diff --git a/navutils/templatetags/navutils_tags.py b/navutils/templatetags/navutils_tags.py
index 97a72a3..da37481 100644
--- a/navutils/templatetags/navutils_tags.py
+++ b/navutils/templatetags/navutils_tags.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def render_node(context, node, **kwargs):
     max_depth = kwargs.get('max_depth', context.get('max_depth', 999))
     start_depth = kwargs.get('start_depth', context.get('start_depth', node.depth))
     current_depth = kwargs.get('current_depth', context.get('current_depth', node.depth - start_depth))
+    template_file = kwargs.get('template', node.template)
 
     viewable_children = []
     if current_depth + 1 <= max_depth:
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def render_node(context, node, **kwargs):
             if child.is_viewable_by(user, context):
                 viewable_children.append(child)
 
-    t = template.loader.get_template(node.template)
+    t = template.loader.get_template(template_file)
 
     c = {
         'is_current': node.is_current(current),
diff --git a/tests/test_menu.py b/tests/test_menu.py
index 3c6a541..e30b64a 100644
--- a/tests/test_menu.py
+++ b/tests/test_menu.py
@@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ def test_render_node_template_tag_with_node_attrs(self):
                 <a href="http://test.com">Test</a>
             </li>""")
 
+    def test_render_node_template_tag_with_overridden_template_file(self):
+        attrs = {'id': 'important'}
+        node = menu.Node('test', 'Test', url='http://test.com', attrs=attrs)
+
+        output = navutils_tags.render_node({}, node=node, user=self.user, template='navutils/node.html')
+        self.assertHTMLEqual(
+            output,
+            """<li class="menu-item" id="important">
+                <a href="http://test.com">Test</a>
+            </li>""")
+
     def test_render_node_template_tag_with_children(self):
         child1 = menu.Node('c1', 'c1', url='c1')
         child2 = menu.Node('c2', 'c2', url='c2')