diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkTask.java b/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkTask.java
index 789140c..cdd3ea8 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkTask.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkTask.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public final class QuestDBSinkTask extends SinkTask {
     private static final char STRUCT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = '_';
     private static final String PRIMITIVE_KEY_FALLBACK_NAME = "key";
     private static final String PRIMITIVE_VALUE_FALLBACK_NAME = "value";
 
+    private Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> recordToTable;
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(QuestDBSinkTask.class);
     private Sender sender;
     private QuestDBSinkConnectorConfig config;
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ public void start(Map<String, String> map) {
         this.timestampUnits = config.getTimestampUnitsOrNull();
         this.allowedLag = config.getAllowedLag();
         this.nextFlushNanos = System.nanoTime() + flushConfig.autoFlushNanos;
+        this.recordToTable = Templating.newTableTableFn(config.getTable());
     }
 
     private Sender createRawSender() {
@@ -247,8 +250,7 @@ private void closeSenderSilently() {
     private void handleSingleRecord(SinkRecord record) {
         assert timestampColumnValue == Long.MIN_VALUE;
 
-        String explicitTable = config.getTable();
-        String tableName = explicitTable == null ? record.topic() : explicitTable;
+        CharSequence tableName = recordToTable.apply(record);
         sender.table(tableName);
 
         if (config.isIncludeKey()) {
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/Templating.java b/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/Templating.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353c3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/io/questdb/kafka/Templating.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package io.questdb.kafka;
+
+import io.questdb.std.str.StringSink;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+final class Templating {
+    private Templating() {
+    }
+
+    static Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> newTableTableFn(String template) {
+        if (template == null || template.isEmpty()) {
+            return SinkRecord::topic;
+        }
+        int currentPos = 0;
+        List<Function<SinkRecord, String>> partials = null;
+        for (;;) {
+            int templateStartPos = template.indexOf("${", currentPos);
+            if (templateStartPos == -1) {
+                break;
+            }
+            int templateEndPos = template.indexOf('}', templateStartPos + 2);
+            if (templateEndPos == -1) {
+                throw new ConnectException("Unbalanced brackets in a table template, missing closing '}', table template: '" + template + "'");
+            }
+            int nextTemplateStartPos = template.indexOf("${", templateStartPos + 1);
+            if (nextTemplateStartPos != -1 && nextTemplateStartPos < templateEndPos) {
+                throw new ConnectException("Nesting templates in a table name are not supported, table template: '" + template + "'");
+            }
+            String templateName = template.substring(templateStartPos + 2, templateEndPos);
+            if (templateName.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new ConnectException("Empty template in table name, table template: '" + template + "'");
+            }
+            if (partials == null) {
+                partials = new ArrayList<>();
+            }
+            String literal = template.substring(currentPos, templateStartPos);
+            if (!literal.isEmpty()) {
+                partials.add(record -> literal);
+            }
+            switch (templateName) {
+                case "topic": {
+                    partials.add(SinkRecord::topic);
+                    break;
+                }
+                case "key": {
+                    partials.add(record -> record.key() == null ? "null" : record.key().toString());
+                    break;
+                }
+                default: {
+                    throw new ConnectException("Unknown template in table name, table template: '" + template + "'");
+                }
+            }
+            currentPos = templateEndPos + 1;
+        }
+        if (partials == null) {
+            return record -> template;
+        }
+        String literal = template.substring(currentPos);
+        if (!literal.isEmpty()) {
+            partials.add(record -> literal);
+        }
+        List<Function<SinkRecord, String>> finalPartials = partials;
+        StringSink sink = new StringSink();
+        return record -> {
+            sink.clear();
+            for (Function<SinkRecord, String> partial : finalPartials) {
+                sink.put(partial.apply(record));
+            }
+            return sink;
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkConnectorEmbeddedTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkConnectorEmbeddedTest.java
index a67915a..84b39e8 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkConnectorEmbeddedTest.java
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/QuestDBSinkConnectorEmbeddedTest.java
@@ -160,6 +160,68 @@ public void testSmoke(boolean useHttp) {
                 httpPort);
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+    public void testTableTemplateWithKey_withSchema(boolean useHttp) {
+        connect.kafka().createTopic(topicName, 1);
+        Map<String, String> props = ConnectTestUtils.baseConnectorProps(questDBContainer, topicName, useHttp);
+        props.put(QuestDBSinkConnectorConfig.TABLE_CONFIG, "${topic}.${key}");
+        props.put(QuestDBSinkConnectorConfig.INCLUDE_KEY_CONFIG, "false");
+        connect.configureConnector(ConnectTestUtils.CONNECTOR_NAME, props);
+        ConnectTestUtils.assertConnectorTaskRunningEventually(connect);
+        Schema schema = SchemaBuilder.struct().name("com.example.Person")
+                .field("firstname", Schema.STRING_SCHEMA)
+                .field("lastname", Schema.STRING_SCHEMA)
+                .field("age", Schema.INT8_SCHEMA)
+                .build();
+
+        Struct john = new Struct(schema)
+                .put("firstname", "John")
+                .put("lastname", "Doe")
+                .put("age", (byte) 42);
+
+        Struct jane = new Struct(schema)
+                .put("firstname", "Jane")
+                .put("lastname", "Doe")
+                .put("age", (byte) 41);
+
+        connect.kafka().produce(topicName, "john", new String(converter.fromConnectData(topicName, schema, john)));
+        connect.kafka().produce(topicName, "jane", new String(converter.fromConnectData(topicName, schema, jane)));
+
+        QuestDBUtils.assertSqlEventually( "\"firstname\",\"lastname\",\"age\"\r\n"
+                        + "\"John\",\"Doe\",42\r\n",
+                "select firstname,lastname,age from " + topicName + "." + "john",
+                httpPort);
+        QuestDBUtils.assertSqlEventually( "\"firstname\",\"lastname\",\"age\"\r\n"
+                        + "\"Jane\",\"Doe\",41\r\n",
+                "select firstname,lastname,age from " + topicName + "." + "jane",
+                httpPort);
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+    public void testTableTemplateWithKey_schemaless(boolean useHttp) {
+        connect.kafka().createTopic(topicName, 1);
+        Map<String, String> props = ConnectTestUtils.baseConnectorProps(questDBContainer, topicName, useHttp);
+        props.put(QuestDBSinkConnectorConfig.TABLE_CONFIG, "literal_${topic}_literal_${key}_literal");
+        props.put(QuestDBSinkConnectorConfig.INCLUDE_KEY_CONFIG, "false");
+        props.put("value.converter.schemas.enable", "false");
+        connect.configureConnector(ConnectTestUtils.CONNECTOR_NAME, props);
+        ConnectTestUtils.assertConnectorTaskRunningEventually(connect);
+
+        connect.kafka().produce(topicName, "john", "{\"firstname\":\"John\",\"lastname\":\"Doe\",\"age\":42}");
+        connect.kafka().produce(topicName, "jane", "{\"firstname\":\"Jane\",\"lastname\":\"Doe\",\"age\":41}");
+
+        QuestDBUtils.assertSqlEventually( "\"firstname\",\"lastname\",\"age\"\r\n"
+                        + "\"John\",\"Doe\",42\r\n",
+                "select firstname,lastname,age from literal_" + topicName + "_literal_" + "john_literal",
+                httpPort);
+        QuestDBUtils.assertSqlEventually( "\"firstname\",\"lastname\",\"age\"\r\n"
+                        + "\"Jane\",\"Doe\",41\r\n",
+                "select firstname,lastname,age from literal_" + topicName + "_literal_" + "jane_literal",
+                httpPort);
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
     public void testDeadLetterQueue_wrongJson(boolean useHttp) {
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/TemplatingTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/TemplatingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b426b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/io/questdb/kafka/TemplatingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package io.questdb.kafka;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public class TemplatingTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPlainTableName() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("table");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("topic", "key");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "table");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyTableName() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("topic", "key");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "topic");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNullTableName() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn(null);
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("topic", "key");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "topic");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSimpleTopicTemplate() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("${topic}");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("mytopic", "key");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "mytopic");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTopicWithKeyTemplates() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("${topic}_${key}");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("mytopic", "mykey");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "mytopic_mykey");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTopicWithNullKey() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("${topic}_${key}");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("mytopic", null);
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "mytopic_null");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMissingClosingBrackets() {
+        assertIllegalTemplate("${topic", "Unbalanced brackets in a table template, missing closing '}', table template: '${topic'");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOverlappingTemplates() {
+        assertIllegalTemplate("${topic${key}", "Nesting templates in a table name are not supported, table template: '${topic${key}'");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyTemplate() {
+        assertIllegalTemplate("${}", "Empty template in table name, table template: '${}'");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testIllegalTemplate() {
+        assertIllegalTemplate("${unknown}", "Unknown template in table name, table template: '${unknown}'");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSuffixLiteral() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("${topic}_suffix");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("mytopic", "key");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "mytopic_suffix");
+    }
+
+    private static void assertIllegalTemplate(String template, String expectedMessage) {
+        try {
+            Templating.newTableTableFn(template);
+            Assert.fail();
+        } catch (ConnectException e) {
+            Assert.assertEquals(expectedMessage, e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTopicWithEmptyKey() {
+        Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn = Templating.newTableTableFn("${topic}_${key}");
+        SinkRecord record = newSinkRecord("mytopic", "");
+        assertTableName(fn, record, "mytopic_");
+    }
+
+    private static void assertTableName(Function<SinkRecord, ? extends CharSequence> fn, SinkRecord record, String expectedTable) {
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedTable, fn.apply(record).toString());
+    }
+
+    private static SinkRecord newSinkRecord(String topic, String key) {
+        return new SinkRecord(topic, 0, null, key, null, null, 0);
+    }
+
+}