diff --git a/plugins/docker/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/docker/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cfa380df..b54695967 100644
--- a/plugins/docker/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/docker/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
+kdevplatform_add_file_templates(dockerfile-template)
+
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdevdocker\")
 
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(dockerplugin_SRCS
     HEADER debug_docker.h
     IDENTIFIER DOCKER
     CATEGORY_NAME kdevplatform.plugins.docker
 )
 qt5_add_resources(dockerplugin_SRCS kdevdockerplugin.qrc)
 ki18n_wrap_ui(dockerplugin_SRCS dockerpreferences.ui)
 kconfig_add_kcfg_files(dockerplugin_SRCS dockerpreferencessettings.kcfgc)
 
 kdevplatform_add_plugin(kdevdocker JSON kdevdocker.json SOURCES dockerplugin.cpp dockerruntime.cpp dockerpreferences.cpp ${dockerplugin_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(kdevdocker
     KF5::CoreAddons
     KDev::Interfaces
     KDev::Util
     KDev::OutputView
     KDev::Project
 )
diff --git a/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/Dockerfile b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25f9d97e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FROM {{ baseImage }}
diff --git a/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/dockerfile-template.desktop b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/dockerfile-template.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a072b052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/dockerfile-template.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[General]
+Name=Dockerfile
+Comment=A Dockerfile is a text document that contains all the commands a user could call on the command line to assemble an image
+Category=Docker/Dockerfile
+Language=JSON
+Files=Implementation
+OptionsFile=options.kcfg
+
+[Implementation]
+Name=Implementation
+File=Dockerfile
+OutputFile=Dockerfile
+
diff --git a/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/options.kcfg b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/options.kcfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9da9ae17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/docker/dockerfile-template/options.kcfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
+      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
+      http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd">
+  <kcfgfile arg="true"/>
+  <group name="Docker">
+    <entry name="baseImage" type="String"><label>Base image</label><default>ubuntu:16.04</default></entry>
+  </group>
+</kcfg>