diff --git a/page.go b/page.go
index 27fbe32..1a35d4a 100644
--- a/page.go
+++ b/page.go
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ func (p *Page) process(cfg *Site, task *Task) error {
 		// Create index
 		if p.index {
 			tmpl, ok := cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.Path, "index"+task.TemplateExt)
+			if !ok {
+				// Try the base template
+				tmpl, ok = cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.Path, "base"+task.TemplateExt)
+			}
 			if ok {
 				var b strings.Builder
 				if err := tmpl.Execute(&b, p); err != nil {
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@ func (p *Page) process(cfg *Site, task *Task) error {
 		for i := range p.Pages {
 			var b strings.Builder
 			tmpl, ok := cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.Path, "page"+task.TemplateExt)
+			if !ok {
+				// Try the base template
+				tmpl, ok = cfg.templates.FindTemplate(p.Path, "base"+task.TemplateExt)
+			}
 			if ok {
 				if err := tmpl.Execute(&b, p.Pages[i]); err != nil {
 					return err