diff --git a/crates/cuddle-clusters/src/process.rs b/crates/cuddle-clusters/src/process.rs
index b32d927..4203e1a 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-clusters/src/process.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-clusters/src/process.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pub async fn process() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 pub struct ProcessOpts {
     pub path: PathBuf,
     pub output: PathBuf,
+
+    pub variables: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
 impl Default for ProcessOpts {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ impl Default for ProcessOpts {
                 .expect("to be able to get current dir")
                 .join("cuddle-clusters")
                 .join("k8s"),
+            variables: HashMap::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -64,7 +67,14 @@ pub async fn process_opts(
     let _ = tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(&opts.output).await;
     tokio::fs::create_dir_all(&opts.output).await?;
 
-    process_templates(&components, &clusters, &template_files, &opts.output).await?;
+    process_templates(
+        &components,
+        &clusters,
+        &template_files,
+        &opts.output,
+        &opts.variables,
+    )
+    .await?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ async fn process_templates(
     clusters: &CuddleClusters,
     template_files: &TemplateFiles,
     dest: &Path,
+    variables: &HashMap<String, String>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     for (environment, value) in clusters.iter() {
         process_cluster(
@@ -192,6 +203,7 @@ async fn process_templates(
             environment,
             template_files,
             &dest.join(environment),
+            variables,
         )
         .await?;
     }
@@ -205,9 +217,18 @@ async fn process_cluster(
     environment: &str,
     template_files: &TemplateFiles,
     dest: &Path,
+    variables: &HashMap<String, String>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     for (_, template_file) in &template_files.templates {
-        process_template_file(components, value, environment, template_file, dest).await?;
+        process_template_file(
+            components,
+            value,
+            environment,
+            template_file,
+            dest,
+            variables,
+        )
+        .await?;
     }
 
     for (template_file_name, template_content) in components
@@ -228,6 +249,7 @@ async fn process_cluster(
             &template_file_name,
             &template_content,
             dest,
+            variables,
         )
         .await?;
     }
@@ -245,6 +267,7 @@ async fn process_template_file(
     environment: &str,
     template_file: &PathBuf,
     dest: &Path,
+    variables: &HashMap<String, String>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let file = tokio::fs::read_to_string(template_file)
         .await
@@ -260,6 +283,7 @@ async fn process_template_file(
         &file_name.to_string_lossy(),
         &file,
         dest,
+        variables,
     )
     .await?;
 
@@ -273,6 +297,7 @@ async fn process_render_template(
     file_name: &str,
     file_content: &str,
     dest: &Path,
+    user_vars: &HashMap<String, String>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     if !dest.exists() {
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(dest).await?;
@@ -286,6 +311,7 @@ async fn process_render_template(
     env.add_global("environment", environment);
 
     let mut variables = HashMap::new();
+
     for component in components {
         let name = component.name();
 
@@ -295,6 +321,10 @@ async fn process_render_template(
             variables.insert(name.replace("/", "_"), value);
         }
     }
+    variables.insert(
+        "user_vars".into(),
+        minijinja::Value::from_serialize(user_vars),
+    );
 
     let tmpl = env.get_template(file_name)?;
     let rendered = tmpl.render(context! {
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-clusters/tests/common.rs b/crates/cuddle-clusters/tests/common.rs
index 946a8c6..9dedb4b 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-clusters/tests/common.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-clusters/tests/common.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{cmp::Ordering, path::Path};
+use std::{cmp::Ordering, collections::HashMap, path::Path};
 
 use cuddle_clusters::{process::ProcessOpts, ConcreteComponent, IntoComponent};
 use walkdir::DirEntry;
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_test_with_components(
         ProcessOpts {
             path: test_folder.clone(),
             output: actual.clone(),
+            variables: HashMap::default(),
         },
     )
     .await?;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_test_with_components(
             ProcessOpts {
                 path: test_folder,
                 output: expected.clone(),
+                variables: HashMap::default(),
             },
         )
         .await?;