diff --git a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/JavaGenerator.java b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/JavaGenerator.java
index c4cce37..4781c79 100644
--- a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -373,6 +373,15 @@ else if (this.plainTextStrategy == PlainTextStrategy.STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS_VIA_UNLO
                             .append(chunk.getKey())
                             .append(";")
                             .append(CRLF);
+                    } 
+                    else if (this.plainTextStrategy == PlainTextStrategy.STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS) {
+                        tab(w, indent).append("static private final byte[] ")
+                            .append(chunk.getKey())
+                            .append(" = ")
+                            .append(RockerUtil.getTextAsJavaByteArrayInitializer(chunk.getValue(),model.getOptions().getTargetCharset()))
+                            .append(";")
+                            .append(CRLF);
+
                     }
  
                 }
diff --git a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/PlainTextStrategy.java b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/PlainTextStrategy.java
index 55cacbe..28e0e05 100644
--- a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/PlainTextStrategy.java
+++ b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/PlainTextStrategy.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ public enum PlainTextStrategy {
     
     // as strings (chunked to get around java length limits)
     STATIC_STRINGS,
-    
+
     // as byte arrays (loaded at runtime via an unloaded class to prevent
     // both the string constant in the class file + the byte array from
     // using heap/permgen memory)
-    STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS_VIA_UNLOADED_CLASS
+    STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS_VIA_UNLOADED_CLASS,
+
+    // as byte arrays (chunked to get around java length limits)
+    STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS
 
 }
diff --git a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
index bd17efc..77d0dbe 100644
--- a/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
+++ b/rocker-compiler/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/compiler/RockerUtil.java
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@
  */
 package com.fizzed.rocker.compiler;
 
-import com.fizzed.rocker.ContentType;
-import com.fizzed.rocker.model.JavaVersion;
-import com.fizzed.rocker.model.TemplateModel;
-//import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate.*;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -35,11 +31,18 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 //import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate.CharSequenceTranslator;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate.EntityArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate.LookupTranslator;
 
+import com.fizzed.rocker.ContentType;
+import com.fizzed.rocker.model.JavaVersion;
+import com.fizzed.rocker.model.TemplateModel;
+//import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.translate.*;
+
 public class RockerUtil {
     
     private static final Pattern VALID_JAVA_IDENTIFIER = Pattern
@@ -237,6 +240,24 @@ static public List<String> stringIntoChunks(String s, int chunkSize) {
         
         return strings;
     }
+
+    public static String getTextAsJavaByteArrayInitializer(String text,String charsetName) throws UnsupportedEncodingException{
+
+        byte[] bytes = text.getBytes(charsetName);
+        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
+        s.append("new byte[] { ");
+        boolean first = true;
+        for (byte b:bytes){
+            if (!first){
+                s.append(", ");
+            }
+            appendByteAsJavaByteInitializer(s, b);
+            first = false;
+        }
+        s.append(" }");
+        return s.toString();
+
+    }
     
     static public List<String> getTextAsJavaByteArrayInitializer(String text, String charsetName, int maxArraySize) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         byte[] bytes = text.getBytes(charsetName);
diff --git a/rocker-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/maven/GenerateMojo.java b/rocker-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/maven/GenerateMojo.java
index a98e76c..c4b8aed 100644
--- a/rocker-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/maven/GenerateMojo.java
+++ b/rocker-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/fizzed/rocker/maven/GenerateMojo.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.fizzed.rocker.maven;
 
 import com.fizzed.rocker.compiler.JavaGeneratorRunnable;
+import com.fizzed.rocker.compiler.PlainTextStrategy;
 import com.fizzed.rocker.model.JavaVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ public class GenerateMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter( property = "rocker.postProcessing", required = false)
     protected String[] postProcessing;
 
+    @Parameter(property =" rocker.plainTextStrategy", required=false, defaultValue = "STATIC_BYTE_ARRAYS_VIA_UNLOADED_CLASS")
+    protected PlainTextStrategy plainTextStrategy;
+
     /**
      * Weather or not to mark the generated classes as {@code @Generated}. 
      * */
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
             jgr.getParser().getConfiguration().setTemplateDirectory(templateDirectory);
             jgr.getGenerator().getConfiguration().setOutputDirectory(outputDirectory);
             jgr.getGenerator().getConfiguration().setClassDirectory(classDirectory);
+            jgr.getGenerator().setPlainTextStrategy(plainTextStrategy);
             //jgr.getGenerator().getConfiguration().setCompileDirectory(compileDirectory);
             jgr.setFailOnError(failOnError);