diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 80b702eb7115..610df5d15e66 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 
 * Added Feast feature store handler for enrichment transform (Python) ([#30957](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/30964)).
 * BigQuery per-worker metrics are reported by default for Streaming Dataflow Jobs (Java) ([#31015](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/31015))
+* Beam YAML now supports the jinja templating syntax.
+  Template variables can be passed with the (json-formatted) `--jinja_variables` flag.
 * DataFrame API now supports pandas 2.1.x and adds 12 more string functions for Series.([#31185](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/31185)).
 
 ## Breaking Changes
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
index 147a46f0bea5..0a6253e3c23e 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
@@ -664,6 +664,13 @@ def get_urn_by_logial_type(self, logical_type):
   def get_logical_type_by_language_type(self, representation_type):
     return self.by_language_type.get(representation_type, None)
 
+  def copy(self):
+    copy = LogicalTypeRegistry()
+    copy.by_urn.update(self.by_urn)
+    copy.by_logical_type.update(self.by_logical_type)
+    copy.by_language_type.update(self.by_language_type)
+    return copy
+
 
 LanguageT = TypeVar('LanguageT')
 RepresentationT = TypeVar('RepresentationT')
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main.py
index 5d1d3f7cea0b..6c87a1ba7e68 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 #
 
 import argparse
+import contextlib
+import json
 
+import jinja2
 import yaml
 
 import apache_beam as beam
@@ -25,9 +28,6 @@
 from apache_beam.typehints.schemas import MillisInstant
 from apache_beam.yaml import yaml_transform
 
-# Workaround for https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/28151.
-LogicalType.register_logical_type(MillisInstant)
-
 
 def _configure_parser(argv):
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def _configure_parser(argv):
       help='none: do no pipeline validation against the schema; '
       'generic: validate the pipeline shape, but not individual transforms; '
       'per_transform: also validate the config of known transforms')
+  parser.add_argument(
+      '--jinja_variables',
+      default=None,
+      type=json.loads,
+      help='A json dict of variables used when invoking the jinja preprocessor '
+      'on the provided yaml pipeline.')
   return parser.parse_known_args(argv)
 
 
@@ -64,22 +70,50 @@ def _pipeline_spec_from_args(known_args):
   return pipeline_yaml
 
 
+class _BeamFileIOLoader(jinja2.BaseLoader):
+  def get_source(self, environment, path):
+    with FileSystems.open(path) as fin:
+      source = fin.read().decode()
+    return source, path, lambda: True
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _fix_xlang_instant_coding():
+  # Scoped workaround for https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/28151.
+  old_registry = LogicalType._known_logical_types
+  LogicalType._known_logical_types = old_registry.copy()
+  try:
+    LogicalType.register_logical_type(MillisInstant)
+    yield
+  finally:
+    LogicalType._known_logical_types = old_registry
+
+
 def run(argv=None):
   known_args, pipeline_args = _configure_parser(argv)
-  pipeline_yaml = _pipeline_spec_from_args(known_args)
+  pipeline_template = _pipeline_spec_from_args(known_args)
+  pipeline_yaml = (  # keep formatting
+      jinja2.Environment(
+          undefined=jinja2.StrictUndefined, loader=_BeamFileIOLoader())
+      .from_string(pipeline_template)
+      .render(**known_args.jinja_variables or {}))
   pipeline_spec = yaml.load(pipeline_yaml, Loader=yaml_transform.SafeLineLoader)
 
-  with beam.Pipeline(  # linebreak for better yapf formatting
-      options=beam.options.pipeline_options.PipelineOptions(
-          pipeline_args,
-          pickle_library='cloudpickle',
-          **yaml_transform.SafeLineLoader.strip_metadata(pipeline_spec.get(
-              'options', {}))),
-      display_data={'yaml': pipeline_yaml}) as p:
-    print("Building pipeline...")
-    yaml_transform.expand_pipeline(
-        p, pipeline_spec, validate_schema=known_args.json_schema_validation)
-    print("Running pipeline...")
+  with _fix_xlang_instant_coding():
+    with beam.Pipeline(  # linebreak for better yapf formatting
+        options=beam.options.pipeline_options.PipelineOptions(
+            pipeline_args,
+            pickle_library='cloudpickle',
+            **yaml_transform.SafeLineLoader.strip_metadata(pipeline_spec.get(
+                'options', {}))),
+        display_data={'yaml': pipeline_yaml,
+                      'yaml_jinja_template': pipeline_template,
+                      'yaml_jinja_variables': json.dumps(
+                          known_args.jinja_variables)}) as p:
+      print("Building pipeline...")
+      yaml_transform.expand_pipeline(
+          p, pipeline_spec, validate_schema=known_args.json_schema_validation)
+      print("Running pipeline...")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b10c788bccaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/main_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+import glob
+import logging
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+from apache_beam.yaml import main
+
+TEST_PIPELINE = '''
+pipeline:
+  type: chain
+  transforms:
+    - type: Create
+      config:
+        elements: [ELEMENT]
+      # Writing to an actual file here rather than just using AssertThat
+      # because this is an integration test and above all we want to ensure
+      # the pipeline actually runs (and asserts may not fail if there's a
+      # bug in the invocation logic).
+    - type: WriteToText
+      config:
+        path: PATH
+'''
+
+
+class MainTest(unittest.TestCase):
+  def test_pipeline_spec_from_file(self):
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+      yaml_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'test.yaml')
+      out_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'out.txt')
+      with open(yaml_path, 'wt') as fout:
+        fout.write(TEST_PIPELINE.replace('PATH', out_path))
+      main.run(['--yaml_pipeline_file', yaml_path])
+      with open(glob.glob(out_path + '*')[0], 'rt') as fin:
+        self.assertEqual(fin.read().strip(), 'ELEMENT')
+
+  def test_pipeline_spec_from_flag(self):
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+      out_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'out.txt')
+      main.run(['--yaml_pipeline', TEST_PIPELINE.replace('PATH', out_path)])
+      with open(glob.glob(out_path + '*')[0], 'rt') as fin:
+        self.assertEqual(fin.read().strip(), 'ELEMENT')
+
+  def test_jinja_variables(self):
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+      out_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'out.txt')
+      main.run([
+          '--yaml_pipeline',
+          TEST_PIPELINE.replace('PATH', out_path).replace('ELEMENT', '{{var}}'),
+          '--jinja_variables',
+          '{"var": "my_line"}'
+      ])
+      with open(glob.glob(out_path + '*')[0], 'rt') as fin:
+        self.assertEqual(fin.read().strip(), 'my_line')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
+  unittest.main()
diff --git a/sdks/python/scripts/run_pylint.sh b/sdks/python/scripts/run_pylint.sh
index 96d4b4885b62..89ea7fe441e4 100755
--- a/sdks/python/scripts/run_pylint.sh
+++ b/sdks/python/scripts/run_pylint.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ ISORT_EXCLUDED=(
   "process_tfma.py"
   "doctests_test.py"
   "render_test.py"
+  "yaml/main.py"
+  "main_test.py"
 )
 SKIP_PARAM=""
 for file in "${ISORT_EXCLUDED[@]}"; do
diff --git a/sdks/python/setup.py b/sdks/python/setup.py
index 8c4fbf415f3c..53139a9ce289 100644
--- a/sdks/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdks/python/setup.py
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ def get_portability_package_data():
       # BEAM-8840: Do NOT use tests_require or setup_requires.
       extras_require={
           'docs': [
+              'jinja2>=3.0,<3.1',
               'Sphinx>=1.5.2,<2.0',
               'docstring-parser>=0.15,<1.0',
               # Pinning docutils as a workaround for Sphinx issue: