diff --git a/priv/shell-completion/bash/rebar b/priv/shell-completion/bash/rebar
index d4a42dc..7dc3b5e 100644
--- a/priv/shell-completion/bash/rebar
+++ b/priv/shell-completion/bash/rebar
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ _rebar()
         compile \
         create \
         create-app \
+        create-lib \
         create-node \
         ct \
         doc \
diff --git a/priv/shell-completion/zsh/_rebar b/priv/shell-completion/zsh/_rebar
index 21d9a8a..384fead 100644
--- a/priv/shell-completion/zsh/_rebar
+++ b/priv/shell-completion/zsh/_rebar
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ _rebar () {
         'compile[Compile sources]' \
         'create[Create skel based on template and vars]' \
         'create-app[Create simple app skel]' \
+        'create-lib[Create simple lib skel]' \
         'create-node[Create simple node skel]' \
         'list-template[List avaiavle templates]' \
         'doc[Generate Erlang program documentation]' \
diff --git a/priv/templates/simplelib.app.src b/priv/templates/simplelib.app.src
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..752665a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simplelib.app.src
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{application, {{libid}},
+ [
+  {description, "An Erlang {{libid}} library"},
+  {vsn, "1"},
+  {modules, [
+             {{libid}}
+            ]},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications, [
+                  kernel,
+                  stdlib
+                 ]},
+  {env, []}
+ ]}.
diff --git a/priv/templates/simplelib.erl b/priv/templates/simplelib.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..384caa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simplelib.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+%% See LICENSE for licensing information.
+%% -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+-module({{libid}}).
+
+%% {{libid}}: {{libid}} library's entry point.
+
+-export([my_func/0]).
+
+
+%% API
+
+my_func() ->
+    ok().
+
+%% Internals
+
+ok() ->
+    ok.
+
+%% End of Module.
diff --git a/priv/templates/simplelib.template b/priv/templates/simplelib.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d20fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/templates/simplelib.template
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{variables, [{libid, "mylib"}]}.
+{template, "simplelib.app.src", "src/{{libid}}.app.src"}.
+{template, "simplelib.erl", "src/{{libid}}.erl"}.
diff --git a/src/rebar.erl b/src/rebar.erl
index 8fad12f..075a3e3 100644
--- a/src/rebar.erl
+++ b/src/rebar.erl
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ escriptize                           Generate escript archive
 
 create      template= [var=foo,...]  Create skel based on template and vars
 create-app  [appid=myapp]            Create simple app skel
+create-lib  [libid=mylib]            Create simple lib skel
 create-node [nodeid=mynode]          Create simple node skel
 list-templates                       List available templates
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_templater.erl b/src/rebar_templater.erl
index b8f7087..c21daa3 100644
--- a/src/rebar_templater.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_templater.erl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 -module(rebar_templater).
 
 -export(['create-app'/2,
+         'create-lib'/2,
          'create-node'/2,
          'list-templates'/2,
          create/2]).
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@
     %% Alias for create w/ template=simpleapp
     create1(Config, "simpleapp").
 
+'create-lib'(Config, _File) ->
+    %% Alias for create w/ template=simplelib
+    create1(Config, "simplelib").
+
 'create-node'(Config, _File) ->
     %% Alias for create w/ template=simplenode
     create1(Config, "simplenode").
@@ -116,6 +121,12 @@ info(help, 'create-app') ->
        "~n"
        "Valid command line options:~n"
        "  [appid=myapp]~n", []);
+info(help, 'create-lib') ->
+    ?CONSOLE(
+       "Create simple lib skel.~n"
+       "~n"
+       "Valid command line options:~n"
+       "  [libid=mylib]~n", []);
 info(help, 'create-node') ->
     ?CONSOLE(
        "Create simple node skel.~n"