diff --git a/docs/guide/packages/lucide.md b/docs/guide/packages/lucide.md
index 5c64db4d2..42ee7dccc 100644
--- a/docs/guide/packages/lucide.md
+++ b/docs/guide/packages/lucide.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ In the `createIcons` function you can pass some extra parameters:
 - you can pass `nameAttr` to adjust the attribute name to replace for
 - you can pass `attrs` to pass additional custom attributes, for instance CSS classes or stroke options.
 - you can pass `root` to provide a custom DOM element the icons should be replaced in (useful when manipulating small sections of a large DOM or elements in the shadow DOM)
+- you can pass `inTemplates: true` to also replace icons inside `<template>` tags.
 
 Here is a full example:
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ createIcons({
   },
   nameAttr: 'data-lucide', // attribute for the icon name.
   root: element, // DOM element to replace icons in.
+  inTemplates: true // Also replace icons inside <template> tags.
 });
 ```
 
@@ -124,6 +126,34 @@ createIcons({
 });
 ```
 
+### Custom Document root
+
+Apply icons in a custom root element, for instance a shadow DOM root.
+
+```js
+import { createIcons } from 'lucide';
+
+// Custom root element, for instance a shadow DOM root.
+const shadowRoot = element.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+
+createIcons({
+  root: shadowRoot
+});
+```
+
+### Apply icons inside `<template>` tags
+
+By default icons inside `<template>` tags are not added.
+By setting the `inTemplates` option to `true`, icons inside templates will also be replaced.
+
+```js
+import { createIcons } from 'lucide';
+
+createIcons({
+  inTemplates: true
+});
+```
+
 ### Custom Element binding
 
 ```js
diff --git a/packages/lucide/src/lucide.ts b/packages/lucide/src/lucide.ts
index 9e34476d9..fc968412c 100644
--- a/packages/lucide/src/lucide.ts
+++ b/packages/lucide/src/lucide.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 import replaceElement from './replaceElement';
 import * as iconAndAliases from './iconsAndAliases';
+import { Icons, SVGProps } from './types';
+
+export interface CreateIconsOptions {
+  icons?: Icons;
+  nameAttr?: string;
+  attrs?: SVGProps;
+  root?: Element | Document | DocumentFragment;
+  inTemplates?: boolean;
+}
 
 /**
  * Replaces all elements with matching nameAttr with the defined icons
- * @param {{ icons?: object, nameAttr?: string, attrs?: object, root?: Element | Document }} options
+ * @param {CreateIconsOptions} options
  */
 const createIcons = ({
   icons = {},
   nameAttr = 'data-lucide',
   attrs = {},
   root = document,
-}: { icons?: object; nameAttr?: string; attrs?: object; root?: Element | Document } = {}) => {
+  inTemplates,
+}: CreateIconsOptions) => {
   if (!Object.values(icons).length) {
     throw new Error(
       "Please provide an icons object.\nIf you want to use all the icons you can import it like:\n `import { createIcons, icons } from 'lucide';\nlucide.createIcons({icons});`",
@@ -21,10 +31,23 @@ const createIcons = ({
     throw new Error('`createIcons()` only works in a browser environment.');
   }
 
-  const elementsToReplace = root.querySelectorAll(`[${nameAttr}]`);
-  Array.from(elementsToReplace).forEach((element) =>
-    replaceElement(element, { nameAttr, icons, attrs }),
-  );
+  const elementsToReplace = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll(`[${nameAttr}]`));
+
+  elementsToReplace.forEach((element) => replaceElement(element, { nameAttr, icons, attrs }));
+
+  if (inTemplates) {
+    const templates = Array.from(root.querySelectorAll('template'));
+
+    templates.forEach((template) =>
+      createIcons({
+        icons,
+        nameAttr,
+        attrs,
+        root: template.content,
+        inTemplates,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
 
   /** @todo: remove this block in v1.0 */
   if (nameAttr === 'data-lucide') {
diff --git a/packages/lucide/src/replaceElement.ts b/packages/lucide/src/replaceElement.ts
index 5a3fa2e9f..a0adacc52 100644
--- a/packages/lucide/src/replaceElement.ts
+++ b/packages/lucide/src/replaceElement.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import createElement from './createElement';
 import defaultAttributes from './defaultAttributes';
-import { Icons } from './types';
+import { Icons, SVGProps } from './types';
 
 export type CustomAttrs = { [attr: string]: any };
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const getAttrs = (element: Element): Record<string, string> =>
  * @returns {Array}
  */
 export const getClassNames = (
-  attrs: Record<string, string | string[]> | string,
+  attrs: Record<string, number | string | string[]> | string,
 ): string | string[] => {
   if (typeof attrs === 'string') return attrs;
   if (!attrs || !attrs.class) return '';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const getClassNames = (
  * @returns {string}
  */
 export const combineClassNames = (
-  arrayOfClassnames: (string | Record<string, string | string[]>)[],
+  arrayOfClassnames: (string | Record<string, number | string | string[]>)[],
 ) => {
   const classNameArray = arrayOfClassnames.flatMap(getClassNames);
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const toPascalCase = (string: string): string =>
 interface ReplaceElementOptions {
   nameAttr: string;
   icons: Icons;
-  attrs: Record<string, string>;
+  attrs: SVGProps;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/lucide/tests/lucide.spec.ts b/packages/lucide/tests/lucide.spec.ts
index 3ba47b3eb..89e1eedf9 100644
--- a/packages/lucide/tests/lucide.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/lucide/tests/lucide.spec.ts
@@ -104,4 +104,20 @@ describe('createIcons', () => {
     expect(document.body.innerHTML).toBe(svg);
     expect(document.body.innerHTML).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('should not replace icons inside template elements by default', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `<template><i data-lucide="house"></i></template>`;
+
+    createIcons({ icons });
+    const hasIcon = !!document.querySelector('template')?.content.querySelector('svg');
+    expect(hasIcon).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('should replace icons inside template elements when replaceInsideTemplates is true', () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `<template><i data-lucide="house"></i></template>`;
+
+    createIcons({ icons, inTemplates: true });
+    const hasIcon = !!document.querySelector('template')?.content.querySelector('svg');
+    expect(hasIcon).toBeTruthy();
+  });
 });