diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1e3c10c0..4d8b44d5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,4 +40,8 @@ repos:
       exclude: ^vendor
     - id: no-commit-to-branch
     - id: trailing-whitespace
-      exclude: ^vendor
+      exclude: |
+        (?x)(
+            ^vendor|
+            ^modules/common/util/template_util_test.go
+        )
diff --git a/modules/common/util/template_util.go b/modules/common/util/template_util.go
index a641bb89..abcb6118 100644
--- a/modules/common/util/template_util.go
+++ b/modules/common/util/template_util.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -138,6 +139,57 @@ func ExecuteTemplate(templateFile string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	return renderedTemplate, nil
 }
 
+// template functions
+var tmpl *template.Template
+
+// template function which allows to execute a template from within
+// a template file.
+// name - name of the template as defined with with `{{define "some-template"}}your template{{end}}
+// data - data to pass into to render the template for all can use `.`
+func execTempl(name string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(buf, name, data)
+	return buf.String(), err
+}
+
+// template function to indent the template with n tabs
+func indent(n int, in string) (out string) {
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader([]byte(in)))
+	for s.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(s.Text())
+		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+			line = "\t" + line
+		}
+		out += line + "\n"
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// template function to remove empty lines if there are > n continuous empty lines
+func removeNewLines(n int, in string) (out string) {
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader([]byte(in)))
+
+	// Variable to keep track of consecutive empty lines
+	emptyLineCount := 0
+	for s.Scan() {
+		line := s.Text()
+
+		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+			emptyLineCount++
+			// If we have already seen more then n empty lines, skip this one
+			if emptyLineCount > n {
+				continue
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Reset the empty line counter when we encounter a non-empty line
+			emptyLineCount = 0
+		}
+
+		out += line + "\n"
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
 // template function to increment an int
 func add(x, y int) int {
 	return x + y
@@ -153,11 +205,15 @@ func lower(s string) string {
 func ExecuteTemplateData(templateData string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 
 	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	var err error
 	funcs := template.FuncMap{
-		"add":   add,
-		"lower": lower,
+		"add":            add,
+		"execTempl":      execTempl,
+		"indent":         indent,
+		"lower":          lower,
+		"removeNewLines": removeNewLines,
 	}
-	tmpl, err := template.New("tmp").Option("missingkey=error").Funcs(funcs).Parse(templateData)
+	tmpl, err = template.New("tmp").Option("missingkey=error").Funcs(funcs).Parse(templateData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -193,10 +249,13 @@ func ExecuteTemplateFile(filename string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	file := string(b)
 	var buff bytes.Buffer
 	funcs := template.FuncMap{
-		"add":   add,
-		"lower": lower,
+		"add":            add,
+		"execTempl":      execTempl,
+		"indent":         indent,
+		"lower":          lower,
+		"removeNewLines": removeNewLines,
 	}
-	tmpl, err := template.New("tmp").Option("missingkey=error").Funcs(funcs).Parse(file)
+	tmpl, err = template.New("tmp").Option("missingkey=error").Funcs(funcs).Parse(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/common/util/template_util_test.go b/modules/common/util/template_util_test.go
index ef0a8989..45911b3f 100644
--- a/modules/common/util/template_util_test.go
+++ b/modules/common/util/template_util_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
+	"text/template"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
@@ -37,6 +39,103 @@ func TestLower(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestIndent(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("Indent string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		g := NewWithT(t)
+		const in = `foo
+bar`
+		// 5 tabs and line break
+		const expct = `					foo
+					bar
+`
+
+		s := indent(5, in)
+
+		g.Expect(s).To(BeIdenticalTo(expct))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRemoveNewLines(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("Remove duplicate new lines", func(t *testing.T) {
+		g := NewWithT(t)
+		const in = `	foo
+
+  bar
+
+
+foo
+
+	
+
+
+bar`
+
+		const expct = `	foo
+
+  bar
+
+foo
+
+bar
+`
+
+		s := removeNewLines(1, in)
+
+		g.Expect(s).To(BeIdenticalTo(expct))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestExecTempl(t *testing.T) {
+
+	t.Run("ExecTempl", func(t *testing.T) {
+		g := NewWithT(t)
+		const myTmpl = `{{define "my-template"}}my-template
+
+
+content
+
+
+
+with empty lines
+
+
+
+to
+remove
+{{end}}
+See result:
+{{$var := execTempl "my-template" . | removeNewLines 1}}
+{{$var}}`
+
+		// render template using execTempl and remove more then 1 continuous empty lines
+		const expct = `
+See result:
+
+my-template
+
+content
+
+with empty lines
+
+to
+remove
+`
+		var buff bytes.Buffer
+
+		tmpl = template.Must(template.New("").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+			"execTempl":      execTempl,
+			"removeNewLines": removeNewLines,
+		}).Parse(myTmpl))
+		if err := tmpl.Execute(&buff, nil); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		g.Expect(buff.String()).To(BeIdenticalTo(expct))
+	})
+}
+
 func TestGetTemplatesPath(t *testing.T) {
 	// set the env var used to specify the template path in the container case
 	os.Setenv("OPERATOR_TEMPLATES", templatePath)