diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index be065c1..677af57 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -370,4 +370,19 @@ mod test {
 				r"            ^^^", "\n",
 		));
 	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_vec_map() {
+		let test_vec = vec!["xxxx", "foo", "bar"];
+		let test_slice = &test_vec[..];
+		let_assert!(Err(e) = substitute("${99}", &test_slice));
+		assert!(e.to_string() == "No such variable: $99");
+		assert_eq!(Ok("foo bar"), substitute("${*}", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("xxxx"), substitute("${0}", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("foo"), substitute("${1}", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("bar"), substitute("${2}", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("foo bar"), substitute("$*", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("foo"), substitute("$1", &test_slice).as_deref());
+		assert_eq!(Ok("bar"), substitute("$2", &test_slice).as_deref());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/map.rs b/src/map.rs
index da2d090..7c8d30c 100644
--- a/src/map.rs
+++ b/src/map.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::hash::BuildHasher;
 
@@ -101,3 +102,27 @@ impl<'a, V: 'a, S: BuildHasher> VariableMap<'a> for HashMap<String, V, S> {
 		self.get(key)
 	}
 }
+
+impl<'a, T: AsRef<str>> VariableMap<'a> for &[T] {
+	type Value = Cow<'a, str>;
+
+	#[inline]
+	fn get(&'a self, key: &str) -> Option<Self::Value> {
+		if key == "*" {
+			let mut s = String::new();
+			for (n, val) in self.iter().skip(1).enumerate() {
+				if n > 0 {
+					s.push(' ');
+				}
+				s.push_str(val.as_ref());
+			}
+			Some(Cow::from(s))
+		} else {
+			str::parse::<usize>(key)
+				.ok()
+				.filter(|index| *index < self.len())
+				.map(|index| &self[index])
+				.map(|s| Cow::from(s.as_ref()))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/template/raw/parse.rs b/src/template/raw/parse.rs
index bad1a91..a23e157 100644
--- a/src/template/raw/parse.rs
+++ b/src/template/raw/parse.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ impl Variable {
 		}
 		if source[finger + 1] == b'{' {
 			Self::parse_braced(source, finger)
+		} else if source[finger + 1] == b'*' {
+			let name_end = finger + 2;
+			let variable = Variable {
+				name: finger + 1..name_end,
+				default: None,
+			};
+			Ok((variable, name_end))
 		} else {
 			let name_end = match source[finger + 1..]
 				.iter()
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ impl Variable {
 		// Get the first sequence of alphanumeric characters and underscores for the variable name.
 		let name_end = match source[name_start..]
 			.iter()
-			.position(|&c| !c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() && c != b'_')
+			.position(|&c| !c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() && c != b'_' && c != b'*')
 		{
 			Some(0) => {
 				return Err(error::MissingVariableName {
@@ -119,6 +126,14 @@ impl Variable {
 			return Err(error::MissingClosingBrace { position: finger + 1 }.into());
 		}
 
+		if name_end - name_start > 1 && source[name_start..name_end].contains(&b'*') {
+			return Err(error::MissingVariableName {
+				position: finger,
+				len: name_end - name_start,
+			}
+			.into());
+		}
+
 		// If there is a closing brace after the name, there is no default value and we're done.
 		if source[name_end] == b'}' {
 			let variable = Variable {
@@ -140,8 +155,8 @@ impl Variable {
 		}
 
 		// If there is no matching un-escaped closing brace, it's missing.
-		let end = finger + find_closing_brace(&source[finger..])
-			.ok_or(error::MissingClosingBrace { position: finger + 1 })?;
+		let end = finger
+			+ find_closing_brace(&source[finger..]).ok_or(error::MissingClosingBrace { position: finger + 1 })?;
 
 		let variable = Variable {
 			name: name_start..name_end,