diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9a5ce21641..2bf1504909 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 - Support for proxy model permission inheritance. Proxy models
   now get the permission inheritance from their base models.
 - Update common.http.URL to allow passing a query dictionary.
+- Add the document template sandbox feature.
 
 3.2.9 (2019-11-03)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/apps.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/apps.py
index 560b4cacfc..09b6f3bc8c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/apps.py
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ from .html_widgets import (
     get_instance_link, index_instance_item_link, node_level
 )
 from .links import (
-    link_document_index_instance_list, link_document_type_index_templates,
-    link_index_instance_menu, link_index_instance_rebuild,
-    link_index_template_setup, link_index_template_create,
-    link_index_template_document_types, link_index_template_delete,
-    link_index_template_edit, link_index_template_list,
-    link_index_template_node_tree_view, link_index_instances_rebuild,
-    link_index_template_node_create, link_index_template_node_delete,
-    link_index_template_node_edit
+    link_document_index_instance_list, link_document_template_sandbox,
+    link_document_type_index_templates, link_index_instance_menu,
+    link_index_instance_rebuild, link_index_template_setup,
+    link_index_template_create, link_index_template_document_types,
+    link_index_template_delete, link_index_template_edit,
+    link_index_template_list, link_index_template_node_tree_view,
+    link_index_instances_rebuild, link_index_template_node_create,
+    link_index_template_node_delete, link_index_template_node_edit
 )
 from .permissions import (
     permission_document_indexing_create, permission_document_indexing_delete,
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ class DocumentIndexingApp(MayanAppConfig):
         )
 
         menu_facet.bind_links(
-            links=(link_document_index_instance_list,), sources=(Document,)
+            links=(
+                link_document_index_instance_list,
+                link_document_template_sandbox
+            ), sources=(Document,)
         )
         menu_list_facet.bind_links(
             links=(link_document_type_index_templates,),
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/forms.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/forms.py
index 790a5e6e2e..935ea3b343 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/forms.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/forms.py
@@ -12,6 +12,41 @@ from .models import Index, IndexTemplateNode
 from .permissions import permission_document_indexing_rebuild
 
 
+class DocumentTemplateSandboxForm(forms.Form):
+    template = forms.CharField(
+        help_text=_(
+            'The template string to be evaluated. The current document '
+            'is available as the {{ document }} variable.'
+        ), label=_('Template'), widget=forms.widgets.Textarea(
+            attrs={'rows': 5}
+        )
+    )
+    result = forms.CharField(
+        help_text=_('Resulting text from the evaluated template.'),
+        label=_('Result'), required=False, widget=forms.widgets.Textarea(
+            attrs={'rows': 5}
+        )
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(DocumentTemplateSandboxForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.fields['template'].help_text = ' '.join(
+            [
+                force_text(self.fields['template'].help_text),
+                force_text(
+                    _(
+                        'Use Django\'s default templating language '
+                        '(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/templates/builtins/)'
+                    ),
+                ),
+                '<br>',
+                ModelProperty.get_help_text_for(
+                    model=Document, show_name=True
+                ).replace('\n', '<br>')
+            ]
+        )
+
+
 class IndexTemplateFilteredForm(FilteredSelectionForm):
     class Meta:
         allow_multiple = True
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/icons.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/icons.py
index 304e854881..bd7f2d71fb 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/icons.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/icons.py
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 from mayan.apps.appearance.classes import Icon
 from mayan.apps.documents.icons import icon_document_type
 
+icon_index = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='list-ul')
 icon_document_index_instance_list = Icon(
     driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='list-ul'
 )
-icon_index = Icon(driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='list-ul')
+icon_document_template_sandbox = Icon(
+    driver_name='fontawesome', symbol='flask'
+)
 icon_document_type_index_templates = icon_index
 icon_index_level_up = Icon(
     driver_name='fontawesomecss', css_classes='fa-level-up-alt fa-rotate-90'
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/links.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/links.py
index a9441e3e9c..3bbf672f11 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/links.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/links.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from mayan.apps.documents.permissions import permission_document_type_edit
 from mayan.apps.navigation.classes import Link
 from mayan.apps.navigation.utils import get_cascade_condition
 
@@ -24,10 +23,17 @@ link_document_index_instance_list = Link(
     text=_('Indexes'), view='indexing:document_index_list',
 )
 
+link_document_template_sandbox = Link(
+    args='resolved_object.pk',
+    icon_class_path='mayan.apps.document_indexing.icons.icon_document_template_sandbox',
+    permissions=(permission_document_indexing_edit,),
+    text=_('Sandbox'),
+    view='indexing:document_template_sandbox',
+)
 link_document_type_index_templates = Link(
     args='resolved_object.pk',
     icon_class_path='mayan.apps.document_indexing.icons.icon_document_type_index_templates',
-    permissions=(permission_document_type_edit,), text=_('Index templates'),
+    permissions=(permission_document_indexing_create,), text=_('Index templates'),
     view='indexing:document_type_index_templates',
 )
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
index 0cdefeeb6c..2172315760 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/urls.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ from .api_views import (
     APIIndexTemplateView, APIIndexView
 )
 from .views import (
-    DocumentIndexNodeListView, DocumentTypeIndexesView, IndexInstanceNodeView,
-    IndexListView, IndexesRebuildView, SetupIndexDocumentTypesView,
-    SetupIndexCreateView, SetupIndexDeleteView, SetupIndexEditView,
-    SetupIndexListView, SetupIndexRebuildView, SetupIndexTreeTemplateListView,
+    DocumentIndexNodeListView, DocumentTemplateSandboxView,
+    DocumentTypeIndexesView, IndexInstanceNodeView, IndexListView,
+    IndexesRebuildView, SetupIndexDocumentTypesView, SetupIndexCreateView,
+    SetupIndexDeleteView, SetupIndexEditView, SetupIndexListView,
+    SetupIndexRebuildView, SetupIndexTreeTemplateListView,
     TemplateNodeCreateView, TemplateNodeDeleteView, TemplateNodeEditView
 )
 
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ urlpatterns_tools = [
         regex=r'^instances/rebuild/$', view=IndexesRebuildView.as_view(),
         name='rebuild_index_instances'
     ),
+    url(
+        regex=r'^documents/(?P<pk>\d+)/sandbox/$',
+        view=DocumentTemplateSandboxView.as_view(),
+        name='document_template_sandbox'
+    ),
 ]
 
 urlpatterns = []
diff --git a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/views.py b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/views.py
index 384e45064f..2a57a5e196 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/document_indexing/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/document_indexing/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
-from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.template import (
+    Context, RequestContext, Template, TemplateSyntaxError
+)
 from django.urls import reverse, reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext
@@ -12,6 +15,8 @@ from mayan.apps.common.generics import (
     AddRemoveView, ConfirmView, FormView, SingleObjectCreateView,
     SingleObjectDeleteView, SingleObjectEditView, SingleObjectListView
 )
+from mayan.apps.common.http import URL
+from mayan.apps.common.mixins import ExternalObjectMixin
 from mayan.apps.documents.events import event_document_type_edited
 from mayan.apps.documents.models import Document, DocumentType
 from mayan.apps.documents.permissions import (
@@ -20,7 +25,9 @@ from mayan.apps.documents.permissions import (
 from mayan.apps.documents.views import DocumentListView
 
 from .events import event_index_template_edited
-from .forms import IndexTemplateFilteredForm, IndexTemplateNodeForm
+from .forms import (
+    DocumentTemplateSandboxForm, IndexTemplateFilteredForm, IndexTemplateNodeForm
+)
 from .html_widgets import node_tree
 from .icons import icon_index
 from .links import link_index_template_create
@@ -474,3 +481,47 @@ class IndexesRebuildView(FormView):
 
     def get_post_action_redirect(self):
         return reverse(viewname='common:tools_list')
+
+
+class DocumentTemplateSandboxView(ExternalObjectMixin, FormView):
+    external_object_class = Document
+    external_object_permission = permission_document_indexing_create
+    form_class = DocumentTemplateSandboxForm
+
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        path = reverse(
+            viewname='indexing:document_template_sandbox',
+            kwargs={'pk': self.external_object.pk}
+        )
+        url = URL(
+            path=path, query={'template': form.cleaned_data['template']}
+        )
+
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to=url.to_string())
+
+    def get_initial(self):
+        template_string = self.request.GET.get('template')
+        try:
+            context = Context(
+                {'document': self.external_object}
+            )
+            template = Template(template_string=template_string)
+            result = template.render(context=context)
+        except TemplateSyntaxError as exception:
+            result = ''
+            error_message = _(
+                'Template error; %(exception)s'
+            ) % {
+                'exception': exception
+            }
+            messages.error(request=self.request, message=error_message)
+
+        return {
+            'template': template_string, 'result': result
+        }
+
+    def get_extra_context(self):
+        return {
+            'object': self.external_object,
+            'title': _('Template sandbox for: %s') % self.external_object
+        }