diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0519ab..dbd910d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- **Liquid Assign Dot Notation** (#60, #120): Enabled Jekyll-compatible dot notation on the left-hand side of `assign` tags
+
 ## [0.3.1] - 2026-02-27
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b8fdf1..732758a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Gojekyll
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section -->
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-8-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-15-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END -->
 
 [![go badge][go-svg]][go-url]
@@ -243,15 +243,24 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://code.osteele.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/674?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Oliver Steele</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=osteele" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#design-osteele" title="Design">🎨</a> <a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=osteele" title="Documentation">📖</a> <a href="#ideas-osteele" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a> <a href="#infra-osteele" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a> <a href="#maintenance-osteele" title="Maintenance">🚧</a> <a href="#projectManagement-osteele" title="Project Management">📆</a> <a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Aosteele" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=osteele" title="Tests">⚠️</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://bep.is/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/394382?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Bjørn Erik Pedersen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=bep" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://tqdev.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1288217?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Maurits van der Schee</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=mevdschee" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://daniil.it/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7339644?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Daniil Gentili</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=danog" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="http://cameronelliott.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/868689?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Cameron Elliott</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-cameronelliott" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/sirwart"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/830101?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Brian Smith</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=sirwart" title="Code">💻</a></td>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://chimbori.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24304662?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Chimbori</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=chimbori" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://chimbori.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24304662?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Chimbori</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=chimbori" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Achimbori" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://tqdev.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1288217?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Maurits van der Schee</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=mevdschee" title="Code">💻</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/MikeCongdon1"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11522648?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Mike Congdon</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=MikeCongdon1" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3AMikeCongdon1" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://bep.is/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/394382?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Bjørn Erik Pedersen</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/commits?author=bep" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://bernsteinbear.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/401167?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Max Bernstein</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Atekknolagi" title="Bug reports">🐛</a> <a href="#ideas-tekknolagi" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~asampson/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/188033?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Adrian Sampson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Asampsyo" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/yuqianyi1001"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52897651?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>愚千一</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Ayuqianyi1001" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="http://cameronelliott.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/868689?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Cameron Elliott</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#ideas-cameronelliott" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/manastungare"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/343845?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Manas Tungare</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Amanastungare" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/edgan"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3506737?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Nathan Grennan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Aedgan" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/abhijeetbodas2001"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55339528?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Abhijeet Bodas</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Aabhijeetbodas2001" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
-    <td align="center"><a href="https://bernsteinbear.com/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/401167?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Max Bernstein</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Atekknolagi" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/train860"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6874537?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>train860</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/osteele/gojekyll/issues?q=author%3Atrain860" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/commands/testdata/site/assign-dot.md b/commands/testdata/site/assign-dot.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d52171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/testdata/site/assign-dot.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+layout: code
+---
+
+# Assign Dot Notation
+
+{% assign my_obj.custom_var = "hello" %}
+{{ my_obj.custom_var }}
diff --git a/renderers/renderers.go b/renderers/renderers.go
index 92d1cbd..a779be4 100644
--- a/renderers/renderers.go
+++ b/renderers/renderers.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func (p *Manager) makeLiquidEngine() *liquid.Engine {
 		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(p.ThemeDir, "_includes"))
 	}
 	engine := liquid.NewEngine()
+	engine.EnableJekyllExtensions()
 	filters.AddJekyllFilters(engine, &p.cfg)
 	tags.AddJekyllTags(engine, &p.cfg, dirs, p.RelativeFilenameToURL)
 	return engine