diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d79c75d..6e1b70a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -778,6 +778,30 @@ profiles:
 ```
 Here profile *host1* contains all the dotfiles defined for *host2* plus `f_xinitrc`.
 
+For more advanced use-cases variables (`variables` and `dynvariables`) can be used
+to specify the profile to include in a profile
+
+For example:
+```yaml
+variables:
+  var1: "john"
+dynvariables:
+  d_user: "echo $USER"
+profiles:
+  profile_john:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_john_dotfile
+  profile_bill:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_bill_dotfile
+  p1:
+    include:
+    - "profile_{{@@ d_user @@}}"
+  p2:
+    include:
+    - "profile_{{@@ var1 @@}}"
+```
+
 ## Ignore empty template
 
 It is possible to avoid having an empty rendered template being
diff --git a/dotdrop/config.py b/dotdrop/config.py
index 9ecbf2c..4b77515 100644
--- a/dotdrop/config.py
+++ b/dotdrop/config.py
@@ -365,7 +365,11 @@ class Cfg:
         if not self.lnk_profiles[profile][self.key_profiles_incl]:
             # empty include found
             return included
+        variables = self.get_variables(profile, debug=self.debug)
+        t = Templategen(variables=variables)
         for other in self.lnk_profiles[profile][self.key_profiles_incl]:
+            # resolve include value
+            other = t.generate_string(other)
             if other not in self.prodots:
                 # no such profile
                 self.log.warn('unknown included profile \"{}\"'.format(other))
diff --git a/tests-ng/dyninclude.sh b/tests-ng/dyninclude.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1075c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-ng/dyninclude.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: deadc0de6 (https://github.com/deadc0de6)
+# Copyright (c) 2017, deadc0de6
+#
+# test dynamic includes
+# returns 1 in case of error
+#
+
+# exit on first error
+set -e
+
+# all this crap to get current path
+rl="readlink -f"
+if ! ${rl} "${0}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  rl="realpath"
+
+  if ! hash ${rl}; then
+    echo "\"${rl}\" not found !" && exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+cur=$(dirname "$(${rl} "${0}")")
+
+#hash dotdrop >/dev/null 2>&1
+#[ "$?" != "0" ] && echo "install dotdrop to run tests" && exit 1
+
+#echo "called with ${1}"
+
+# dotdrop path can be pass as argument
+ddpath="${cur}/../"
+[ "${1}" != "" ] && ddpath="${1}"
+[ ! -d ${ddpath} ] && echo "ddpath \"${ddpath}\" is not a directory" && exit 1
+
+export PYTHONPATH="${ddpath}:${PYTHONPATH}"
+bin="python3 -m dotdrop.dotdrop"
+
+echo "dotdrop path: ${ddpath}"
+echo "pythonpath: ${PYTHONPATH}"
+
+# get the helpers
+source ${cur}/helpers
+
+echo -e "\e[96m\e[1m==> RUNNING $(basename $BASH_SOURCE) <==\e[0m"
+
+################################################################
+# this is the test
+################################################################
+
+# the dotfile source
+tmps=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests'`
+mkdir -p ${tmps}/dotfiles
+# the dotfile destination
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests'`
+
+# create the config file
+cfg="${tmps}/config.yaml"
+
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+variables:
+  var1: "_1"
+dynvariables:
+  dvar1: "echo _2"
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+dotfiles:
+  f_abc:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/abc
+    src: abc
+  f_def:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/def
+    src: def
+profiles:
+  profile_1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_abc
+  profile_2:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_def
+  profile_3:
+    include:
+    - profile{{@@ var1 @@}}
+  profile_4:
+    include:
+    - profile{{@@ dvar1 @@}}
+_EOF
+cat ${cfg}
+
+# create the dotfile
+c1="content:abc"
+echo "${c1}" > ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc
+c2="content:def"
+echo "${c2}" > ${tmps}/dotfiles/def
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -f -c ${cfg} -p profile_3 --verbose
+
+# check dotfile exists
+[ ! -e ${tmpd}/abc ] && exit 1
+#cat ${tmpd}/abc
+grep ${c1} ${tmpd}/abc >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -f -c ${cfg} -p profile_4 --verbose
+
+# check dotfile exists
+[ ! -e ${tmpd}/def ] && exit 1
+#cat ${tmpd}/def
+grep ${c2} ${tmpd}/def >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+## CLEANING
+rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0