diff --git a/doc/reference.md b/doc/reference.md
index 6574518..8a2009a 100644
--- a/doc/reference.md
+++ b/doc/reference.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ require("overseer").setup({
   strategy = "terminal",
   -- Template modules to load
   templates = { "builtin" },
+  -- Additional template directories to include (relative to rtp)
+  template_dirs = { "overseer.template" },
   -- When true, tries to detect a green color from your colorscheme to use for success highlight
   auto_detect_success_color = true,
   -- Patch nvim-dap to support preLaunchTask and postDebugTask
diff --git a/lua/overseer/config.lua b/lua/overseer/config.lua
index fa72bee..fc9057c 100644
--- a/lua/overseer/config.lua
+++ b/lua/overseer/config.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ local default_config = {
   strategy = "terminal",
   -- Template modules to load
   templates = { "builtin" },
+  -- Directories where overseer will look for template definitions (relative to rtp)
+  template_dirs = { "overseer.template" },
   -- When true, tries to detect a green color from your colorscheme to use for success highlight
   auto_detect_success_color = true,
   -- Patch nvim-dap to support preLaunchTask and postDebugTask
diff --git a/lua/overseer/template/init.lua b/lua/overseer/template/init.lua
index 7a8e19e..2810f07 100644
--- a/lua/overseer/template/init.lua
+++ b/lua/overseer/template/init.lua
@@ -140,7 +140,13 @@ end
 
 ---@param name string
 M.load_template = function(name)
-  local ok, defn = pcall(require, string.format("overseer.template.%s", name))
+  local ok, defn
+  for _, template_dir in ipairs(config.template_dirs) do
+    ok, defn = pcall(require, string.format("%s.%s", template_dir, name))
+    if ok then
+      break
+    end
+  end
   if not ok then
     log:error("Error loading template '%s': %s", name, defn)
     return