diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6f951b..7e5581f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ Replace your images with the `responsive_image` tag, specifying a path to the im
 {% responsive_image path: assets/my-file.jpg %}
 ```
 
-Any extra attributes will be passed to the template.
+You can override the template on a per-image basis by specifying the `template` attribute.
+
+```
+{% responsive_image path: assets/my-file.jpg template: _includes/another-template.html %}
+```
+
+Any extra attributes will be passed straight to the template as variables.
 
 ```
 {% responsive_image path: assets/image.jpg alt: "Lorem ipsum..." title: "Lorem ipsum..." %}
diff --git a/features/fixtures/_includes/custom-template.html b/features/fixtures/_includes/custom-template.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..668d293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/fixtures/_includes/custom-template.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ resized | map: 'width' }}
diff --git a/features/responsive-image.feature b/features/responsive-image.feature
index 3c7e14b..042caa3 100644
--- a/features/responsive-image.feature
+++ b/features/responsive-image.feature
@@ -57,3 +57,18 @@ Feature: Jekyll responsive-image tag
     And I should see "/assets/resized/test-200x100.png 200w" in "_site/index.html"
     And the file "assets/resized/test-100x50.png" should exist
     And the file "assets/resized/test-200x100.png" should exist
+
+  Scenario: Overriding the template
+    Given I have a responsive_image configuration with:
+      """
+        template: _includes/responsive-image.html
+        sizes:
+          - width: 100
+          - width: 200
+      """
+    And I have a file "index.html" with:
+      """
+      {% responsive_image path: assets/test.png template: _includes/custom-template.html %}
+      """
+    When I run Jekyll
+    Then I should see "100200" in "_site/index.html"
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/responsive_image.rb b/lib/jekyll/responsive_image.rb
index 58e9185..d31bc6d 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/responsive_image.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/responsive_image.rb
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ module Jekyll
         config['output_dir'] ||= 'assets/resized'
         config['sizes'] ||= []
 
+        @attributes['template'] ||= config['template']
         @attributes['resized'] = resize_image(@attributes['path'], config)
 
-        partial = File.read(config['template'])
+        partial = File.read(@attributes['template'])
         template = Liquid::Template.parse(partial)
 
         template.render!(@attributes)