diff --git a/dpaste/templatetags/__init__.py b/dpaste/templatetags/__init__.py
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diff --git a/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py b/dpaste/templatetags/dpaste_tags.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import os
+from logging import getLogger
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.finders import find
+from django.template.defaulttags import register
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+
+logger = getLogger(__file__)
+
+
+@register.simple_tag()
+def inlinestatic(path):
+    """
+    Similiar to Django's native `static` templatetag, but this includes
+    the file directly in the template, rather than a link to it.
+
+    Example:
+
+        <style type="text/css">{% inlinestatic "dpaste.css" %}</style>
+        <script>{% inlinestatic "dpaste.js" %}</script>
+
+    Becomes:
+
+        <style type="text/css">body{ color: red; }</style>
+        <script>alert("Hello World");</script>
+
+    Raises a ValueError if the the file does not exist, and
+    DEBUG is enabled.
+
+    :param path: (string) Filename of the file to include.
+    :return: (string) The included File or an empty string `''` if the
+        file was not found, and DEBUG is disabled.
+
+
+    """
+    filename = find(path)
+    if not os.path.exists(filename):
+        logger.error('Unable to include inline static file "%s", '
+                     'file not found.', filename)
+        if settings.DEBUG:
+            raise ValueError('Unable to include inline static file "{0}", '
+                             'file not found.'.format(filename))
+        return ''
+    return mark_safe(open(filename).read())
+