count == 2 else {
-      throw TemplateSyntaxError("'include' tag takes one argument, the template file to be included")
+    guard bits.count == 2 || bits.count == 3 else {
+      throw TemplateSyntaxError("'include' tag requires one argument, the template file to be included. A second optional argument can be used to specify the context that will be passed to the included file")
     }
 
-    return IncludeNode(templateName: Variable(bits[1]))
+    return IncludeNode(templateName: Variable(bits[1]), includeContext: bits.count == 3 ? bits[2] : nil)
   }
 
-  init(templateName: Variable) {
+  init(templateName: Variable, includeContext: String? = nil) {
     self.templateName = templateName
+    self.includeContext = includeContext
   }
 
   func render(_ context: Context) throws -> String {
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ class IncludeNode : NodeType {
 
     let template = try context.environment.loadTemplate(name: templateName)
 
-    return try context.push {
+    let subContext = includeContext.flatMap { context[$0] as? [String: Any] }
+    return try context.push(dictionary: subContext) {
       return try template.render(context)
     }
   }
diff --git a/Tests/StencilTests/IncludeSpec.swift b/Tests/StencilTests/IncludeSpec.swift
index 0297896..1ad004f 100644
--- a/Tests/StencilTests/IncludeSpec.swift
+++ b/Tests/StencilTests/IncludeSpec.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func testInclude() {
         let tokens: [Token] = [ .block(value: "include") ]
         let parser = TokenParser(tokens: tokens, environment: Environment())
 
-        let error = TemplateSyntaxError("'include' tag takes one argument, the template file to be included")
+        let error = TemplateSyntaxError("'include' tag requires one argument, the template file to be included. A second optional argument can be used to specify the context that will be passed to the included file")
         try expect(try parser.parse()).toThrow(error)
       }
 
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ func testInclude() {
         let value = try node.render(context)
         try expect(value) == "Hello World!"
       }
+
+      $0.it("successfully passes context") {
+        let template = Template(templateString: "{% include \"test.html\" child %}")
+        let context = Context(dictionary: ["child": ["target": "World"]], environment: environment)
+        let value = try template.render(context)
+        try expect(value) == "Hello World!"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/docs/builtins.rst b/docs/builtins.rst
index 9d61eca..d4cc99a 100644
--- a/docs/builtins.rst
+++ b/docs/builtins.rst
@@ -260,6 +260,12 @@ You can include another template using the `include` tag.
 
     {% include "comment.html" %}
 
+By default the included file gets passed the current context. You can pass a sub context by using an optional 2nd parameter as a lookup in the current context.
+
+.. code-block:: html+django
+
+    {% include "comment.html" comment %}
+
 The `include` tag requires you to provide a loader which will be used to lookup
 the template.