diff --git a/ebin/rebar.app b/ebin/rebar.app
index 02a2094..d9e590c 100644
--- a/ebin/rebar.app
+++ b/ebin/rebar.app
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
               rebar_rel_utils,
               rebar_reltool,
               rebar_subdirs,
+              rebar_templater,
               rebar_utils,
-              getopt ]},
+              getopt,
+              mustache ]},
   {registered, []},
   {applications, [kernel,
                   stdlib,
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@
          %% any_dir processing modules
          {any_dir_modules, [
                             rebar_subdirs,
-                            rebar_deps
+                            rebar_deps,
+                            rebar_templater
                            ]},
 
          %% Dir specific processing modules
diff --git a/priv/templates/simpleapp.app b/priv/templates/simpleapp.app
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7638f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simpleapp.app
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{application, {{appid}},
+ [
+  {description, ""},
+  {vsn, "1"},
+  {modules, [
+             {{appid}}_app,
+             {{appid}}_sup
+            ]},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications, [
+                  kernel,
+                  stdlib
+                 ]},
+  {env, []}
+ ]}.
diff --git a/priv/templates/simpleapp.template b/priv/templates/simpleapp.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..114e3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simpleapp.template
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{file, "simpleapp.app", "ebin/{{appid}}.app"}.
+{file, "simpleapp_app.erl", "src/{{appid}}_app.erl"}.
+{file, "simpleapp_sup.erl", "src/{{appid}}_sup.erl"}.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/priv/templates/simpleapp_app.erl b/priv/templates/simpleapp_app.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af863b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simpleapp_app.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-module({{appid}}_app).
+
+-behaviour(application).
+
+%% Application callbacks
+-export([start/2, stop/1]).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Application callbacks
+%% ===================================================================
+
+start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
+    {{appid}}_sup:start_link().
+
+stop(_State) ->
+    ok.
diff --git a/priv/templates/simpleapp_sup.erl b/priv/templates/simpleapp_sup.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dc178d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simpleapp_sup.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+
+-module({{appid}}_sup).
+
+-behaviour(supervisor).
+
+%% API
+-export([start_link/0]).
+
+%% Supervisor callbacks
+-export([init/1]).
+
+%% Helper macro for declaring children of supervisor
+-define(CHILD(I, Type), {I, {I, start_link, []}, permanent, 5000, Type, [I]}).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% API functions
+%% ===================================================================
+
+start_link() ->
+    supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []).
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Supervisor callbacks
+%% ===================================================================
+
+init([]) ->
+    {ok, {one_for_one, 5, 10}, []}.
+
diff --git a/src/rebar_templater.erl b/src/rebar_templater.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c7c05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rebar_templater.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+%% -*- tab-width: 4;erlang-indent-level: 4;indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+%% ex: ts=4 sw=4 et
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% rebar: Erlang Build Tools
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Smith (dizzyd@dizzyd.com)
+%%
+%% Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+%% of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+%% in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+%% to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+%% copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+%% furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+%%
+%% The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+%% all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+%%
+%% THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+%% IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+%% FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+%% AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+%% LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+%% OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+%% THE SOFTWARE.
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(rebar_templater).
+
+-export([create/2]).
+
+-include("rebar.hrl").
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Public API
+%% ===================================================================
+
+create(_Config, _) ->
+    ok.
+
+
+
+%% ===================================================================
+%% Internal functions
+%% ===================================================================
+
+% execute_template([]) ->
+%     ok;
+% execute_template([{file, Input, Output} | Rest]) ->
+%     ok;
+% execute_template([{dir, Name} | Rest]) ->
+%     ok.