diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de8add6..fd76fc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ colored = "2.1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
 toml = "0.8.12"
-shulkerscript-lang = { git = "https://github.com/moritz-hoelting/shulkerscript-lang", features = ["shulkerbox"], default-features = false, rev = "09b389c2060e73f686d92df3c45290c2c1b34ecb"}
-shulkerbox = { git = "https://github.com/moritz-hoelting/shulkerbox", default-features = false, rev = "296502dcc5dd29b3d930ffec91ceec3d161e0e47" }
+shulkerscript-lang = { git = "https://github.com/moritz-hoelting/shulkerscript-lang", features = ["shulkerbox"], default-features = false, rev = "44d634355b4ab5b652de56b0becd61b05680c068"}
+shulkerbox = { git = "https://github.com/moritz-hoelting/shulkerbox", default-features = false, rev = "b79c9ecd6d45f9319c9083a8103ef0186839b0c0" }
 git2 = { version = "0.18.3", default-features = false }
 path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index cd5e49f..2e85675 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
 pub struct ProjectConfig {
     pub pack: PackConfig,
+    pub compiler: Option<CompilerConfig>,
 }
 impl ProjectConfig {
-    pub fn new(pack: PackConfig) -> Self {
-        Self { pack }
+    pub fn new(pack: PackConfig, compiler: Option<CompilerConfig>) -> Self {
+        Self { pack, compiler }
     }
 }
 
@@ -47,3 +50,15 @@ impl Default for PackConfig {
 fn default_pack_format() -> u8 {
     26
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct CompilerConfig {
+    /// The path of a folder which files and subfolders will be copied to the root of the datapack.
+    pub assets: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+impl CompilerConfig {
+    pub fn new(assets: Option<PathBuf>) -> Self {
+        Self { assets }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/subcommands/build.rs b/src/subcommands/build.rs
index bbaf634..3a4c22c 100644
--- a/src/subcommands/build.rs
+++ b/src/subcommands/build.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
+use shulkerbox::virtual_fs::VFolder;
 
 use crate::{
     config::ProjectConfig,
     error::Error,
-    terminal_output::{print_error, print_info},
+    terminal_output::{print_error, print_info, print_warning},
 };
 use std::{
     env, fs,
@@ -17,8 +18,13 @@ pub struct BuildArgs {
     #[clap(default_value = ".")]
     pub path: PathBuf,
     /// The path of the directory to place the compiled datapack.
+    /// Overrides the `DATAPACK_DIR` environment variable.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     pub output: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// The path of a folder which files and subfolders will be copied to the root of the datapack.
+    /// Overrides the `assets` field in the pack.toml file.
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    pub assets: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 pub fn build(_verbose: bool, args: &BuildArgs) -> Result<()> {
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn build(_verbose: bool, args: &BuildArgs) -> Result<()> {
         .or_else(|| env::var("DATAPACK_DIR").ok().map(PathBuf::from))
         .unwrap_or_else(|| path.join("dist"));
 
-    print_info(&format!(
+    print_info(format!(
         "Building project at {}",
         path.absolutize()?.display()
     ));
@@ -51,11 +57,39 @@ pub fn build(_verbose: bool, args: &BuildArgs) -> Result<()> {
 
     let compiled = shulkerscript_lang::compile(&script_paths)?;
 
+    let assets_path = args.assets.clone().or(project_config
+        .compiler
+        .as_ref()
+        .and_then(|c| c.assets.as_ref().map(|p| path.join(p))));
+
+    let output = if let Some(assets_path) = assets_path {
+        let assets = VFolder::try_from(assets_path.as_path());
+        if assets.is_err() {
+            print_error(format!(
+                "The specified assets path does not exist: {}",
+                assets_path.display()
+            ));
+        }
+        let mut assets = assets?;
+        let replaced = assets.merge(compiled);
+
+        for replaced in replaced {
+            print_warning(format!(
+                "Template file {} was replaced by a file in the compiled datapack",
+                replaced
+            ));
+        }
+
+        assets
+    } else {
+        compiled
+    };
+
     let dist_path = dist_path.join(project_config.pack.name);
 
-    compiled.place(&dist_path)?;
+    output.place(&dist_path)?;
 
-    print_info(&format!(
+    print_info(format!(
         "Finished building project to {}",
         dist_path.absolutize_from(path)?.display()
     ));
diff --git a/src/subcommands/clean.rs b/src/subcommands/clean.rs
index 2590ff5..6c963e7 100644
--- a/src/subcommands/clean.rs
+++ b/src/subcommands/clean.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn clean(verbose: bool, args: &CleanArgs) -> Result<()> {
         delete_paths.push(dist_path.join(project_config.pack.name + ".zip"));
     }
 
-    print_info(&format!(
+    print_info(format!(
         "Cleaning project at {}",
         path.absolutize_from(path)?.display()
     ));
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn clean(verbose: bool, args: &CleanArgs) -> Result<()> {
         && dist_path.read_dir()?.next().is_none()
     {
         if verbose {
-            print_info(&format!("Deleting {:?}, as it is empty", dist_path));
+            print_info(format!("Deleting {:?}, as it is empty", dist_path));
         }
         std::fs::remove_dir(&dist_path)?;
     }
diff --git a/src/subcommands/init.rs b/src/subcommands/init.rs
index 9a6e783..98b21e7 100644
--- a/src/subcommands/init.rs
+++ b/src/subcommands/init.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fn create_pack_config(
 
     fs::write(&path, toml::to_string_pretty(&content)?)?;
     if verbose {
-        print_info(&format!(
+        print_info(format!(
             "Created pack.toml file at {}.",
             path.absolutize()?.display()
         ));
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fn create_dir(path: &Path, verbose: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     if !path.exists() {
         fs::create_dir(path)?;
         if verbose {
-            print_info(&format!(
+            print_info(format!(
                 "Created directory at {}.",
                 path.absolutize()?.display()
             ));
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ fn create_gitignore(path: &Path, verbose: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let gitignore = path.join(".gitignore");
     fs::write(&gitignore, "/dist\n")?;
     if verbose {
-        print_info(&format!(
+        print_info(format!(
             "Created .gitignore file at {}.",
             gitignore.absolutize()?.display()
         ));
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ fn create_pack_png(path: &Path, verbose: bool) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let pack_png = path.join("pack.png");
     fs::write(&pack_png, include_bytes!("../../assets/default-icon.png"))?;
     if verbose {
-        print_info(&format!(
+        print_info(format!(
             "Created pack.png file at {}.",
             pack_png.absolutize()?.display()
         ));
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fn create_main_file(path: &Path, namespace: &str, verbose: bool) -> std::io::Res
         ),
     )?;
     if verbose {
-        print_info(&format!(
+        print_info(format!(
             "Created main.shu file at {}.",
             main_file.absolutize()?.display()
         ));
diff --git a/src/subcommands/package.rs b/src/subcommands/package.rs
index 4f8a8d2..ed03a66 100644
--- a/src/subcommands/package.rs
+++ b/src/subcommands/package.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ use std::{env, path::PathBuf};
 
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use path_absolutize::Absolutize;
+use shulkerbox::virtual_fs::VFolder;
 
-use crate::{error::Error, terminal_output::print_info};
+use crate::{
+    error::Error,
+    terminal_output::{print_error, print_info, print_warning},
+};
 
 use super::BuildArgs;
 
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn package(_verbose: bool, args: &PackageArgs) -> Result<()> {
         .or_else(|| env::var("DATAPACK_DIR").ok().map(PathBuf::from))
         .unwrap_or_else(|| path.join("dist"));
 
-    print_info(&format!(
+    print_info(format!(
         "Packaging project at {}",
         path.absolutize()?.display()
     ));
@@ -38,11 +42,39 @@ pub fn package(_verbose: bool, args: &PackageArgs) -> Result<()> {
 
     let compiled = shulkerscript_lang::compile(&script_paths)?;
 
+    let assets_path = args.build_args.assets.clone().or(project_config
+        .compiler
+        .as_ref()
+        .and_then(|c| c.assets.as_ref().map(|p| path.join(p))));
+
+    let output = if let Some(assets_path) = assets_path {
+        let assets = VFolder::try_from(assets_path.as_path());
+        if assets.is_err() {
+            print_error(format!(
+                "The specified assets path does not exist: {}",
+                assets_path.display()
+            ));
+        }
+        let mut assets = assets?;
+        let replaced = assets.merge(compiled);
+
+        for replaced in replaced {
+            print_warning(format!(
+                "Template file {} was replaced by a file in the compiled datapack",
+                replaced
+            ));
+        }
+
+        assets
+    } else {
+        compiled
+    };
+
     let dist_path = dist_path.join(project_config.pack.name + ".zip");
 
-    compiled.zip(&dist_path)?;
+    output.zip(&dist_path)?;
 
-    print_info(&format!(
+    print_info(format!(
         "Finished packaging project to {}",
         dist_path.absolutize_from(path)?.display()
     ));
diff --git a/src/terminal_output.rs b/src/terminal_output.rs
index 039619a..62bb02f 100644
--- a/src/terminal_output.rs
+++ b/src/terminal_output.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
 use colored::Colorize;
 
-pub fn print_info(msg: &str) {
+pub fn print_info<D>(msg: D)
+where
+    D: Display,
+{
     println!("[{}]    {msg}", "INFO".blue())
 }
 
-pub fn print_success(msg: &str) {
+pub fn print_success<D>(msg: D)
+where
+    D: Display,
+{
     println!("[{}] {msg}", "SUCCESS".green())
 }
-pub fn print_error(msg: &str) {
+
+pub fn print_warning<D>(msg: D)
+where
+    D: Display,
+{
+    println!("[{}] {msg}", "WARNING".yellow())
+}
+
+pub fn print_error<D>(msg: D)
+where
+    D: Display,
+{
     println!("[{}]   {msg}", "ERROR".red())
 }