diff --git a/compiler/taglibs/Taglib.js b/compiler/taglibs/Taglib.js
index bdb3da7ce..c31b4a28a 100644
--- a/compiler/taglibs/Taglib.js
+++ b/compiler/taglibs/Taglib.js
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ Taglib.Tag = makeClass({
             name: name,
             params: params
         };
+    },
+    setBodyProperty: function(propertyName) {
+        this.bodyProperty = propertyName;
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader.js b/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader.js
index bdd79ad34..d9d55c78e 100644
--- a/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader.js
+++ b/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader.js
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ function buildTag(tagObject, path, taglib, dirname) {
 
             tag.setBodyFunction(functionName, params);
         },
+        bodyProperty: function(value) {
+            tag.setBodyProperty(value)
+        },
         vars: function(value) {
             if (value) {
                 value.forEach(function(v, i) {
diff --git a/taglibs/core/TagHandlerNode.js b/taglibs/core/TagHandlerNode.js
index 0442ab103..4096e29de 100644
--- a/taglibs/core/TagHandlerNode.js
+++ b/taglibs/core/TagHandlerNode.js
@@ -114,19 +114,27 @@ TagHandlerNode.prototype = {
         var handlerVar = addHandlerVar(template, rendererPath);
         var tagHelperVar = template.addStaticVar('__tag', '__helpers.t');
         var bodyFunction = this.tag.bodyFunction;
+        var bodyProperty = this.tag.bodyProperty;
 
         this.tag.forEachImportedVariable(function (importedVariable) {
             this.setProperty(importedVariable.targetProperty, template.makeExpression(importedVariable.expression));
         }, this);
 
-        if (bodyFunction && this.hasChildren()) {
-            this.setProperty(bodyFunction.name, function(template) {
-                template.code('function(' + bodyFunction.params + ') {\n').indent(function () {
-                    _this.generateCodeForChildren(template);
-                }).indent().code('}');
-            });
+        if (this.hasChildren()) {
+            if (bodyFunction) {
+                this.setProperty(bodyFunction.name, function(template) {
+                    template.code('function(' + bodyFunction.params + ') {\n').indent(function () {
+                        _this.generateCodeForChildren(template);
+                    }).indent().code('}');
+                });
+            } else if (bodyProperty) {
+                this.setProperty(bodyProperty, function(template) {
+                    return _this.getBodyContentExpression(template);
+                });
+            }
         }
 
+
         var variableNames = [];
         _this.tag.forEachVariable(function (nestedVar) {
             var varName;