diff --git a/src/template/lib.zig b/src/template/lib.zig
index 1c33d22..029d921 100644
--- a/src/template/lib.zig
+++ b/src/template/lib.zig
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ fn evaluateExpression(
 }
 
 fn AddCapture(comptime Root: type, comptime name: []const u8, comptime Val: type) type {
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, "_")) return Root;
     var fields = std.meta.fields(Root) ++ [_]std.builtin.Type.StructField{.{
         .name = name,
         .field_type = Val,
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ fn AddCapture(comptime Root: type, comptime name: []const u8, comptime Val: type
 }
 
 fn addCapture(root: anytype, comptime name: []const u8, val: anytype) AddCapture(@TypeOf(root), name, @TypeOf(val)) {
+    if (comptime std.mem.eql(u8, name, "_")) return root;
     var result = std.mem.zeroInit(AddCapture(@TypeOf(root), name, @TypeOf(val)), root);
     @field(result, name) = val;
     return result;
diff --git a/src/template/test.tmp.html b/src/template/test.tmp.html
index ef41e35..f6e12b3 100644
--- a/src/template/test.tmp.html
+++ b/src/template/test.tmp.html
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
       {#if .maybe_foo |$v|}{$v}{#else}null{/if}
       {#if .maybe_bar |$v|}{$v}{#else}null{/if}
+      {#if .maybe_foo |$_|}abcd{#else}null{/if}
 
       <template>{#template test_tmpl .bar}</template>