diff --git a/imagekit/templatetags/imagekit_tags.py b/imagekit/templatetags/imagekit_tags.py
index 1d4cf82..b092ca4 100644
--- a/imagekit/templatetags/imagekit_tags.py
+++ b/imagekit/templatetags/imagekit_tags.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+import re
 from ..files import ImageSpecCacheFile
 from .. import specs
 
@@ -7,27 +8,86 @@ from .. import specs
 register = template.Library()
 
 
-class SpecNode(template.Node):
-    def __init__(self, spec_id, source_image, variable_name=None):
-        self.spec_id = spec_id
-        self.source_image = source_image
-        self.variable_name = variable_name
+html_attr_pattern = r"""
+    (?P<name>\w+)          # The attribute name
+    (
+        \s*=\s*            # an equals sign, that may or may not have spaces around it
+        (?P<value>
+            ("[^"]*")      # a double-quoted value
+            |              # or
+            ('[^']*')      # a single-quoted value
+            |              # or
+            ([^"'<>=\s]+)  # an unquoted value
+        )
+    )?
+"""
 
-    def render(self, context):
+html_attr_re = re.compile(html_attr_pattern, re.VERBOSE)
+
+
+class SpecResultNodeMixin(object):
+    def __init__(self, spec_id, source_file):
+        self._spec_id = spec_id
+        self._source_file = source_file
+
+    def get_spec(self, context):
         from ..utils import autodiscover
         autodiscover()
-        source_image = self.source_image.resolve(context)
-        spec_id = self.spec_id.resolve(context)
+        spec_id = self._spec_id.resolve(context)
         spec = specs.registry.get_spec(spec_id)
         if callable(spec):
             spec = spec()
-        file = ImageSpecCacheFile(spec, source_image)
-        if self.variable_name is not None:
-            variable_name = str(self.variable_name)
-            context[variable_name] = file
-            return ''
+        return spec
 
-        return mark_safe(u'<img src="%s" />' % file.url)
+    def get_source_file(self, context):
+        return self._source_file.resolve(context)
+
+    def get_file(self, context):
+        spec = self.get_spec(context)
+        source_file = self.get_source_file(context)
+        return ImageSpecCacheFile(spec, source_file)
+
+
+class SpecResultAssignmentNode(template.Node, SpecResultNodeMixin):
+    def __init__(self, spec_id, source_file, variable_name):
+        super(SpecResultAssignmentNode, self).__init__(spec_id, source_file)
+        self._variable_name = variable_name
+
+    def get_variable_name(self, context):
+        return unicode(self._variable_name)
+
+    def render(self, context):
+        variable_name = self.get_variable_name(context)
+        context[variable_name] = self.get_file(context)
+        return ''
+
+
+class SpecResultImgTagNode(template.Node, SpecResultNodeMixin):
+    def __init__(self, spec_id, source_file, html_attrs):
+        super(SpecResultImgTagNode, self).__init__(spec_id, source_file)
+        self._html_attrs = html_attrs
+
+    def get_html_attrs(self, context):
+        attrs = []
+        for attr in self._html_attrs:
+            match = html_attr_re.search(attr)
+            if match:
+                attrs.append((match.group('name'), match.group('value')))
+        return attrs
+
+    def get_attr_str(self, k, v):
+        return k if v is None else '%s=%s' % (k, v)
+
+    def render(self, context):
+        file = self.get_file(context)
+        attrs = self.get_html_attrs(context)
+        attr_dict = dict(attrs)
+        if not 'width' in attr_dict and not 'height' in attr_dict:
+            attrs = attrs + [('width', '"%s"' % file.width),
+                             ('height', '"%s"' % file.height)]
+        attrs = [('src', '"%s"' % file.url)] + attrs
+        attr_str = ' '.join(self.get_attr_str(k, v) for k, v in attrs)
+        return mark_safe(u'<img %s />' % attr_str)
 
 
 #@register.tag
@@ -51,21 +111,26 @@ def spec(parser, token):
 
     """
 
-    args = token.split_contents()
-    arg_count = len(args)
+    bits = token.split_contents()
+    tag_name = bits.pop(0)
 
-    if (arg_count < 3 or arg_count > 5
-        or (arg_count > 3 and arg_count < 5)
-        or (args == 5 and args[3] != 'as')):
+    if len(bits) == 4 and bits[2] == 'as':
+        return SpecResultAssignmentNode(
+            parser.compile_filter(bits[0]),  # spec id
+            parser.compile_filter(bits[1]),  # source file
+            parser.compile_filter(bits[3]),  # var name
+        )
+    elif len(bits) > 1:
+        return SpecResultImgTagNode(
+            parser.compile_filter(bits[0]),  # spec id
+            parser.compile_filter(bits[1]),  # source file
+            bits[2:],                        # html attributes
+        )
+    else:
         raise template.TemplateSyntaxError('\'spec\' tags must be in the form'
                                            ' "{% spec spec_id image %}" or'
                                            ' "{% spec spec_id image'
                                            ' as varname %}"')
 
-    spec_id = parser.compile_filter(args[1])
-    source_image = parser.compile_filter(args[2])
-    variable_name = arg_count > 3 and args[4] or None
-    return SpecNode(spec_id, source_image, variable_name)
-
 
 spec = spec_tag = register.tag(spec)