diff --git a/pkg/generator/generator.go b/pkg/generator/generator.go
index 91783d09..88a4374b 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/generator.go
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ func (g Generator) renderTemplate(ctx context.Context, templateText string, temp
 
 	funcMap := sprig.TxtFuncMap()
 	funcMap["include"] = g.include
+	funcMap["includeSelf"] = g.includeSelf
 
 	t, err := template.New("main").Funcs(funcMap).Option("missingkey=error").Parse(templateText)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -400,7 +401,15 @@ func (g Generator) renderTemplate(ctx context.Context, templateText string, temp
 }
 
 func (g Generator) include(templateName string, templateData interface{}) (string, error) {
-	contents, err := g.fs.ReadFile(path.Join("include", templateName+".yaml.template"))
+	return g.includeFromRoot("include", templateName, templateData)
+}
+
+func (g Generator) includeSelf(templateName string, templateData interface{}) (string, error) {
+	return g.includeFromRoot("include-self", templateName, templateData)
+}
+
+func (g Generator) includeFromRoot(root string, templateName string, templateData interface{}) (string, error) {
+	contents, err := g.fs.ReadFile(path.Join(root, templateName+".yaml.template"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", microerror.Mask(err)
 	}