diff --git a/docs/template.md b/docs/template.md
index 19c1a19..1f775ac 100644
--- a/docs/template.md
+++ b/docs/template.md
@@ -155,3 +155,15 @@ This is very useful when creating menus; Instead of relying on hardcoded values,
 on *the same URI level*, one can create links such as `<a href="{{-uri-2}}meow">(...)</a>`, which will always
 resolve to the same file; This eliminates a whole class of bugs where trailing slashes would break some
 poorly-written relative URLs.
+
+## Set statement
+
+| | |
+| --- | --- |
+| In the template | `{{-set-<name>}}` |
+| In the code | n/a |
+| Notes | Very simple, processed out of order, nesting in conditional statements will not work. |
+
+If `{{-set-<name>}}` exists anywhere within your processed template (including the included templates),
+`array[?<name>]` will get set internally. This can be used to conditionally enable parts of another template
+based on what other templates are loaded.
diff --git a/src/template.sh b/src/template.sh
index 42270b2..f2b7a4b 100755
--- a/src/template.sh
+++ b/src/template.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ function render() {
 		buf+="${subtemplate}"
 	fi
 
+	# process special set statements
+	if [[ "$template"$'\n'"$garbage" == *'{{-set-'* ]]; then
+		while read key; do
+			ref["?$key"]=_
+		done <<< "$(grep -Poh '{{-set-\K(.*?)(?=}})' <<< "$template")"
+	fi
+
 	local key
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	for key in ${!ref[@]}; do