diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ba312d..1427deb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .test
 node_modules
+src/require/test/test_tmpl-*.js
+src/require/test/test_tmpl-*.css
diff --git a/app.build.js b/app.build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd6132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+({
+    modules: [
+        {name: './require/test/test_tmpl'}
+    ]
+})
diff --git a/src/require/tmpl.js b/src/require/tmpl.js
index 8c1eb1a..a6f8595 100644
--- a/src/require/tmpl.js
+++ b/src/require/tmpl.js
@@ -11,25 +11,40 @@
 // modified to work as a require.js plugin for storediq's client-side and build
 // infrastructure
 define(function() {
-    var compile = function(str) {
-        var value = "return (function(data) {var out = ''; out+=" + "'" +
-            str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
-               .replace(/'(?=[^%]*%>)/g,"\t")
-               .split("'").join("\\'")
-               .split("\t").join("'")
-               .replace(/<%=(.+?)%>/g, "'; out += $1; out += '")
-               .split("<%").join("';")
-               .split("%>").join("out+='") +
-               "'; return out;}).call(typeof ctx !== 'undefined'? ctx : this, data);";
-       return new Function('data', 'ctx', value);
-    };
+    var pluginMap = {},
+        compile = function(str) {
+            var value = "return (function(data) {var out = ''; out+=" + "'" +
+                str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
+                   .replace(/'(?=[^%]*%>)/g,"\t")
+                   .split("'").join("\\'")
+                   .split("\t").join("'")
+                   .replace(/<%=(.+?)%>/g, "'; out += $1; out += '")
+                   .split("<%").join("';")
+                   .split("%>").join("out+='") +
+                   "'; return out;}).call(typeof ctx !== 'undefined'? ctx : this, data);";
+           return new Function('data', 'ctx', value);
+        };
 
     return {
         load: function(name, req, load) {
-            var url = req.toUrl(name);
-            req(['text!' + req.toUrl(name)], function(templateText) {
-                load(compile(templateText));
-            });
+            if (require && require.nodeRequire) {
+                var fs = require.nodeRequire('fs'),
+                    tmpl = fs.readFileSync(req.toUrl(name), 'utf8'),
+                    compiled = compile(tmpl),
+                    module = compiled.toString();
+                pluginMap[name] = module;
+                load();
+            } else {
+                req(['text!' + req.toUrl(name)], function(templateText) {
+                    load(compile(templateText));
+                });
+            }
+        },
+
+        write: function(pluginName, moduleName, write) {
+            var module = "define('" + pluginName + "!" + moduleName  +
+              "', function () { return " + pluginMap[moduleName] + ";});\n";
+            write(module);
         }
     };
 });