diff --git a/src/hcl/README.md b/src/hcl/README.md
index 75baa9b..23140fa 100644
--- a/src/hcl/README.md
+++ b/src/hcl/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Typed HCL syntax parser for MoonBit, implemented with `cogna-dev/parkit/nom`.
 - Nested bodies (recursive block parsing)
 - Expressions:
   - string
+  - mustache template (`{{ ... }}`)
   - number
   - bool
   - null
diff --git a/src/hcl/hcl_test.mbt b/src/hcl/hcl_test.mbt
index ebb25e3..ed3d1f4 100644
--- a/src/hcl/hcl_test.mbt
+++ b/src/hcl/hcl_test.mbt
@@ -66,3 +66,19 @@ test "parse error on malformed input" {
   let result = try? @hcl.parse("service { name = \"x\"")
   inspect(result is Err(_), content="true")
 }
+
+///|
+test "parse mustache template value" {
+  let input =
+    #|image = {{ repository }}
+  let doc = @hcl.parse(input)
+  guard doc.body.items[0] is @hcl.BodyItem::Attribute(image) else {
+    fail("expected image attribute")
+  }
+  inspect(
+    image.value,
+    content=(
+      #|MustacheTemplate(" repository ")
+    ),
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/hcl/parse.mbt b/src/hcl/parse.mbt
index e432c5f..2dc9b6e 100644
--- a/src/hcl/parse.mbt
+++ b/src/hcl/parse.mbt
@@ -159,6 +159,40 @@ fn string_parser() -> @nom.Parser[String] {
   })
 }
 
+///|
+fn mustache_template_parser() -> @nom.Parser[String] {
+  @nom.Parser::new(fn(input) {
+    let (rest_left, _) = match @nom.char_('{').parse(input) {
+      Ok(v) => v
+      Err(e) => return Err(e)
+    }
+    let (rest_open, _) = match @nom.char_('{').parse(rest_left) {
+      Ok(v) => v
+      Err(e) => return Err(e)
+    }
+    let mut i = 0
+    let mut out = ""
+    while i < rest_open.length() {
+      let c = match rest_open.get_char(i) {
+        Some(c) => c
+        None =>
+          return Err(
+            @nom.ParseError::new(rest_open, "unterminated mustache template"),
+          )
+      }
+      if c == '}' && i + 1 < rest_open.length() {
+        match rest_open.get_char(i + 1) {
+          Some('}') => return Ok((rest_open[i + 2:].to_string(), out))
+          _ => ()
+        }
+      }
+      out = out + String::make(1, c)
+      i += 1
+    }
+    Err(@nom.ParseError::new(rest_open, "unterminated mustache template"))
+  })
+}
+
 ///|
 fn key_parser() -> @nom.Parser[String] {
   @nom.alt([string_parser(), identifier_parser()])
@@ -179,6 +213,14 @@ fn parse_value(input : String) -> @nom.IResult[Expression] {
     Err(_) => ()
   }
 
+  match
+    @nom.map(mustache_template_parser(), fn(v) {
+      Expression::MustacheTemplate(v)
+    }).parse(source) {
+    Ok(v) => return Ok(v)
+    Err(_) => ()
+  }
+
   match parse_list(source) {
     Ok(v) => return Ok(v)
     Err(_) => ()
diff --git a/src/hcl/types.mbt b/src/hcl/types.mbt
index 7c0d50e..1d671b8 100644
--- a/src/hcl/types.mbt
+++ b/src/hcl/types.mbt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pub(all) struct Block {
 /// HCL expression values parsed by this package.
 pub(all) enum Expression {
   String(String)
+  MustacheTemplate(String)
   Number(Double)
   Bool(Bool)
   Null