diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6025da8..208e4e7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Features
 * Hygienic TransactionTestCases, which can save you a DB flush per test
 * Support for various databases. Tested with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.
   Others should work as well.
+* Support for automatically validating Django templates by compiling them.
 
 .. _nose: http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/
 .. _nose plugins: http://nose-plugins.jottit.com/
@@ -321,6 +322,9 @@ django-nose does not support Django 1.0.
 Recent Version History
 ----------------------
 
+1.3 (Unreleased)
+  * Support validating Django templates by compiling them (rpatterson)
+
 1.2 (2013-07-23)
   * Python 3 support (melinath and jonashaag)
   * Django 1.5 compat (fabiosantoscode)
diff --git a/django_nose/runner.py b/django_nose/runner.py
index 5e126f5..d93e96b 100644
--- a/django_nose/runner.py
+++ b/django_nose/runner.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 from django_nose.plugin import DjangoSetUpPlugin, ResultPlugin, TestReorderer
 from django_nose.utils import uses_mysql
+from django_nose.templates import DjangoTemplates
 
 try:
     any
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ def _get_test_db_name(self):
 
 def _get_plugins_from_settings():
     plugins = (list(getattr(settings, 'NOSE_PLUGINS', [])) +
-               ['django_nose.plugin.TestReorderer'])
+               ['django_nose.plugin.TestReorderer',
+                'django_nose.templates.DjangoTemplates'])
     for plug_path in plugins:
         try:
             dot = plug_path.rindex('.')
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@ def run_suite(self, nose_argv):
         result_plugin = ResultPlugin()
         plugins_to_add = [DjangoSetUpPlugin(self),
                           result_plugin,
-                          TestReorderer()]
+                          TestReorderer(),
+                          DjangoTemplates()]
 
         for plugin in _get_plugins_from_settings():
             plugins_to_add.append(plugin)
diff --git a/django_nose/templates.py b/django_nose/templates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d5e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_nose/templates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""
+Generate tests for compiling each Django template to validate them.
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import unittest
+
+from nose.plugins import base
+
+
+def is_descendant(ancestor, descendant):
+    return os.path.join(descendant, '').startswith(os.path.join(ancestor, ''))
+
+
+class DjangoTemplates(base.Plugin):
+    __doc__
+
+    name = 'django-templates'
+    test_name_pattern = re.compile(r'\W')
+
+    def configure(self, options, config):
+        """Make sure the Django template loader cache is populated."""
+        base.Plugin.configure(self, options, config)
+        from django.template import loader
+        try:
+            loader.find_template('')
+        except loader.TemplateDoesNotExist:
+            pass
+
+        self.sources = set()
+        self.loader = unittest.TestLoader()
+
+    def wantDirectory(self, path):
+        """Select all files in a Django templates directory if enabled."""
+        from django.template import loader
+        for source in self.sources:
+            if is_descendant(source, path):
+                return None
+        for source_loader in loader.template_source_loaders:
+            try:
+                sources = source_loader.get_template_sources('.')
+            except loader.TemplateDoesNotExist:
+                continue
+            for source in sources:
+                if is_descendant(source, path):
+                    self.sources.add(source)
+                    return True
+        return None
+
+    def loadTestsFromDir(self, path):
+        """Construct tests for all files in a Django templates directory."""
+        if path not in self.sources:
+            return None
+
+        from django.template import loader
+        from django import test
+
+        tests = {}
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
+            for filename in files:
+                file_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
+                if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
+                    # self.wantDirectory will handle directories
+                    continue
+
+                def generatedDjangoTemplateTest(test, file_path=file_path):
+                    template = loader.get_template(file_path[len(path) + 1:])
+                    test.assertTrue(
+                        callable(getattr(template, 'render', None)))
+
+                generatedDjangoTemplateTest.__doc__ = (
+                    "Template compiles: {0!r}".format(
+                        os.path.relpath(file_path)))
+                test_name = 'test_django_template_{0}'.format(
+                    self.test_name_pattern.sub('_', filename))
+                generatedDjangoTemplateTest.func_name = test_name
+                tests[test_name] = generatedDjangoTemplateTest
+
+        case = type('DjangoTemplateTestCase', (test.TestCase, ), tests)
+        return self.loader.loadTestsFromTestCase(case)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 329eedb..2077b4d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='django-nose',
-    version='1.2',
+    version='1.3',
     description='Makes your Django tests simple and snappy',
     long_description=open(os.path.join(ROOT, 'README.rst')).read(),
     author='Jeff Balogh',
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     #entry_points="""
     #    [nose.plugins.0.10]
     #    fixture_bundler = django_nose.fixture_bundling:FixtureBundlingPlugin
+    #    django_templates = django_nose.templates:DjangoTemplates
     #    """,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',