diff --git a/benchmarks/README.md b/benchmarks/README.md
index c75a1e2..0da2cfa 100644
--- a/benchmarks/README.md
+++ b/benchmarks/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 |Library|Time  |
 |:------|:-----|
-|bbmustache | 70308 |
-|mustache.erl | 946352 |
+|bbmustache | 64638 |
+|mustache.erl | 932479 |
 
 # Check the reference implementation
 :warning: For libraries other than bbmustache, there is a possibility that there is a miss.
diff --git a/doc/bbmustache.md b/doc/bbmustache.md
index 03764c5..b9cb4b3 100644
--- a/doc/bbmustache.md
+++ b/doc/bbmustache.md
@@ -60,11 +60,15 @@ data_value() = <a href="#type-data">data()</a> | iodata() | number() | atom() |
 
 
 <pre><code>
-option() = {key_type, atom | binary | string} | raise_on_context_miss
+option() = {key_type, atom | binary | string} | raise_on_context_miss | {escape_fun, fun((binary()) -&gt; binary())}
 </code></pre>
 
- - key_type: Specify the type of the key in [`data/0`](#data-0). Default value is `string`.
-- raise_on_contex_miss: If key exists in template does not exist in data, it will throw an exception (error).
+ - key_type:
+-- Specify the type of the key in [`data/0`](#data-0). Default value is `string`.
+- raise_on_contex_miss:
+-- If key exists in template does not exist in data, it will throw an exception (error).
+- escape_fun:
+-- Specify your own escape function.
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/bbmustache.erl b/src/bbmustache.erl
index 085d785..10710a7 100644
--- a/src/bbmustache.erl
+++ b/src/bbmustache.erl
@@ -107,9 +107,14 @@
 -type assoc_data() :: [{atom(), data_value()}] | [{binary(), data_value()}] | [{string(), data_value()}].
 
 -type option()     :: {key_type, atom | binary | string}
-                    | raise_on_context_miss.
-%% - key_type: Specify the type of the key in {@link data/0}. Default value is `string'.
-%% - raise_on_contex_miss: If key exists in template does not exist in data, it will throw an exception (error).
+                    | raise_on_context_miss
+                    | {escape_fun, fun((binary()) -> binary())}.
+%% - key_type:
+%%    -- Specify the type of the key in {@link data/0}. Default value is `string'.
+%% - raise_on_contex_miss:
+%%    -- If key exists in template does not exist in data, it will throw an exception (error).
+%% - escape_fun:
+%%    -- Specify your own escape function.
 
 -ifdef(namespaced_types).
 -type maps_data() :: #{atom() => data_value()} | #{binary() => data_value()} | #{string() => data_value()}.
@@ -191,7 +196,9 @@ compile(#?MODULE{data = Tags} = T, Data, Options) ->
 compile_impl([], _, Result, _) ->
     Result;
 compile_impl([{n, Keys} | T], Map, Result, State) ->
-    compile_impl(T, Map, ?ADD(escape(to_iodata(get_data_recursive(Keys, Map, <<>>, State))), Result), State);
+    Value = iolist_to_binary(to_iodata(get_data_recursive(Keys, Map, <<>>, State))),
+    EscapeFun = proplists:get_value(escape_fun, State#?MODULE.options, fun escape/1),
+    compile_impl(T, Map, ?ADD(EscapeFun(Value), Result), State);
 compile_impl([{'&', Keys} | T], Map, Result, State) ->
     compile_impl(T, Map, ?ADD(to_iodata(get_data_recursive(Keys, Map, <<>>, State)), Result), State);
 compile_impl([{'#', Keys, Tags, Source} | T], Map, Result, State) ->
@@ -534,9 +541,8 @@ to_binary(Str) when is_list(Str) ->
     list_to_binary(Str).
 
 %% @doc HTML Escape
--spec escape(iodata()) -> binary().
-escape(IoData) ->
-    Bin = iolist_to_binary(IoData),
+-spec escape(binary()) -> binary().
+escape(Bin) ->
     << <<(escape_char(X))/binary>> || <<X:8>> <= Bin >>.
 
 %% @doc escape a character if needed.
diff --git a/test/bbmustache_tests.erl b/test/bbmustache_tests.erl
index 9d92c3a..28704e5 100644
--- a/test/bbmustache_tests.erl
+++ b/test/bbmustache_tests.erl
@@ -183,3 +183,12 @@ context_stack_test_() ->
                                       [{"parent", []}],
                                       [raise_on_context_miss]))}
     ].
+
+escape_fun_test_() ->
+    [
+     {"It is able to specified own escape function",
+      ?_assertEqual(<<"==>value<==">>,
+                    bbmustache:render(<<"{{tag}}">>,
+                                      [{"tag", "value"}],
+                                      [{escape_fun, fun(X) -> <<"==>", X/binary, "<==">> end}]))}
+    ].