diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/table.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/table.dust
index 4a5eb5d..8995220 100644
--- a/default_environment/templates/html/table.dust
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/table.dust
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-<table class="org_table"><tbody>{#.children}{>table_row/}{/.children}</tbody></table>
+<table class="org_table">{#.children}{@select key=.type}
+  {@eq value="head"}{>table_head/}{/eq}
+  {@eq value="body"}{>table_body/}{/eq}
+  {@none}{!TODO: make this panic!}ERROR: Unrecognized type {.type}.{/none}
+{/select}{/.children}</table>
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/table_body.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/table_body.dust
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1044fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/table_body.dust
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<tbody>{#.children}{>table_row/}{/.children}</tbody>
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/table_head.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head.dust
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a028de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head.dust
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<thead>{#.children}{>table_head_row/}{/.children}</thead>
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_cell.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_cell.dust
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f58637b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_cell.dust
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<th scope="col">{#.children}{>object/}{/.children}</th>
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_row.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_row.dust
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..957a659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/table_head_row.dust
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<tr>{#.children}{>table_head_cell/}{/.children}</tr>
diff --git a/src/context/mod.rs b/src/context/mod.rs
index adff5cf..8594f5d 100644
--- a/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ mod subscript;
 mod superscript;
 mod table;
 mod table_cell;
+mod table_group;
 mod table_row;
 mod target;
 mod timestamp;
diff --git a/src/context/table.rs b/src/context/table.rs
index 045d7a6..d5cf721 100644
--- a/src/context/table.rs
+++ b/src/context/table.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use super::render_context::RenderContext;
+use super::table_group::RenderTableGroup;
 use crate::error::CustomError;
 use crate::intermediate::ITable;
+use crate::intermediate::ITableGroup;
 
 use super::macros::render;
 use super::table_row::RenderTableRow;
@@ -11,15 +13,29 @@ use super::table_row::RenderTableRow;
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 #[serde(rename = "table")]
 pub(crate) struct RenderTable {
-    children: Vec<RenderTableRow>,
+    children: Vec<RenderTableGroup>,
     post_blank: organic::types::PostBlank,
 }
 
 render!(RenderTable, ITable, original, render_context, {
     let children = {
         let mut ret = Vec::new();
-        for obj in original.children.iter() {
-            ret.push(RenderTableRow::new(render_context.clone(), obj)?);
+        for group in original.children.iter() {
+            let mut rows = Vec::new();
+            match group {
+                ITableGroup::Head(irows) => {
+                    for obj in irows {
+                        rows.push(RenderTableRow::new(render_context.clone(), obj)?);
+                    }
+                    ret.push(RenderTableGroup::Head { children: rows });
+                }
+                ITableGroup::Body(irows) => {
+                    for obj in irows {
+                        rows.push(RenderTableRow::new(render_context.clone(), obj)?);
+                    }
+                    ret.push(RenderTableGroup::Body { children: rows });
+                }
+            }
         }
         ret
     };
diff --git a/src/context/table_group.rs b/src/context/table_group.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2960b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/context/table_group.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use super::table_row::RenderTableRow;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type")]
+pub(crate) enum RenderTableGroup {
+    #[serde(rename = "head")]
+    Head { children: Vec<RenderTableRow> },
+
+    #[serde(rename = "body")]
+    Body { children: Vec<RenderTableRow> },
+}
diff --git a/src/intermediate/mod.rs b/src/intermediate/mod.rs
index 0cb9190..2d6e34f 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/mod.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ pub(crate) use subscript::ISubscript;
 pub(crate) use superscript::ISuperscript;
 pub(crate) use table::ITable;
 pub(crate) use table_cell::ITableCell;
+pub(crate) use table_group::ITableGroup;
 pub(crate) use table_row::ITableRow;
 pub(crate) use target::ITarget;
 pub(crate) use timestamp::ITimestamp;