diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d96de6..a43ec43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ $ dockerize -template template1.tmpl
 
 ```
 
+Template may also be a directory. In this case all files within this directory are processed as template and stored with the same name in the destination directory.
+If the destination directory is omitted, the output is sent to `STDOUT`. The files in the source directory are processed in sorted order (as returned by `ioutil.ReadDir`).
+
+```
+$ dockerize -template src_dir:dest_dir
+
+```
+
 
 You can tail multiple files to `STDOUT` and `STDERR` by passing the options multiple times.
 
diff --git a/dockerize.go b/dockerize.go
index 55aa0b4..625f69a 100644
--- a/dockerize.go
+++ b/dockerize.go
@@ -41,17 +41,18 @@ var (
 	poll         bool
 	wg           sync.WaitGroup
 
-	templatesFlag   sliceVar
-	stdoutTailFlag  sliceVar
-	stderrTailFlag  sliceVar
-	headersFlag     sliceVar
-	delimsFlag      string
-	delims          []string
-	headers         []HttpHeader
-	urls            []url.URL
-	waitFlag        hostFlagsVar
-	waitTimeoutFlag time.Duration
-	dependencyChan  chan struct{}
+	templatesFlag    sliceVar
+	templateDirsFlag sliceVar
+	stdoutTailFlag   sliceVar
+	stderrTailFlag   sliceVar
+	headersFlag      sliceVar
+	delimsFlag       string
+	delims           []string
+	headers          []HttpHeader
+	urls             []url.URL
+	waitFlag         hostFlagsVar
+	waitTimeoutFlag  time.Duration
+	dependencyChan   chan struct{}
 
 	ctx    context.Context
 	cancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&version, "version", false, "show version")
 	flag.BoolVar(&poll, "poll", false, "enable polling")
-	flag.Var(&templatesFlag, "template", "Template (/template:/dest). Can be passed multiple times")
+	flag.Var(&templatesFlag, "template", "Template (/template:/dest). Can be passed multiple times. Does also support directories")
 	flag.Var(&stdoutTailFlag, "stdout", "Tails a file to stdout. Can be passed multiple times")
 	flag.Var(&stderrTailFlag, "stderr", "Tails a file to stderr. Can be passed multiple times")
 	flag.StringVar(&delimsFlag, "delims", "", `template tag delimiters. default "{{":"}}" `)
@@ -230,7 +231,16 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			template, dest = parts[0], parts[1]
 		}
-		generateFile(template, dest)
+
+		fi, err := os.Stat(template)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("unable to stat %s, error: %s", template, err)
+		}
+		if fi.IsDir() {
+			generateDir(template, dest)
+		} else {
+			generateFile(template, dest)
+		}
 	}
 
 	waitForDependencies()
diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 6640ded..01f3a92 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -124,3 +125,30 @@ func generateFile(templatePath, destPath string) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+func generateDir(templateDir, destDir string) bool {
+	if destDir != "" {
+		fiDest, err := os.Stat(destDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("unable to stat %s, error: %s", destDir, err)
+		}
+		if !fiDest.IsDir() {
+			log.Fatalf("if template is a directory, dest must also be a directory (or stdout)")
+		}
+	}
+
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(templateDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("bad directory: %s, error: %s", templateDir, err)
+	}
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if destDir == "" {
+			generateFile(filepath.Join(templateDir, file.Name()), "")
+		} else {
+			generateFile(filepath.Join(templateDir, file.Name()), filepath.Join(destDir, file.Name()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}