diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index a7c719e8..f91222cd 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ import (
 var (
 	beegoTplFuncMap = make(template.FuncMap)
 	// beeTemplates caching map and supported template file extensions.
-	beeTemplates  = make(map[string]*template.Template)
+	beeTemplates  = make(map[string]TemplateRenderer)
 	templatesLock sync.RWMutex
 	// beeTemplateExt stores the template extension which will build
 	beeTemplateExt = []string{"tpl", "html"}
+	// beeTemplatePreprocessors stores associations of extension -> preprocessor handler
+	beeTemplateEngines = map[string]templateHandler{}
 )
 
 func executeTemplate(wr io.Writer, name string, data interface{}) error {
@@ -89,6 +91,10 @@ func AddFuncMap(key string, fn interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type templateHandler func(root, path string, funcs template.FuncMap) (TemplateRenderer, error)
+type TemplateRenderer interface {
+	ExecuteTemplate(wr io.Writer, name string, data interface{}) error
+}
 type templateFile struct {
 	root  string
 	files map[string][]string
@@ -157,11 +163,20 @@ func BuildTemplate(dir string, files ...string) error {
 		fmt.Printf("filepath.Walk() returned %v\n", err)
 		return err
 	}
+	buildAllFiles := len(files) == 0
 	for _, v := range self.files {
 		for _, file := range v {
-			if len(files) == 0 || utils.InSlice(file, files) {
+			if buildAllFiles || utils.InSlice(file, files) {
 				templatesLock.Lock()
-				t, err := getTemplate(self.root, file, v...)
+				ext := filepath.Ext(file)
+				var t TemplateRenderer
+				if len(ext) == 0 {
+					t, err = getTemplate(self.root, file, v...)
+				} else if fn, ok := beeTemplateEngines[ext[1:]]; ok {
+					t, err = fn(self.root, file, beegoTplFuncMap)
+				} else {
+					t, err = getTemplate(self.root, file, v...)
+				}
 				if err != nil {
 					logs.Trace("parse template err:", file, err)
 				} else {
@@ -306,3 +321,9 @@ func DelStaticPath(url string) *App {
 	delete(BConfig.WebConfig.StaticDir, url)
 	return BeeApp
 }
+
+func AddTemplateEngine(extension string, fn templateHandler) *App {
+	AddTemplateExt(extension)
+	beeTemplateEngines[extension] = fn
+	return BeeApp
+}