diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index ccb7bc9..5ab90fc 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Eric Hennings
 Michael Hobbs
 Sameer Al-Sakran
 Kyle Gibson
+nikolay-saskovets
diff --git a/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py b/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
index 6ddc7ce..9e31917 100644
--- a/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
+++ b/djrill/mail/backends/djrill.py
@@ -144,12 +144,16 @@ class DjrillBackend(BaseEmailBackend):
         content = "html" if message.content_subtype == "html" else "text"
         msg_dict = {
             content: message.body,
-            "subject": message.subject,
-            "from_email": from_email,
             "to": to_list
         }
-        if from_name:
-            msg_dict["from_name"] = from_name
+
+        if not getattr(message, 'use_template_from', False):
+            msg_dict["from_email"] = from_email
+            if from_name:
+                msg_dict["from_name"] = from_name
+
+        if not getattr(message, 'use_template_subject', False):
+            msg_dict["subject"] = message.subject
 
         if message.extra_headers:
             msg_dict["headers"] = message.extra_headers
diff --git a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send_template.py b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send_template.py
index ed987b9..45b7416 100644
--- a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send_template.py
+++ b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_send_template.py
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@ class DjrillMandrillSendTemplateTests(DjrillBackendMockAPITestCase):
                'content': "<p><em>Half off</em> all fruit</p>"} ]
         )
 
+    def test_send_template_without_from_field(self):
+        msg = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Text Body',
+            'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'])
+        msg.template_name = "PERSONALIZED_SPECIALS"
+        msg.use_template_from = True
+        msg.send()
+        self.assert_mandrill_called("/messages/send-template.json")
+        data = self.get_api_call_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data['template_name'], "PERSONALIZED_SPECIALS")
+        self.assertFalse('from_email' in data['message'])
+        self.assertFalse('from_name' in data['message'])
+
+    def test_send_template_without_subject_field(self):
+        msg = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Text Body',
+            'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'])
+        msg.template_name = "PERSONALIZED_SPECIALS"
+        msg.use_template_subject = True
+        msg.send()
+        self.assert_mandrill_called("/messages/send-template.json")
+        data = self.get_api_call_data()
+        self.assertEqual(data['template_name'], "PERSONALIZED_SPECIALS")
+        self.assertFalse('subject' in data['message'])
+
     def test_no_template_content(self):
         # Just a template, without any template_content to be merged
         msg = mail.EmailMessage('Subject', 'Text Body',
diff --git a/docs/usage/templates.rst b/docs/usage/templates.rst
index 8b9acfc..c4b4b5e 100644
--- a/docs/usage/templates.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/templates.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,33 @@ and will ignore any `body` text set on the `EmailMessage`.
 All of Djrill's other :ref:`Mandrill-specific options <mandrill-send-support>`
 can be used with templates.
 
+How To Use Default Mandrill Subject and From fields
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To use default Mandrill "subject" or "from" field from your template definition
+(overriding your EmailMessage and Django defaults), set the following attrs:
+:attr:`use_template_subject` and/or :attr:`use_template_from` on
+your :class:`~django.core.mail.EmailMessage` object::
+    # ...
+    msg.use_template_subject = True
+    msg.use_template_from = True
+    msg.send()
+
+.. attribute:: use_template_subject
+
+    If `True`, Djrill will omit the subject, and Mandrill will
+    use the default subject from the template.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+.. attribute:: use_template_from
+
+    If `True`, Djrill will omit the "from" field, and Mandrill will
+    use the default "from" from the template.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+
 
 .. _django-templates: