diff --git a/src/template/lib.zig b/src/template/lib.zig
index 68ee360..ec9f130 100644
--- a/src/template/lib.zig
+++ b/src/template/lib.zig
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ const TemplateType = enum {
     root,
     for_block,
     if_block,
+    if_else_block,
 };
 
 const TemplateParseResult = struct {
@@ -166,6 +167,12 @@ fn parseTemplate(
                         .if_header => |header| {
                             if (i != tokens.len - 1 and tokens[i + 1] == .whitespace and cb.strip_after) i += 1;
                             const subtemplate = parseTemplate(tokens, i + 1, .if_block);
+                            i = subtemplate.new_idx;
+                            const else_subtemplate: ?TemplateParseResult = if (subtemplate.closing_block.?.block == .@"else")
+                                parseTemplate(tokens, i + 1, .if_else_block)
+                            else
+                                null;
+                            if (else_subtemplate) |sub| i = sub.new_idx;
                             items = items ++ [_]TemplateItem{.{
                                 .statement = .{
                                     .@"if" = .{
@@ -174,7 +181,6 @@ fn parseTemplate(
                                     },
                                 },
                             }};
-                            i = subtemplate.new_idx;
                         },
                         .for_header => |header| {
                             if (i != tokens.len - 1 and tokens[i + 1] == .whitespace and cb.strip_after) i += 1;
@@ -193,10 +199,14 @@ fn parseTemplate(
                             break cb
                         else
                             @compileError("Unexpected /for tag"),
-                        .end_if => if (template_type == .if_block)
+                        .end_if => if (template_type == .if_block or template_type == .if_else_block)
                             break cb
                         else
                             @compileError("Unexpected /if tag"),
+                        .@"else" => if (template_type == .if_block)
+                            break cb
+                        else
+                            @compileError("Unexpected #else tag"),
                     }
 
                     if (i != tokens.len - 1 and tokens[i] == .control_block) {
@@ -323,6 +333,7 @@ fn parseControlBlock(comptime tokens: ControlTokenIter) ParseResult(ControlToken
                         iter = result.new_iter;
                         break .{ .if_header = result.item };
                     },
+                    .@"else" => break .{ .@"else" = {} },
 
                     //else => @compileError("TODO"),
                 }
@@ -524,6 +535,7 @@ const ControlBlock = struct {
         end_for: void,
         if_header: IfHeader,
         end_if: void,
+        @"else": void,
     };
     block: Data,
     strip_before: bool,
@@ -533,6 +545,7 @@ const ControlBlock = struct {
 const Keyword = enum {
     @"for",
     @"if",
+    @"else",
 };
 
 const EndKeyword = enum {
diff --git a/src/template/test.tmp.html b/src/template/test.tmp.html
index 772be18..56e41a5 100644
--- a/src/template/test.tmp.html
+++ b/src/template/test.tmp.html
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
       {$b}:
       {= /for =}
       {= /for}
-      {#if .qux}qux!{#elif .quxx}quxx!{/if=}
+      {#if .qux}qux!{#else}!qux!{/if=}
+      {#if .quxx}quxx!{#else}!quxx!{/if}
     </section>
   </body>
 </html>