diff --git a/yesod-bin/HsFile.hs b/yesod-bin/HsFile.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bc6849b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yesod-bin/HsFile.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections, OverloadedStrings #-}
+module HsFile (mkHsFile) where
+import Text.ProjectTemplate (createTemplate)
+import Data.Conduit 
+    ( ($$), (=$), runResourceT, ResourceT, ConduitM, awaitForever, yield )
+import Data.Conduit.Filesystem (traverse, sourceFile)
+import Prelude hiding (FilePath)
+import Filesystem.Path ( FilePath )
+import Filesystem.Path.CurrentOS ( encodeString )
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+
+mkHsFile :: IO ()
+mkHsFile = runResourceT $ traverse False "."
+        $$ readIt
+        =$ createTemplate 
+        =$ awaitForever (liftIO . BS.putStr)
+
+-- Reads a filepath from upstream and dumps a pair of (filepath, filecontents)
+readIt :: ConduitM FilePath (FilePath, ResourceT IO BS.ByteString) (ResourceT IO) ()
+readIt = awaitForever $ \i -> do bs <- liftIO $ BS.readFile (encodeString i) 
+                                 yield (i, return bs)
+
+
diff --git a/yesod-bin/main.hs b/yesod-bin/main.hs
index f0f4e4b0..caab60a9 100755
--- a/yesod-bin/main.hs
+++ b/yesod-bin/main.hs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import           Options.Applicative.Types (ReadM (ReadM))
 
 #ifndef WINDOWS
 import           Build                  (touch)
+import           HsFile                 (mkHsFile)
 
 touch' :: IO ()
 touch' = touch
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ data Options = Options
                }
   deriving (Show, Eq)
 
-data Command = Init { _initBare :: Bool }
+data Command = Init { _initBare, _initHsFiles :: Bool }
              | Configure
              | Build { buildExtraArgs   :: [String] }
              | Touch
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ main = do
                                              ] optParser'
   let cabal xs = rawSystem' (cabalCommand o) xs
   case optCommand o of
-    Init bare               -> scaffold bare
+    Init bare hsfiles       -> if hsfiles then mkHsFile else scaffold bare
     Configure               -> cabal ["configure"]
     Build es                -> touch' >> cabal ("build":es)
     Touch                   -> touch'
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ optParser = Options
         <$> flag Cabal CabalDev ( long "dev"     <> short 'd' <> help "use cabal-dev" )
         <*> switch              ( long "verbose" <> short 'v' <> help "More verbose output" )
         <*> subparser ( command "init"
-                            (info (Init <$> (switch (long "bare" <> help "Create files in current folder")))
+                            (info (Init <$> (switch (long "bare" <> help "Create files in current folder"))
+                                        <*> (switch (long "hsfiles" <> help "Create a hsfiles file for the current folder")))
                             (progDesc "Scaffold a new site"))
                       <> command "configure" (info (pure Configure)
                             (progDesc "Configure a project for building"))
diff --git a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
index b65134b4..05baa09d 100644
--- a/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ executable             yesod
                      , transformers
                      , warp               >= 1.3.7.5
                      , wai                >= 1.4
+                     , filesystem-conduit >= 1.0          && < 2.0
 
     ghc-options:       -Wall -threaded
     main-is:           main.hs
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ executable             yesod
                        AddHandler
                        Paths_yesod_bin
                        Options
+                       HsFile
 
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