diff --git a/lib/template.dart b/lib/template.dart
index fef9907..e32856b 100644
--- a/lib/template.dart
+++ b/lib/template.dart
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 _Node _parseTokens(List<_Token> tokens, bool lenient) {
 	var stack = new List<_Node>()..add(new _Node(_OPEN_SECTION, 'root', 0, 0));
 	for (var t in tokens) {
-		if (t.type == _TEXT || t.type == _VARIABLE) {
-			if (t.type == _VARIABLE)
+		if (t.type == _TEXT || t.type == _VARIABLE || t.type == _UNESC_VARIABLE) {
+			if (t.type == _VARIABLE || t.type == _UNESC_VARIABLE)
 				_checkTagChars(t, lenient);
 			stack.last.children.add(new _Node.fromToken(t));
 		
diff --git a/test/mustache_test.dart b/test/mustache_test.dart
index 35aa38f..7ee74f9 100644
--- a/test/mustache_test.dart
+++ b/test/mustache_test.dart
@@ -238,13 +238,15 @@
 	});
 
 	group('Escape tags', () {
-		test('Unimplemented {{{ ... }}}', () {
-			var fn = () => parse('{{{ blah }}}').renderString({});
-			expect(fn, throwsUnimplementedError);
+		test('{{{ ... }}}', () {
+			var output = parse('{{{blah}}}')
+				.renderString({'blah': '&'});
+			expect(output, equals('&'));
 		});
-		test('Unimplemented {{& ... }}', () {
-			var fn = () => parse('{{& blah }}').renderString({});
-			expect(fn, throwsUnimplementedError);
+		test('{{& ... }}', () {
+			var output = parse('{{{blah}}}')
+				.renderString({'blah': '&'});
+			expect(output, equals('&'));
 		});
 	});