diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4d97fe..53b34ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <struts2.version>2.3.16.3</struts2.version>
         <thymeleaf.version>2.1.3.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
+        <thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>1.2.7</thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@
             <artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
             <version>${thymeleaf.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>thymeleaf-layout-dialect</artifactId>
+            <version>${thymeleaf-layout-dialect.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -91,4 +98,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codework/struts/plugins/thymeleaf/spi/DefaultTemplateEngineProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/codework/struts/plugins/thymeleaf/spi/DefaultTemplateEngineProvider.java
index 10e2e88..0bb16d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codework/struts/plugins/thymeleaf/spi/DefaultTemplateEngineProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codework/struts/plugins/thymeleaf/spi/DefaultTemplateEngineProvider.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.codework.struts.plugins.thymeleaf.StrutsMessageResolver;
 import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine;
 import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver;
+import nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf.LayoutDialect;
 
 /**
  * A default implementation of {@link TemplateEngineProvider}.
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public void configure() {
 
     templateEngine = new TemplateEngine();
     templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver);
+    templateEngine.addDialect(new LayoutDialect());
     templateEngine.setMessageResolver(new StrutsMessageResolver());
   }