diff --git a/src/mustache.zig b/src/mustache.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac8cef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mustache.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// supporting code to make using facilio's mustache stuff
+// (see http://facil.io/0.7.x/fiobj_mustache)
+// easier / possible / more zig-like
+
+const C = @cImport({
+    @cInclude("mustache_parser.h");
+    @cInclude("fiobj_mustache.h");
+});
+
+pub const MustacheLoadArgs = extern struct {
+    filename: [*c]const u8,
+    filename_len: usize,
+    data: [*c]const u8,
+    data_len: usize,
+    err: [*c]C.mustache_error_en,
+};
+
+// pub const struct_mustache_s = opaque {};
+// pub const mustache_s = struct_mustache_s;
+pub const Mustache = C.mustache_s;
+
+pub const MustacheStatus = enum(c_int) {};
+
+pub const MustacheError = error{
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_TOO_DEEP,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_CLOSURE_MISMATCH,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_TOO_BIG,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NAME_TOO_LONG,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NAME_TOO_SHORT,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_EMPTY_TEMPLATE,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_DELIMITER_TOO_LONG,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_NAME_TOO_LONG,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_UNKNOWN,
+    MUSTACHE_ERR_USER_ERROR,
+};
+
+// pub extern fn fiobj_mustache_load(filename: fio_str_info_s) ?*mustache_s;
+
+// implement these: fiobj_mustache.c
+// pub extern fn fiobj_mustache_new(args: mustache_load_args_s) ?*mustache_s;
+// pub extern fn fiobj_mustache_free(mustache: ?*mustache_s) void;
+// pub extern fn fiobj_mustache_build(mustache: ?*mustache_s, data: FIOBJ) FIOBJ;
+// pub extern fn fiobj_mustache_build2(dest: FIOBJ, mustache: ?*mustache_s, data: FIOBJ) FIOBJ;
+
+pub fn MustacheNew(data: []const u8) MustacheError!*Mustache {
+    var err: C.mustache_error_en = undefined;
+    var args: MustacheLoadArgs = .{
+        .filename = null,
+        .filename_len = 0,
+        .data = data,
+        .data_len = data.len,
+        .err = &err,
+    };
+    var ret = C.fiobj_mustache_new(args);
+    switch (err) {
+        0 => return ret,
+        1 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_TOO_DEEP,
+        2 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_CLOSURE_MISMATCH,
+        3 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND,
+        4 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_TOO_BIG,
+        5 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NAME_TOO_LONG,
+        6 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_FILE_NAME_TOO_SHORT,
+        7 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_EMPTY_TEMPLATE,
+        8 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_DELIMITER_TOO_LONG,
+        9 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_NAME_TOO_LONG,
+        10 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_UNKNOWN,
+        11 => return MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_USER_ERROR,
+        else => MustacheError.MustacheError.MUSTACHE_ERR_UNKNOWN,
+    }
+}
+
+test "MustacheNew" {
+    const template = "{{=<< >>=}}* Users:\r\n<<#users>><<id>>. <<& name>> (<<name>>)\r\n<</users>>\r\nNested: <<& nested.item >>.";
+    _ = MustacheNew(template);
+}
diff --git a/src/zap.zig b/src/zap.zig
index 1c0e3a6..99bd92b 100644
--- a/src/zap.zig
+++ b/src/zap.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub const C = @cImport({
 pub usingnamespace @import("endpoint.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("util.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("http.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("mustache.zig");
 
 const _module = @This();