diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinParser.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinParser.java
index 4e12f5142..0bae3fb48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinParser.java
@@ -286,6 +286,18 @@ public Builder classpathFromResources(ExecutionContext ctx, String... classpath)
             return this;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * This is an internal API which is subject to removal or change.
+         */
+        public Builder addClasspathEntry(Path classpath) {
+            if (this.classpath.isEmpty()) {
+                this.classpath = Collections.singletonList(classpath);
+            } else {
+                this.classpath.add(classpath);
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public Builder typeCache(JavaTypeCache typeCache) {
             this.typeCache = typeCache;
             return this;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplate.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6972cc96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin;
+
+import org.openrewrite.Cursor;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.StringUtils;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavaTemplate;
+import org.openrewrite.java.internal.template.Substitutions;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaCoordinates;
+import org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template.KotlinSubstitutions;
+import org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template.KotlinTemplateParser;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class KotlinTemplate extends JavaTemplate {
+    private KotlinTemplate(boolean contextSensitive, KotlinParser.Builder parser, String code, Set<String> imports, Consumer<String> onAfterVariableSubstitution, Consumer<String> onBeforeParseTemplate) {
+        super(
+                code,
+                onAfterVariableSubstitution,
+                new KotlinTemplateParser(
+                        contextSensitive,
+                        augmentClasspath(parser),
+                        onAfterVariableSubstitution,
+                        onBeforeParseTemplate,
+                        imports
+                )
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static KotlinParser.Builder augmentClasspath(KotlinParser.Builder parserBuilder) {
+        return parserBuilder.addClasspathEntry(getTemplateClasspathDir());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Substitutions substitutions(Object[] parameters) {
+        return new KotlinSubstitutions(getCode(), parameters);
+    }
+
+    public static <J2 extends J> J2 apply(String template, Cursor scope, JavaCoordinates coordinates, Object... parameters) {
+        return builder(template).build().apply(scope, coordinates, parameters);
+    }
+
+    public static Builder builder(String code) {
+        return new Builder(code);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean matches(String template, Cursor cursor) {
+        return builder(template).build().matches(cursor);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    public static class Builder extends JavaTemplate.Builder {
+
+        private final String code;
+        private final Set<String> imports = new HashSet<>();
+
+        private KotlinParser.Builder parser = KotlinParser.builder();
+
+        private Consumer<String> onAfterVariableSubstitution = s -> {
+        };
+        private Consumer<String> onBeforeParseTemplate = s -> {
+        };
+
+        Builder(String code) {
+            super(code);
+            this.code = code;
+        }
+
+        public Builder imports(String... fullyQualifiedTypeNames) {
+            for (String typeName : fullyQualifiedTypeNames) {
+                validateImport(typeName);
+                this.imports.add("import " + typeName + "\n");
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        private void validateImport(String typeName) {
+            if (StringUtils.isBlank(typeName)) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Imports must not be blank");
+            } else if (typeName.startsWith("import ")) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Imports are expressed as fully-qualified names and should not include an \"import \" prefix");
+            } else if (typeName.endsWith(";") || typeName.endsWith("\n")) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Imports are expressed as fully-qualified names and should not include a suffixed terminator");
+            }
+        }
+
+        Builder parser(KotlinParser.Builder parser) {
+            this.parser = parser;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder doAfterVariableSubstitution(Consumer<String> afterVariableSubstitution) {
+            this.onAfterVariableSubstitution = afterVariableSubstitution;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder doBeforeParseTemplate(Consumer<String> beforeParseTemplate) {
+            this.onBeforeParseTemplate = beforeParseTemplate;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public KotlinTemplate build() {
+            return new KotlinTemplate(false, parser, code, imports,
+                    onAfterVariableSubstitution, onBeforeParseTemplate);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/cleanup/ReplaceCharToIntWithCode.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/cleanup/ReplaceCharToIntWithCode.java
index e1d14814e..7e1fd2b5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/cleanup/ReplaceCharToIntWithCode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/cleanup/ReplaceCharToIntWithCode.java
@@ -20,20 +20,16 @@
 import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
 import org.openrewrite.Recipe;
 import org.openrewrite.TreeVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
 import org.openrewrite.java.MethodMatcher;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
-import org.openrewrite.kotlin.KotlinParser;
+import org.openrewrite.kotlin.KotlinTemplate;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.KotlinVisitor;
-import org.openrewrite.kotlin.tree.K;
 
 
 @Value
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
 public class ReplaceCharToIntWithCode extends Recipe {
     private static final MethodMatcher CHAR_TO_INT_METHOD_MATCHER = new MethodMatcher("kotlin.Char toInt()");
-    @Nullable
-    private static J.FieldAccess charCodeTemplate;
 
     @Override
     public String getDisplayName() {
@@ -51,29 +47,16 @@ public String getDescription() {
     public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
         return new KotlinVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
             @Override
-            public J visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method,
-                                                            ExecutionContext ctx) {
+            public J visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                 if (CHAR_TO_INT_METHOD_MATCHER.matches(method) && method.getSelect() != null) {
-                    J.FieldAccess codeTemplate = getCharCodeTemplate();
-                    return codeTemplate.withTarget(method.getSelect()).withPrefix(method.getPrefix());
+                    return KotlinTemplate.builder("#{any(Char)}.code")
+                            .build()
+                            .apply(getCursor(), method.getCoordinates().replace(), method.getSelect())
+                            .withPrefix(method.getPrefix());
                 }
                 return super.visitMethodInvocation(method, ctx);
             }
         };
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("all")
-    private static J.FieldAccess getCharCodeTemplate() {
-        if (charCodeTemplate == null) {
-            K.CompilationUnit kcu = KotlinParser.builder().build()
-                .parse("fun method(c : Char) {c.code}")
-                .map(K.CompilationUnit.class::cast)
-                .findFirst()
-                .get();
-
-            charCodeTemplate = (J.FieldAccess) ((J.MethodDeclaration) kcu.getStatements().get(0)).getBody().getStatements().get(0);
-        }
-
-        return charCodeTemplate;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2751243b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template;
+
+import org.openrewrite.Cursor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.internal.template.BlockStatementTemplateGenerator;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.Expression;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaCoordinates;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator extends BlockStatementTemplateGenerator {
+    public KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator(Set<String> imports, boolean contextSensitive) {
+        super(imports, contextSensitive);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void contextFreeTemplate(Cursor cursor, J j, StringBuilder before, StringBuilder after) {
+        if (!(j instanceof Expression)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Kotlin templating is currently only implemented for context-free expressions and not for `" + j.getClass() + "` instances.");
+        }
+
+        before.insert(0, "class Template {\n");
+        before.append("var o : Object = ");
+        after.append(";");
+        after.append("\n}");
+
+        before.insert(0, TEMPLATE_INTERNAL_IMPORTS);
+        for (String anImport : imports) {
+            before.insert(0, anImport);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinSubstitutions.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinSubstitutions.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd4bd8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinSubstitutions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template;
+
+import org.openrewrite.java.internal.template.Substitutions;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaType;
+
+public class KotlinSubstitutions extends Substitutions {
+    public KotlinSubstitutions(String code, Object[] parameters) {
+        super(code, parameters);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String newObjectParameter(String fqn, int index) {
+        return "__P__./*__p" + index + "__*/p<" + fqn + ">()";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String newPrimitiveParameter(String fqn, int index) {
+        return newObjectParameter(fqn, index);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String newArrayParameter(JavaType elemType, int dimensions, int index) {
+        // generate literal of the form: `arrayOf(arrayOf<String?>())`
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("/*__p" + index + "__*/");
+        for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
+            builder.append("arrayOf");
+            if (i < dimensions - 1) {
+                builder.append('(');
+            }
+        }
+        builder.append('<');
+        if (elemType instanceof JavaType.Primitive) {
+            builder.append(((JavaType.Primitive) elemType).getKeyword());
+        } else if (elemType instanceof JavaType.FullyQualified) {
+            builder.append(((JavaType.FullyQualified) elemType).getFullyQualifiedName().replace("$", "."));
+        }
+        builder.append(">(");
+        for (int i = 0; i < dimensions; i++) {
+            builder.append(')');
+        }
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinTemplateParser.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinTemplateParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..763667e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/KotlinTemplateParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template;
+
+import org.openrewrite.java.internal.template.AnnotationTemplateGenerator;
+import org.openrewrite.java.internal.template.JavaTemplateParser;
+import org.openrewrite.kotlin.KotlinParser;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+public class KotlinTemplateParser extends JavaTemplateParser {
+    public KotlinTemplateParser(boolean contextSensitive, KotlinParser.Builder parser, Consumer<String> onAfterVariableSubstitution, Consumer<String> onBeforeParseTemplate, Set<String> imports) {
+        super(
+                parser,
+                onAfterVariableSubstitution,
+                onBeforeParseTemplate,
+                imports,
+                contextSensitive,
+                new KotlinBlockStatementTemplateGenerator(imports, contextSensitive),
+                new AnnotationTemplateGenerator(imports)
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aad0d0987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/internal/template/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+@NonNullApi
+@NonNullFields
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.internal.template;
+
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.NonNullApi;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.NonNullFields;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/marker/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/marker/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd782244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/marker/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+@NonNullApi
+@NonNullFields
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.marker;
+
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.NonNullApi;
+import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.NonNullFields;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplateMatchTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplateMatchTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71f02cba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/KotlinTemplateMatchTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
+import org.openrewrite.marker.SearchResult;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.kotlin.Assertions.kotlin;
+import static org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest.toRecipe;
+
+public class KotlinTemplateMatchTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void matchBinary() {
+        rewriteRun(
+                spec -> spec.recipe(toRecipe(() -> new KotlinVisitor<>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public J visitBinary(J.Binary binary, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                        return KotlinTemplate.matches("1 == #{any(int)}", getCursor()) ?
+                                SearchResult.found(binary) : super.visitBinary(binary, ctx);
+                    }
+                })),
+                kotlin(
+                        """
+                          class Test {
+                              val b1 = 1 == 2
+                              val b2 = 1 == 3
+            
+                              val b3 = 2 == 1
+                              val b4 = 2 == 2 + 3 /* no match because type is `kotlin.Int` */
+                          }
+                          """,
+                        """
+                          class Test {
+                              val b1 = /*~~>*/1 == 2
+                              val b2 = /*~~>*/1 == 3
+            
+                              val b3 = 2 == 1
+                              val b4 = 2 == 2 + 3 /* no match because type is `kotlin.Int` */
+                          }
+                          """
+                ));
+    }
+}