diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index f1198ef..086b916 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -2025,9 +2025,29 @@ Element.prototype._parseTags = function(text) {
     , cap
     , slash
     , param
-    , attr;
+    , attr
+    , esc;
 
   for (;;) {
+    if (!esc && (cap = /^{escape}/.exec(text))) {
+      text = text.substring(cap[0].length);
+      esc = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (esc && (cap = /^([\s\S]+?){\/escape}/.exec(text))) {
+      text = text.substring(cap[0].length);
+      out += cap[1];
+      esc = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (esc) {
+      // throw new Error('Unterminated escape tag.');
+      out += text;
+      break;
+    }
+
     if (cap = /^{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/.exec(text)) {
       text = text.substring(cap[0].length);
       slash = cap[1] === '/';