diff --git a/template/template.go b/template/template.go
index 5228a79d..fed6a3bd 100644
--- a/template/template.go
+++ b/template/template.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ var DefaultFuncs = FuncMap{
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
 		return re.ReplaceAllString(text, repl)
 	},
+	"stringSlice": func(s ...string) []string {
+		return s
+	},
 }
 
 // Pair is a key/value string pair.
diff --git a/template/template_test.go b/template/template_test.go
index 569cfc0c..9e939c90 100644
--- a/template/template_test.go
+++ b/template/template_test.go
@@ -357,6 +357,19 @@ func TestTemplateExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 			in:    `{{ reReplaceAll "ab" "AB" "abcdabcda"}}`,
 			exp:   "ABcdABcda",
 		},
+		{
+			title: "Template using stringSlice",
+			in:    `{{ with .GroupLabels }}{{ with .Remove (stringSlice "key1" "key3") }}{{ .SortedPairs.Values }}{{ end }}{{ end }}`,
+			data: Data{
+				GroupLabels: KV{
+					"key1": "key1",
+					"key2": "key2",
+					"key3": "key3",
+					"key4": "key4",
+				},
+			},
+			exp: "[key2 key4]",
+		},
 	} {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.title, func(t *testing.T) {