diff --git a/src/Cortex/Route/Route.php b/src/Cortex/Route/Route.php
index 0b6e17f..a3b963e 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Route/Route.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Route/Route.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ final class Route implements RouteInterface
         'before'             => null,
         'after'              => null,
         'template'           => null,
+        'no_template'        => null,
         'path'               => null,
         'handler'            => null,
     ];
diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php b/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
index d924fce..a5ac65d 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/MatchingResult.php
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ public function matched()
      */
     public function template()
     {
-        return is_string($this->data['template']) ? $this->data['template'] : '';
+        $template = $this->data['template'];
+
+        return (is_string($template) || $template === false) ? $template : '';
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php b/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
index c8f0e21..a20b046 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/ResultHandler.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ final class ResultHandler implements ResultHandlerInterface
      */
     public function handle(MatchingResult $result, \WP $wp, $doParseRequest)
     {
+        /** @var \Brain\Cortex\Router\MatchingResult $result */
         $result = apply_filters('cortex.match.done', $result, $wp, $doParseRequest);
         $handlerResult = $doParseRequest;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public function handle(MatchingResult $result, \WP $wp, $doParseRequest)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  mixed         $handler
+     * @param  mixed $handler
      * @return callable|null
      */
     private function buildCallback($handler)
@@ -86,16 +87,26 @@ private function buildCallback($handler)
      */
     private function setTemplate($template)
     {
-        $ext = apply_filters('cortex.default-template-extension', 'php');
-        pathinfo($template, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) or $template .= '.'.ltrim($ext, '.');
-        $template = is_file($template) ? $template : locate_template([$template], false);
-        if (! $template) {
+        if (is_string($template)) {
+            $ext = apply_filters('cortex.default-template-extension', 'php');
+            pathinfo($template, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) or $template .= '.'.ltrim($ext, '.');
+            $template = is_file($template) ? $template : locate_template([$template], false);
+            $template or $template = null;
+        }
+
+        // Allow template to be a file path or `false`, which will actually disable template
+        if (! is_file($template) && $template !== false) {
             return;
         }
 
-        $setter = function () use ($template) {
-            return $template;
-        };
+        // If template is `false`, we return `true` on `"{$type}_template"`
+        // to speed up `template-loader.php`
+        $template_setter = $template
+            ? function () use ($template) {
+                return $template;
+            }
+        : '__return_true';
+
 
         $types = [
             '404',
@@ -116,8 +127,8 @@ private function setTemplate($template)
             'index',
         ];
 
-        array_walk($types, function ($type) use ($setter) {
-            add_filter("{$type}_template", $setter);
+        array_walk($types, function ($type) use ($template_setter) {
+            add_filter("{$type}_template", $template_setter);
         });
 
         add_filter('template_include', function () use ($template) {
diff --git a/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php b/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
index b7f1a90..f1e686a 100644
--- a/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
+++ b/src/Cortex/Router/Router.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {
         $this->groups = $groups;
         $this->routes = $routes;
-        $this->collector = $collector ?: new RouteCollector(new Std(), new DefDataGenerator());
+        $this->collector = $collector ? : new RouteCollector(new Std(), new DefDataGenerator());
         $this->dispatcherFactory = $dispatcherFactory;
     }
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function match(UriInterface $uri, $httpMethod)
         unset($this->collector);
 
         $uriPath = '/'.trim($uri->path(), '/');
-        $routeInfo = $dispatcher->dispatch($httpMethod, $uriPath ?: '/');
+        $routeInfo = $dispatcher->dispatch($httpMethod, $uriPath ? : '/');
         if ($routeInfo[0] === Dispatcher::FOUND) {
             $route = $this->parsedRoutes[$routeInfo[1]];
             $vars = $routeInfo[2];
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ private function validateRoute(RouteInterface $route, UriInterface $uri, $httpMe
         if (count($uri->chunks()) !== (substr_count($path, '/') + 1)) {
             return false;
         }
-        $method = (array) $route['method'];
+        $method = (array)$route['method'];
         $handler = $route['handler'];
 
         return
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private function validateRoute(RouteInterface $route, UriInterface $uri, $httpMe
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  array                 $data
+     * @param  array $data
      * @return \FastRoute\Dispatcher
      */
     private function buildDispatcher(array $data)
@@ -218,9 +218,9 @@ private function buildDispatcher(array $data)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param  \Brain\Cortex\Route\RouteInterface  $route
-     * @param  array                               $vars
-     * @param  \Brain\Cortex\Uri\UriInterface      $uri
+     * @param  \Brain\Cortex\Route\RouteInterface $route
+     * @param  array                              $vars
+     * @param  \Brain\Cortex\Uri\UriInterface     $uri
      * @return \Brain\Cortex\Router\MatchingResult
      */
     private function finalizeRoute(RouteInterface $route, array $vars, UriInterface $uri)
@@ -256,15 +256,16 @@ private function finalizeRoute(RouteInterface $route, array $vars, UriInterface
 
         $vars = $this->ensurePreviewVars($vars, $uriVars);
         $vars = apply_filters('cortex.matched-vars', $vars, $route, $uri);
+        $noTemplate = filter_var($route['no_template'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
 
         return new MatchingResult([
-            'vars'     => (array) $vars,
+            'vars'     => (array)$vars,
             'route'    => $route->id(),
             'path'     => $route['path'],
             'handler'  => $route['handler'],
             'before'   => $route['before'],
             'after'    => $route['after'],
-            'template' => $route['template'],
+            'template' => $noTemplate ? false : $route['template'],
         ]);
     }