diff --git a/src/template/lib.zig b/src/template/lib.zig
index a77d3f1..1c33d22 100644
--- a/src/template/lib.zig
+++ b/src/template/lib.zig
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             .bar = .{ .x = "x" },
             .qux = false,
             .quxx = true,
+            .maybe_foo = @as(?[]const u8, "foo"),
+            .maybe_bar = @as(?[]const u8, null),
         },
         .{
             .context_foo = "foo",
@@ -83,9 +85,33 @@ fn executeStatement(
         .@"if" => |if_stmt| {
             const condition = evaluateExpression(if_stmt.header.condition, args, captures, context);
             const subtemplate = if_stmt.subtemplate;
-            if (condition) {
-                try executeTemplate(writer, templates, subtemplate, args, captures, context);
+            var was_true: bool = false;
+            if (if_stmt.header.capture) |capture| {
+                if (condition) |val| {
+                    was_true = true;
+                    try executeTemplate(
+                        writer,
+                        templates,
+                        subtemplate,
+                        args,
+                        addCapture(captures, capture, val),
+                        context,
+                    );
+                }
             } else {
+                if (condition) {
+                    was_true = true;
+                    try executeTemplate(
+                        writer,
+                        templates,
+                        subtemplate,
+                        args,
+                        captures,
+                        context,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            if (!was_true) {
                 if (if_stmt.else_branch) |branch| switch (branch) {
                     .@"else" => |subtmpl| try executeTemplate(writer, templates, subtmpl, args, captures, context),
                     .elif => |elif| try executeStatement(writer, templates, .{ .@"if" = elif.* }, args, captures, context),
@@ -359,6 +385,7 @@ fn parseTemplateTokens(comptime tokens: ControlTokenIter) []const TemplateToken
             .slash => items = items ++ [_]TemplateToken{.{ .text = "/" }},
             .equals => items = items ++ [_]TemplateToken{.{ .text = "=" }},
             .at => items = items ++ [_]TemplateToken{.{ .text = "@" }},
+            .comma => items = items ++ [_]TemplateToken{.{ .text = "," }},
         };
 
         return items;
@@ -551,15 +578,62 @@ fn parseForHeader(comptime tokens: ControlTokenIter) ParseResult(ControlTokenIte
     }
 }
 
+fn tryParseCapture(comptime tokens: ControlTokenIter) ?ParseResult(ControlTokenIter, []const []const u8) {
+    comptime {
+        var iter = tokens;
+
+        iter = skipWhitespace(iter);
+        if ((iter.next() orelse return null) != .pipe) return null;
+        iter = skipWhitespace(iter);
+        var captures: []const []const u8 = &.{};
+        while (true) {
+            if ((iter.next() orelse return null) != .dollar) return null;
+            iter = skipWhitespace(iter);
+            const name = switch (iter.next() orelse return null) {
+                .text => |text| text,
+                else => return null,
+            };
+            iter = skipWhitespace(iter);
+            captures = captures ++ &[_][]const u8{name};
+
+            switch (iter.next() orelse return null) {
+                .pipe => break,
+                .comma => {},
+                else => return null,
+            }
+            iter = skipWhitespace(iter);
+        }
+
+        return .{
+            .new_iter = iter,
+            .item = captures,
+        };
+    }
+}
+
 fn parseIfHeader(comptime tokens: ControlTokenIter) ParseResult(ControlTokenIter, IfHeader) {
     comptime {
         const condition = parseExpression(tokens);
         var iter = condition.new_iter;
 
+        const captures = tryParseCapture(iter);
+        if (captures) |cap| {
+            if (cap.item.len == 1) {
+                return .{
+                    .new_iter = cap.new_iter,
+                    .item = IfHeader{
+                        .condition = condition.item,
+                        .capture = cap.item[0],
+                    },
+                };
+            } else @compileError("Only one capture allowed for if statements");
+        }
+
         return .{
             .new_iter = iter,
             .item = .{
                 .condition = condition.item,
+                .capture = null,
             },
         };
     }
@@ -657,6 +731,7 @@ const CallTemplate = struct {
 
 const IfHeader = struct {
     condition: Expression,
+    capture: ?[]const u8,
 };
 
 const Statement = union(enum) {
@@ -707,6 +782,7 @@ const ControlToken = union(enum) {
     slash: void,
     equals: void,
     at: void,
+    comma: void,
 };
 
 const ControlTokenIter = struct {
@@ -737,6 +813,7 @@ const ControlTokenIter = struct {
             '/' => return .{ .slash = {} },
             '=' => return .{ .equals = {} },
             '@' => return .{ .at = {} },
+            ',' => return .{ .comma = {} },
             ' ', '\t', '\n', '\r' => {
                 var idx: usize = 0;
                 while (idx < remaining.len and std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, " \t\n\r", remaining[idx]) != null) : (idx += 1) {}
diff --git a/src/template/test.tmp.html b/src/template/test.tmp.html
index 0922607..ef41e35 100644
--- a/src/template/test.tmp.html
+++ b/src/template/test.tmp.html
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
         neither
       {=/if}
 
+      {#if .maybe_foo |$v|}{$v}{#else}null{/if}
+      {#if .maybe_bar |$v|}{$v}{#else}null{/if}
+
       <template>{#template test_tmpl .bar}</template>
 
       {@context_foo}