diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 0628272..5e60a90 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ func newTemplate(cfg *render.Config, source []byte, path string, line int) (*Tem
 	return &Template{root, cfg}, nil
 }
 
+// GetRoot returns the root node of the abstract syntax tree (AST) representing
+// the parsed template.
+func (t *Template) GetRoot() render.Node {
+	return t.root
+}
+
 // Render executes the template with the specified variable bindings.
 func (t *Template) Render(vars Bindings) ([]byte, SourceError) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
diff --git a/template_test.go b/template_test.go
index 77e2633..d54f899 100644
--- a/template_test.go
+++ b/template_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func TestTemplate_GetRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	root := &render.SeqNode{}
+	tmpl := Template{root: root}
+	require.Same(t, root, tmpl.GetRoot())
+}
+
 func TestTemplate_RenderString(t *testing.T) {
 	engine := NewEngine()
 	tpl, err := engine.ParseTemplate([]byte(`{{ "hello world" | capitalize }}`))