diff --git a/include_tag.go b/include_tag.go
index 5a99fde..d2ebb03 100644
--- a/include_tag.go
+++ b/include_tag.go
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ func (it includeTag) Run(tc *TagContext, block, args []ast.Node) error {
 		return tc.PosError(args[0], "invalid first argument type: %T (expected string)", val)
 	}
 
+	ignoreMissing := false
+	if name[0] == '?' {
+		name = name[1:]
+		ignoreMissing = true
+	}
+
 	tmpl, ok := tc.t.ns.GetTemplate(name)
 	if !ok {
+		if ignoreMissing {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return tc.PosError(args[0], "no such template: %q", name)
 	}
 
diff --git a/macro_tag.go b/macro_tag.go
index edc6f99..80097eb 100644
--- a/macro_tag.go
+++ b/macro_tag.go
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ func (mt macroTag) Run(tc *TagContext, block, args []ast.Node) error {
 		return tc.PosError(args[0], "invalid first argument type: %T (expected string)", nameVal)
 	}
 
+	ignoreMissing := false
+	if name[0] == '?' {
+		name = name[1:]
+		ignoreMissing = true
+	}
+
 	if len(block) == 0 {
 		local := map[string]any{}
 
@@ -40,6 +46,9 @@ func (mt macroTag) Run(tc *TagContext, block, args []ast.Node) error {
 
 		macro, ok := tc.t.macros[name]
 		if !ok {
+			if ignoreMissing {
+				return nil
+			}
 			return tc.PosError(tc.Tag, "no such macro: %q", name)
 		}
 		return tc.Execute(macro, local)