diff --git a/lib/liquid/profiler/hooks.rb b/lib/liquid/profiler/hooks.rb
index 8a6e8083..37c3cc2f 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/profiler/hooks.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/profiler/hooks.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Liquid
 
   class Include < Tag
     def render_with_profiling(context)
-      Profiler.profile_children(context.evaluate(@template_name).to_s) do
+      Profiler.profile_children(context.evaluate(@template_name_expr).to_s) do
         render_without_profiling(context)
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/include.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/include.rb
index 822cb37d..b5525597 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/include.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/include.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ module Liquid
         template_name = $1
         variable_name = $3
 
-        @variable_name = Expression.parse(variable_name || template_name[1..-2])
-        @context_variable_name = template_name[1..-2].split('/'.freeze).last
-        @template_name = Expression.parse(template_name)
-        @attributes    = {}
+        @variable_name_expr = variable_name ? Expression.parse(variable_name) : nil
+        @template_name_expr = Expression.parse(template_name)
+        @attributes = {}
 
         markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
           @attributes[key] = Expression.parse(value)
@@ -44,7 +43,15 @@ module Liquid
 
     def render(context)
       partial = load_cached_partial(context)
-      variable = context.evaluate(@variable_name)
+
+      template_name = context.evaluate(@template_name_expr)
+      context_variable_name = template_name.split('/'.freeze).last
+
+      variable = if @variable_name_expr
+        context.evaluate(@variable_name_expr)
+      else
+        context.find_variable(template_name)
+      end
 
       context.stack do
         @attributes.each do |key, value|
@@ -53,11 +60,11 @@ module Liquid
 
         if variable.is_a?(Array)
           variable.collect do |var|
-            context[@context_variable_name] = var
+            context[context_variable_name] = var
             partial.render(context)
           end
         else
-          context[@context_variable_name] = variable
+          context[context_variable_name] = variable
           partial.render(context)
         end
       end
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ module Liquid
     private
       def load_cached_partial(context)
         cached_partials = context.registers[:cached_partials] || {}
-        template_name = context.evaluate(@template_name)
+        template_name = context.evaluate(@template_name_expr)
 
         if cached = cached_partials[template_name]
           return cached
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ module Liquid
       def read_template_from_file_system(context)
         file_system = context.registers[:file_system] || Liquid::Template.file_system
 
-        file_system.read_template_file(context.evaluate(@template_name))
+        file_system.read_template_file(context.evaluate(@template_name_expr))
       end
 
       def pass_options
diff --git a/test/integration/tags/include_tag_test.rb b/test/integration/tags/include_tag_test.rb
index 5a8dc5b0..32f2f5ca 100644
--- a/test/integration/tags/include_tag_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/tags/include_tag_test.rb
@@ -219,4 +219,12 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
       assert_equal 'x', Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: [:error_mode]).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}')
     end
   end
+
+  def test_including_via_variable_value
+    assert_template_result "from TestFileSystem", "{% assign page = 'pick_a_source' %}{% include page %}"
+
+    assert_template_result "Product: Draft 151cm ", "{% assign page = 'product' %}{% include page %}", "product" => {'title' => 'Draft 151cm'}
+
+    assert_template_result "Product: Draft 151cm ", "{% assign page = 'product' %}{% include page for foo %}", "foo" => {'title' => 'Draft 151cm'}
+  end
 end # IncludeTagTest