diff --git a/incorporealcms/pages.py b/incorporealcms/pages.py
index 1d956b4..aae3364 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/pages.py
+++ b/incorporealcms/pages.py
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ def display_page(path):
             page_title = f'{page_name} - {app.config["TITLE_SUFFIX"]}' if page_name else app.config['TITLE_SUFFIX']
             logger.debug("title (potentially derived): %s", page_title)
 
-            return render('base.html', title=page_title, description=get_meta_str(md, 'description'),
+            template = get_meta_str(md, 'template') if md.Meta.get('template') else 'base.html'
+
+            return render(template, title=page_title, description=get_meta_str(md, 'description'),
                           image=get_meta_str(md, 'image'), base_url=request.base_url, content=content,
                           navs=parent_navs, mtime=mtime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z'))
     else:
diff --git a/incorporealcms/static/css/base.css b/incorporealcms/static/css/base.css
index bbf425a..08998ad 100644
--- a/incorporealcms/static/css/base.css
+++ b/incorporealcms/static/css/base.css
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ body {
     margin-right: auto;
 }
 
+.site-wrap-wide {
+    max-width: 95pc;
+    min-height: 100vh;
+    margin: 0;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    margin-right: auto;
+}
+
 h1 {
     font-size: 2em;
 }
diff --git a/incorporealcms/templates/base-wide.html b/incorporealcms/templates/base-wide.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e08b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/incorporealcms/templates/base-wide.html
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<title>{{ title }}</title>
+{% if title %}<meta property="og:title" content="{{ title }}">{% endif %}
+{% if description %}<meta property="og:description" content="{{ description }}">{% endif %}
+{% if image %}<meta property="og:image" content="{{ image }}">{% endif %}
+<meta property="og:url" content="{{ base_url }}">
+<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename=user_style) }}">
+<link rel="icon" href="{% if config.FAVICON %}{{ config.FAVICON }}{% else %}{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') }}{% endif %}">
+
+<div class="wide-site-wrap">
+    {% block header %}
+    <div class="header">
+        <div class="nav">
+            {% for nav in navs %}
+            <a href="{{ nav.1 }}">{{ nav.0 }}</a>
+            {% if not loop.last %} &raquo; {% endif %}
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+        <div class="styles">
+            <a href="?style=dark">[dark]</a>
+            <a href="?style=light">[light]</a>
+            <a href="?style=plain">[plain]</a>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    {% endblock %}
+    {% block body %}
+    <div class="content">
+        {{ content }}
+    </div>
+    <footer>
+        <i>Last modified: {{ mtime }}</i>
+    </footer>
+    {% endblock %}
+</div>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests.py b/tests/functional_tests.py
index 714a5c4..6054990 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests.py
@@ -193,3 +193,13 @@ def test_setting_selected_style_includes_cookie(client):
     assert b'dark.css' in response.data
     assert b'light.css' not in response.data
     assert style_cookie.value == 'dark'
+
+
+def test_pages_can_supply_alternate_templates(client):
+    """Test that pages can supply templates other than the default."""
+    response = client.get('/')
+    assert b'class="site-wrap"' in response.data
+    assert b'class="wide-site-wrap"' not in response.data
+    response = client.get('/custom-template')
+    assert b'class="site-wrap"' not in response.data
+    assert b'class="wide-site-wrap"' in response.data
diff --git a/tests/instance/pages/custom-template.md b/tests/instance/pages/custom-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..709952b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/instance/pages/custom-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Template:           base-wide.html
+
+testttttttttt
