diff --git a/src/builder.rs b/src/builder.rs
index 83c5ca4..996fd24 100644
--- a/src/builder.rs
+++ b/src/builder.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use encoder::Error;
+use crate::Template;
+
 use super::{Data, to_data};
 
 /// `MapBuilder` is a helper type that construct `Data` types.
@@ -150,6 +152,21 @@ impl MapBuilder {
         MapBuilder { data: data }
     }
 
+    /// Adds a template to the `MapBuilder`.
+    /// 
+    /// ```rust
+    /// use mustache::{MapBuilder, compile_str};
+    /// let user_template = compile_str("<strong>{{username}}</strong>").unwrap();
+    /// let data = MapBuilder::new()
+    ///     .insert_template("user", user_template)
+    ///     .build();
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn insert_template<K: ToString>(mut self, key: K, value: Template) -> MapBuilder {
+        self.data.insert(key.to_string(), Data::Template(value));
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Return the built `Data`.
     #[inline]
     pub fn build(self) -> Data {
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index dbb7b20..b452dea 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ use std::fmt;
 // for bug!
 use log::{log, error};
 
+use crate::Template;
+
 pub enum Data {
     Null,
     String(String),
     Bool(bool),
     Vec(Vec<Data>),
     Map(HashMap<String, Data>),
+    Template(Template),
     Fun(RefCell<Box<dyn FnMut(String) -> String + Send>>),
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Data {
             Data::Bool(v) => write!(f, "Bool({:?})", v),
             Data::Vec(ref v) => write!(f, "VecVal({:?})", v),
             Data::Map(ref v) => write!(f, "Map({:?})", v),
+            Data::Template(ref v) => write!(f, "Template({:?})", v),
             Data::Fun(_) => write!(f, "Fun(...)"),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index 49be26a..2c7c1c2 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ impl<'a> RenderContext<'a> {
                         self.render(wr, stack, children)?;
                         stack.pop();
                     }
+                    Data::Template(_) => {}
                     Data::Fun(ref fcell) => {
                         let f = &mut *fcell.borrow_mut();
                         let tokens = self.render_fun(src, otag, ctag, f)?;
@@ -291,9 +292,16 @@ impl<'a> RenderContext<'a> {
                                 stack: &mut Vec<&Data>,
                                 name: &str,
                                 indent: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        match self.template.partials.get(name) {
+        match self
+            .find(&[name], stack)
+            .and_then(|d| match d {
+                Data::Template(t) => Some(&t.tokens),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .or_else(|| self.template.partials.get(name))
+        {
             None => (),
-            Some(ref tokens) => {
+            Some(tokens) => {
                 let mut indent = self.indent.clone() + indent;
 
                 mem::swap(&mut self.indent, &mut indent);
@@ -323,7 +331,7 @@ impl<'a> RenderContext<'a> {
         Ok(tokens)
     }
 
-    fn find<'c>(&self, path: &[String], stack: &mut Vec<&'c Data>) -> Option<&'c Data> {
+    fn find<'c>(&self, path: &[impl AsRef<str>], stack: &mut Vec<&'c Data>) -> Option<&'c Data> {
         // If we have an empty path, we just want the top value in our stack.
         if path.is_empty() {
             match stack.last() {
@@ -342,7 +350,7 @@ impl<'a> RenderContext<'a> {
         for data in stack.iter().rev() {
             match **data {
                 Data::Map(ref m) => {
-                    if let Some(v) = m.get(&path[0]) {
+                    if let Some(v) = m.get(path[0].as_ref()) {
                         value = Some(v);
                         break;
                     }
@@ -362,7 +370,7 @@ impl<'a> RenderContext<'a> {
         for part in path[1..].iter() {
             match *value {
                 Data::Map(ref m) => {
-                    match m.get(part) {
+                    match m.get(part.as_ref()) {
                         Some(v) => {
                             value = v;
                         }
diff --git a/tests/template.rs b/tests/template.rs
index f6053a9..4422bee 100644
--- a/tests/template.rs
+++ b/tests/template.rs
@@ -431,6 +431,15 @@ fn assert_partials_data(template: Template) {
     assert_eq!(render_data(&template, &Data::Map(ctx0)),
                "<h2>Names</h2>\n  <strong>a</strong>\n\n".to_string());
 
+    let mut ctx0 = HashMap::new();
+    let mut ctx1 = HashMap::new();
+    ctx1.insert("name".to_string(), Data::String("a".to_string()));
+    ctx0.insert("names".to_string(), Data::Vec(vec![Data::Map(ctx1)]));
+    let user_partial = compile_str("<span>{{>username}}</span>\n");
+    ctx0.insert("user".to_string(), Data::Template(user_partial));
+    assert_eq!(render_data(&template, &Data::Map(ctx0)),
+                "<h2>Names</h2>\n  <span>a</span>\n\n".to_string());
+
     let mut ctx0 = HashMap::new();
     let mut ctx1 = HashMap::new();
     ctx1.insert("name".to_string(), Data::String("a".to_string()));