diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/IdeaFilesTemplate.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/IdeaFilesTemplate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eee4c9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/IdeaFilesTemplate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.app
+
+import com.beust.kobalt.Args
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
+import com.beust.kobalt.app.remote.DependencyData
+import com.beust.kobalt.homeDir
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
+import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.KobaltPlugin
+import com.google.inject.Inject
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * A template that generates IDEA files.
+ */
+class IdeaFilesTemplate @Inject constructor() : ITemplate {
+    override val templateName = "idea"
+    override val templateDescription = "Generate files required by IDEA to build the project"
+    override val pluginName = KobaltPlugin.PLUGIN_NAME
+
+    override fun generateTemplate(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
+        val dependencyData = Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(DependencyData::class.java)
+        val data = dependencyData.dependenciesDataFor(homeDir("kotlin/kobalt/kobalt/src/Build.kt"), args)
+        val outputDir = KFiles.makeDir(homeDir("t/idea"))
+        generateLibraries(data, outputDir)
+        println("Generating ideaFiles")
+    }
+
+    private fun generateLibraries(data: DependencyData.GetDependenciesData, outputDir: File) {
+        data.projects.forEach {
+            generateLibrary(it.name, it.compileDependencies, " (Compile)", outputDir)
+            generateLibrary(it.name, it.testDependencies, " (Test)", outputDir)
+        }
+        val kobaltDd = DependencyData.DependencyData("kobalt", "compile",
+                KFiles.joinDir(KFiles.distributionsDir, Kobalt.version, "kobalt", "wrapper",
+                        "kobalt-${Kobalt.version}.jar"))
+        generateLibrary("kobalt.jar", listOf(kobaltDd), "", outputDir)
+    }
+
+    private fun generateLibrary(name: String, compileDependencies: List<DependencyData.DependencyData>,
+            suffix: String, outputDir: File) {
+        val libraryName = name + suffix
+        log(1, "Generating libraries for $name$suffix")
+        val librariesOutputDir = KFiles.makeDir(outputDir.path, "libraries")
+        with(arrayListOf<String>()) {
+            add("<component name=\"libraryTable\">")
+            add("  <library name=\"$libraryName\">")
+            addAll(generateList(compileDependencies, "CLASSES"))
+            addAll(generateList(emptyList(), "JAVADOC"))
+            addAll(generateList(emptyList(), "SOURCES"))
+            add("  </library>")
+            add("</component>")
+            val fileName = libraryName.replace(" ", "_").replace("-", "_").replace("(", "_").replace(")", "_")
+                .replace(".", "_")
+            val file = File(librariesOutputDir, fileName + ".xml")
+            file.writeText(joinToString("\n"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun generateList(libraries: List<DependencyData.DependencyData>, tag: String) : List<String> {
+        if (libraries.isEmpty()){
+            return listOf("    <$tag />")
+        } else {
+            val result = arrayListOf<String>()
+            result.add("    <$tag>")
+            libraries.forEach {
+                val path =
+                        if (it.path.contains(".kobalt")) {
+                            val ind = it.path.indexOf(".kobalt")
+                            "\$USER_HOME$/" + it.path.substring(ind)
+                        } else {
+                            it.path
+                        }
+                result.add("      <root url=\"jar://$path!/\" />")
+            }
+
+            result.add("    </$tag>")
+
+            return result
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
index 6d09d882..d8b60372 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplateContributor
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.java.JavaBuildGenerator
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.kotlin.KotlinBuildGenerator
+import com.beust.kobalt.app.remote.DependencyData
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap
+import com.google.inject.Inject
 
-class Templates : ITemplateContributor {
-    override val templates = listOf(JavaBuildGenerator(), KotlinBuildGenerator())
+class Templates @Inject constructor() : ITemplateContributor {
+    override val templates = listOf(JavaBuildGenerator(), KotlinBuildGenerator(),
+            //IdeaFilesTemplate()
+            )
 
     fun list(pluginInfo: PluginInfo) {
         val map = ArrayListMultimap.create<String, ITemplate>()