diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6c5df4b9..36799a50 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-ruff
 black
+jinja2
 pytest
 pytest-django
+ruff
 uwsgi
diff --git a/src/lando/jinja2.py b/src/lando/jinja2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e979ea55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lando/jinja2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django.templatetags.static import static
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from jinja2 import Environment
+
+
+def environment(**options):
+    env = Environment(**options)
+    env.globals.update(
+        {
+            "static": static,
+            "url": reverse,
+        }
+    )
+    return env
diff --git a/src/lando/settings.py b/src/lando/settings.py
index 55d02071..b761c596 100644
--- a/src/lando/settings.py
+++ b/src/lando/settings.py
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
 ROOT_URLCONF = "lando.urls"
 
 TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.jinja2.Jinja2",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "environment": "lando.jinja2.environment"
+        },
+    },
     {
         "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
         "DIRS": [],