diff --git a/falca/middleware/resource.py b/falca/middleware/resource.py
index ce7a681..f03dc6a 100644
--- a/falca/middleware/resource.py
+++ b/falca/middleware/resource.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def process_resource(
     ):
         if resource is not None:
             req.context.app = self.app
-            req.context.templates = self.app.template_lookup
+            req.context.template_engine = self.app.template_engine
 
     async def process_resource_async(
         self, req: ASGIRequest, resp: ASGIResponse, resource: object, *args
diff --git a/falca/responses.py b/falca/responses.py
index 9b82b97..818317b 100644
--- a/falca/responses.py
+++ b/falca/responses.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def __init__(self, content: str, context: dict = {}, **kwds) -> None:
         super().__init__(content, **kwds)
 
     def render(self, req: Union[Request, ASGIRequest]):
-        t = req.context.templates.get_template(self.content)
+        t = req.context.template_engine.get_template(self.content)
         html = t.render(**self.context)
         return html
 
diff --git a/falca/scaffold.py b/falca/scaffold.py
index 3041d29..0aa4983 100644
--- a/falca/scaffold.py
+++ b/falca/scaffold.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from falcon.asgi import App as ASGIApp
 from falcon.constants import MEDIA_JSON, WebSocketPayloadType
-from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
 from typer import Typer
 
 from . import handlers
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 from .plugins.manager import PluginManager
 from .router import AsyncRouter, Router
 from .settings import Settings
+from .templates import MakoTemplate
 
 
 class Scaffold:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         templates.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates"))
         self.template_folders = templates
-        self.template_lookup = TemplateLookup(templates)
+        self.template_engine = self.get_template_engine(templates)
         self.plugins = self.plugins_class(self)
         for prefix, folder in static_folders:
             if not folder.startswith("/"):
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.add_middleware(FileParserMiddleware())
         self._set_default_error_handlers()
 
+    def get_template_engine(self, templates: List[str]):
+        return MakoTemplate(templates)
+
     def route(self, path: str, methods: List[str] = ["get", "head"]):
         def decorated(func):
             self._router.route(path, methods)(func)
diff --git a/falca/templates.py b/falca/templates.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f106bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/falca/templates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
+
+from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
+from six import with_metaclass
+
+
+class TemplateEngine(with_metaclass(ABCMeta)):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_template(self, template: str):
+        pass
+
+
+class MakoTemplate(TemplateEngine):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds) -> None:
+        self.engine = TemplateLookup(*args, **kwds)
+
+    def get_template(self, template: str):
+        return self.engine.get_template(template)