diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTag.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTag.java
index d10755403..4ab54480e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTag.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTag.java
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.tag;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaDoc;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.doc.annotations.JinjavaSnippet;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter.InterpreterScopeClosable;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.TemplateSyntaxException;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.fn.MacroFunction;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.tree.TagNode;
 
@@ -52,6 +61,9 @@ public class CallTag implements Tag {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 7231253469979314727L;
 
+  private static final Pattern CALL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?:\\(([^\\)]*)\\))?(.*)");
+  private static final Splitter ARGS_SPLITTER = Splitter.on(',').omitEmptyStrings().trimResults();
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return "call";
@@ -64,15 +76,49 @@ public String getEndTagName() {
 
   @Override
   public String interpret(TagNode tagNode, JinjavaInterpreter interpreter) {
-    String macroExpr = "{{" + tagNode.getHelpers().trim() + "}}";
+    Matcher matcher = CALL_PATTERN.matcher(tagNode.getHelpers().trim());
+    if (!matcher.find()) {
+      throw new TemplateSyntaxException(tagNode.getMaster().getImage(), "Unable to parse call block: " + tagNode.getHelpers(), tagNode.getLineNumber(), tagNode.getStartPosition());
+    }
+
+    String args = Strings.nullToEmpty(matcher.group(1));
+    String macro = matcher.group(2);
+
+    LinkedHashMap<String, Object> argNamesWithDefaults = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+    List<String> argList = Lists.newArrayList(ARGS_SPLITTER.split(args));
+    for (int i = 0; i < argList.size(); i++) {
+      String arg = argList.get(i);
+
+      if (arg.contains("=")) {
+        String argName = StringUtils.substringBefore(arg, "=").trim();
+        StringBuilder argValStr = new StringBuilder(StringUtils.substringAfter(arg, "=").trim());
+
+        if (StringUtils.startsWith(argValStr, "[") && !StringUtils.endsWith(argValStr, "]")) {
+          while (i + 1 < argList.size() && !StringUtils.endsWith(argValStr, "]")) {
+            argValStr.append(", ").append(argList.get(i + 1));
+            i++;
+          }
+        }
+
+        Object argVal = interpreter.resolveELExpression(argValStr.toString(), tagNode.getLineNumber());
+        argNamesWithDefaults.put(argName, argVal);
+      } else {
+        argNamesWithDefaults.put(arg, null);
+      }
+    }
+
+    String macroExpr = "{{" + macro + "}}";
+    String result = null;
 
     try (InterpreterScopeClosable c = interpreter.enterScope()) {
-      LinkedHashMap<String, Object> args = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-      MacroFunction caller = new MacroFunction(tagNode.getChildren(), "caller", args, false, false, true, interpreter.getContext());
+      MacroFunction caller = new MacroFunction(tagNode.getChildren(), "caller", argNamesWithDefaults, false, false, true, interpreter.getContext());
       interpreter.getContext().addGlobalMacro(caller);
 
-      return interpreter.render(macroExpr);
+      result = interpreter.render(macroExpr);
     }
+
+    return result;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTagTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTagTest.java
index 883b8fd85..224421777 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTagTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/tag/CallTagTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
@@ -14,15 +20,18 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.io.Resources;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.Jinjava;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.Context;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.JinjavaInterpreter;
 
 public class CallTagTest {
 
   JinjavaInterpreter interpreter;
+  Context context;
 
   @Before
   public void setup() {
     interpreter = new Jinjava().newInterpreter();
+    context = interpreter.getContext();
     JinjavaInterpreter.pushCurrent(interpreter);
   }
 
@@ -38,6 +47,72 @@ public void testSimpleFn() {
     assertThat(dom.select("div.contents").text().trim()).isEqualTo("This is a simple dialog rendered by using a macro and a call block.");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testArgsFn() {
+    List<Map<String, String>> users = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
+    Map<String, String> u = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    u.put("username", "jdoe");
+    u.put("realname", "John Doe");
+    u.put("description", "Test user");
+    users.add(u);
+    u = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    u.put("username", "root");
+    u.put("realname", "God");
+    u.put("description", "Superuser");
+    users.add(u);
+    context.put("list_of_user", users);
+    Document dom = Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(interpreter.render(fixture("args")));
+    assertThat(dom.select("ul p").text().trim()).isEqualTo("jdoe root");
+    assertThat(dom.select("li:first-child dl > dl:first-child + dd").text().trim()).isEqualTo("John Doe");
+    assertThat(dom.select("li:first-child dl > dl:first-child + dd + dl + dd").text().trim()).isEqualTo("Test user");
+    assertThat(dom.select("li:first-child + li dl > dl:first-child + dd").text().trim()).isEqualTo("God");
+    assertThat(dom.select("li:first-child + li dl > dl:first-child + dd + dl + dd").text().trim()).isEqualTo("Superuser");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMultTable() {
+    context.put("list_of_numbers", IntStream.rangeClosed(1, 10).boxed().collect(Collectors.toList()));
+    Document dom = Jsoup.parseBodyFragment(interpreter.render(fixture("mult_table")));
+    assertThat(dom.select("#3x3").text().trim()).isEqualTo("9");
+    assertThat(dom.select("#9x3").text().trim()).isEqualTo("27");
+    assertThat(dom.select("#3x9").text().trim()).isEqualTo("27");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCallerDefaultArgs() {
+    String template = fixture("default_args");
+    String out = interpreter.render(template).trim();
+    assertThat(interpreter.getErrors()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(out).contains("regular=some_arg");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_str=foo");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_expr=12");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_list=[42, 23, 666]");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCallerOverrideArgs() {
+    String template = fixture("override_args");
+    String out = interpreter.render(template).trim();
+    assertThat(interpreter.getErrors()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(out).contains("regular=some_arg");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_str=123");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_expr=42");
+    assertThat(out).contains("default_list=oops, no list");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCallerVarKwArgs() {
+    String template = fixture("caller_var_kw");
+    String out = interpreter.render(template).trim();
+    assertThat(interpreter.getErrors()).isEmpty();
+    assertThat(out).contains("arg=some_arg");
+    assertThat(out).contains("vararg: var_arg");
+    assertThat(out).contains("vararg: 666");
+    assertThat(out).contains("kw: default_list=oops, no list");
+    assertThat(out).contains("kw: default_str=123");
+    assertThat(out).contains("kw: default_expr=42");
+  }
+
   private String fixture(String name) {
     try {
       return Resources.toString(Resources.getResource(String.format("tags/calltag/%s.jinja", name)), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/args.jinja b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/args.jinja
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1fbddc771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/args.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{% macro dump_users(users) -%}
+    <ul>
+    {%- for user in users %}
+        <li><p>{{ user.username|e }}</p>{{ caller(user) }}</li>
+    {%- endfor %}
+    </ul>
+{%- endmacro %}
+
+{% call(user) dump_users(list_of_user) %}
+    <dl>
+        <dl>Realname</dl>
+        <dd>{{ user.realname|e }}</dd>
+        <dl>Description</dl>
+        <dd>{{ user.description }}</dd>
+    </dl>
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/caller_var_kw.jinja b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/caller_var_kw.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41f904462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/caller_var_kw.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{% macro callme() %}
+    {{ caller("some_arg", "var_arg", 666, default_list="oops, no list", default_str=123, default_expr=42) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% call(arg) callme() %}
+    arg={{arg}}
+    {% for a in varargs %}
+        vararg: {{a}}
+    {% endfor %}
+    {% for k,v in kwargs.items() %}
+        kw: {{k}}={{v}}
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/default_args.jinja b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/default_args.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e162303ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/default_args.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% macro callme() %}
+    {{ caller("some_arg") }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% call(regular, default_str="foo", default_expr=3*4, default_list=[42,23,666]) callme() %}
+    regular={{regular}}
+    default_str={{default_str}}
+    default_expr={{default_expr}}
+    default_list={{default_list}}
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/mult_table.jinja b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/mult_table.jinja
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..03bb3831d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/mult_table.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% macro multiplication_table(numbers) -%}
+    <table>
+    {%- for a in numbers %}
+        <tr>
+        {%- for b in numbers -%}
+            {{ caller(a, b, a*b) }}
+        {%- endfor -%}
+        </tr>
+    {%- endfor %}
+    </table>
+{%- endmacro %}
+
+{% call(a, b, prod) multiplication_table(list_of_numbers) %}
+    <td id="{{ a }}x{{ b }}">
+        {{ prod }}
+    </td>
+{% endcall %}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/override_args.jinja b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/override_args.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aa2a91d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/tags/calltag/override_args.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% macro callme() %}
+    {{ caller("some_arg", default_list="oops, no list", default_str=123, default_expr=42) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% call(regular, default_str="foo", default_expr=3*4, default_list=[42,23,666]) callme() %}
+    regular={{regular}}
+    default_str={{default_str}}
+    default_expr={{default_expr}}
+    default_list={{default_list}}
+{% endcall %}