diff --git a/bin/rocco b/bin/rocco
index 8814ee4..8684804 100755
--- a/bin/rocco
+++ b/bin/rocco
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #/   -c, --comment-chars=<chars>
 #/                          The string to recognize as a comment marker
 #/   -o, --output=<dir>     Directory where generated HTML files are written
+#/   -t, --template=<path>  The file to use as template when rendering HTML
 #/       --help             Show this help message
 
 require 'optparse'
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ ARGV.options { |o|
   o.on("-o", "--output=DIR") { |dir| output_dir = dir }
   o.on("-l", "--language=LANG") { |lang| options[:language] = lang }
   o.on("-c", "--comment-chars=CHARS") { |chars| options[:comment_chars] = Regexp.escape(chars) }
+  o.on("-t", "--template=TEMPLATE") { |template| options[:template_file] = template }
   o.on_tail("-h", "--help") { usage($stdout, 0) }
   o.parse!
 } or abort_with_note
diff --git a/lib/rocco.rb b/lib/rocco.rb
index 655d6c4..7abda79 100644
--- a/lib/rocco.rb
+++ b/lib/rocco.rb
@@ -82,10 +82,12 @@ class Rocco
     defaults = {
       :language      => 'ruby',
       :comment_chars => '#',
+      :template_file => nil
     }
     @options = defaults.merge(options)
     @sources = sources
     @comment_pattern = Regexp.new("^\\s*#{@options[:comment_chars]}\s?")
+    @template_file = @options[:template_file]
     @sections = highlight(split(parse(@data)))
   end
 
@@ -102,10 +104,14 @@ class Rocco
   # for building an index of other files.
   attr_reader :sources
 
+  # An absolute path to a file that ought be used as a template for the
+  # HTML-rendered documentation.
+  attr_reader :template_file
+
   # Generate HTML output for the entire document.
   require 'rocco/layout'
   def to_html
-    Rocco::Layout.new(self).render
+    Rocco::Layout.new(self, @template_file).render
   end
 
   #### Internal Parsing and Highlighting
diff --git a/lib/rocco/layout.rb b/lib/rocco/layout.rb
index 5ad61dd..7b790f0 100644
--- a/lib/rocco/layout.rb
+++ b/lib/rocco/layout.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ require 'mustache'
 class Rocco::Layout < Mustache
   self.template_path = File.dirname(__FILE__)
 
-  def initialize(doc)
+  def initialize(doc, file=nil)
     @doc = doc
+    if not file.nil?
+      Rocco::Layout.template_file = file
+    end
   end
 
   def title
@@ -15,9 +18,15 @@ class Rocco::Layout < Mustache
     num = 0
     @doc.sections.map do |docs,code|
       {
-        :docs  => docs,
-        :code  => code,
-        :num   => (num += 1)
+        :docs       =>  docs,
+        :docs?      =>  !docs.empty?,
+        :header?    =>  /^<h.>.+<\/h.>$/.match( docs ),
+
+        :code       =>  code,
+        :code?      =>  !code.empty?,
+
+        :empty?     =>  ( code.empty? && docs.empty? ),
+        :num        =>  (num += 1)
       }
     end
   end