diff --git a/crates/cuddle-ci/src/drone_templater.rs b/crates/cuddle-ci/src/drone_templater.rs
index 9b9f4c4..4cd99a7 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-ci/src/drone_templater.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-ci/src/drone_templater.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{path::PathBuf, time::UNIX_EPOCH};
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::PathBuf, time::UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 const DRONE_TEMPLATER_IMAGE: &str = "kasperhermansen/drone-templater:main-1711807810";
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use crate::MainAction;
 pub struct DroneTemplater {
     client: dagger_sdk::Query,
     template: PathBuf,
+
+    variables: BTreeMap<String, String>,
 }
 
 impl DroneTemplater {
@@ -17,8 +19,19 @@ impl DroneTemplater {
         Self {
             client: client.pipeline("drone-templater"),
             template: template.into(),
+            variables: BTreeMap::default(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn with_variable(
+        &mut self,
+        name: impl Into<String>,
+        value: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        self.variables.insert(name.into(), value.into());
+
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -36,6 +49,18 @@ impl MainAction for DroneTemplater {
             .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
             .context("failed to get system time")?;
 
+        let template_name = self.template.display().to_string();
+
+        let mut cmd = vec!["drone-templater", "upload", "--template", &template_name]
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|v| v.to_string())
+            .chain(
+                self.variables
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(name, value)| format!(r#"--variable='{name}={value}'"#)),
+            )
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
         self.client
             .container()
             .from(DRONE_TEMPLATER_IMAGE)
@@ -45,12 +70,7 @@ impl MainAction for DroneTemplater {
             .with_env_variable("DRONE_HOST", drone_host)
             .with_env_variable("DRONE_USER", drone_user)
             .with_secret_variable("DRONE_TOKEN", drone_token_secret)
-            .with_exec(vec![
-                "drone-templater",
-                "upload",
-                "--template",
-                &self.template.display().to_string(),
-            ])
+            .with_exec(cmd)
             .sync()
             .await
             .context("failed to upload drone templates with error")?;