diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/application.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/application.py
index e6d14a754..a4fb7803c 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/application.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/application.py
@@ -2293,6 +2293,9 @@ def _render_object_templates(self, extra_vars):
             src_path = tpl_config["src_path"]
             with open(src_path) as f_in:
                 content = f_in.read()
+            extra_vars_wm = tpl_config.get("extra_vars")
+            if extra_vars_wm is not None:
+                extra_vars.update(extra_vars_wm)
             extra_vars_func_name = tpl_config.get("extra_vars_func_name")
             if extra_vars_func_name is not None:
                 extra_vars_func = getattr(obj, extra_vars_func_name)
diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/language/shared_language.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/language/shared_language.py
index 9f386ddae..57ca08aec 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/language/shared_language.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/language/shared_language.py
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ def register_template(
     src_name: str,
     dest_name: str,
     define_var: bool = True,
+    extra_vars: Optional[dict] = None,
     extra_vars_func: Optional[str] = None,
     output_perm=None,
 ):
@@ -505,8 +506,12 @@ def register_template(
         dest_name: The leaf name of the rendered output under the experiment
                    run directory.
         define_var: Controls if a variable named `name` should be defined.
+        extra_vars: If present, the variable dict is used as extra variables to
+                    render the template.
         extra_vars_func: If present, the name of the function to call to return
                          a dict of extra variables used to render the template.
+                         This option is combined together with and takes precedence
+                         over `extra_vars`, if both are present.
         output_perm: The chmod mask for the rendered output file.
     """
 
@@ -517,6 +522,7 @@ def _define_template(obj):
             "src_name": src_name,
             "dest_name": dest_name,
             "var_name": var_name,
+            "extra_vars": extra_vars,
             "extra_vars_func_name": extra_vars_func_name,
             "output_perm": output_perm,
         }
diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/test/end_to_end/test_template.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/test/end_to_end/test_template.py
index a94b25a08..a2f5ad694 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/test/end_to_end/test_template.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/test/end_to_end/test_template.py
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ def test_template():
     assert os.path.isfile(script_path)
     with open(script_path) as f:
         content = f.read()
+        assert "echo foobar" in content
         assert "echo hello santa" in content
+        assert "echo not_exist" not in content
     execute_path = os.path.join(run_dir, "execute_experiment")
     with open(execute_path) as f:
         content = f.read()
diff --git a/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/application.py b/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/application.py
index 6493f8183..9a48807d8 100644
--- a/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/application.py
+++ b/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/application.py
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ class Template(ExecutableApplication):
         name="bar",
         src_name="bar.tpl",
         dest_name="bar.sh",
+        # The `dynamic_hello_world` will be overridden by `_bar_vars`
+        extra_vars={
+            "dynamic_var1": "foobar",
+            "dynamic_hello_world": "not_exist",
+        },
         extra_vars_func="bar_vars",
     )
 
diff --git a/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/bar.tpl b/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/bar.tpl
index fc8265c25..7979e2ef8 100644
--- a/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/bar.tpl
+++ b/var/ramble/repos/builtin.mock/applications/template/bar.tpl
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+echo {dynamic_var1}
 echo {dynamic_hello_world}