diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/LanguageTemplateGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/LanguageTemplateGenerator.kt
index 441939a2..e17a7cd8 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/LanguageTemplateGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/LanguageTemplateGenerator.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ abstract class LanguageTemplateGenerator : ITemplate {
 
     abstract val defaultSourceDirectories : HashSet<String>
     abstract val defaultTestDirectories : HashSet<String>
+    abstract val mainDependencies : ArrayList<Pom.Dependency>
+    abstract val testDependencies : ArrayList<Pom.Dependency>
     abstract val directive : String
     abstract val fileMatch : (String) -> Boolean
     abstract val fileMap: List<FileInfo>
@@ -131,20 +133,19 @@ abstract class LanguageTemplateGenerator : ITemplate {
                 put("directory", currentDir.absolutePath)
                 put("sourceDirectories", defaultSourceDirectories)
                 put("sourceDirectoriesTest", defaultTestDirectories)
+                put("mainDependencies", mainDependencies)
+                put("testDependencies", testDependencies)
                 put("imports", "import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.$templateName.*")
                 put("directive", "project")
             }
 
-            var mainDeps = arrayListOf<Pom.Dependency>()
-            var testDeps = arrayListOf<Pom.Dependency>()
-            map.put("mainDependencies", mainDeps)
-            map.put("testDependencies", testDeps)
             File("pom.xml").let {
                 if (it.absoluteFile.exists()) {
-                    importPom(it, mainDeps, testDeps, map)
+                    importPom(it, mainDependencies, testDependencies, map)
                 }
             }
 
+
             val fileInputStream = javaClass.classLoader
                     .getResource(ITemplateContributor.DIRECTORY_NAME + "/build.mustache").openStream()
             val sw = StringWriter()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaTemplateGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaTemplateGenerator.kt
index c34b80d3..ef938f00 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaTemplateGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaTemplateGenerator.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app.java
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.LanguageTemplateGenerator
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.Pom
 
 /**
  * Template for the "java" generator.
  */
 class JavaTemplateGenerator : LanguageTemplateGenerator() {
+    override val mainDependencies = arrayListOf<Pom.Dependency>()
+    override val testDependencies = arrayListOf<Pom.Dependency>()
     override val defaultSourceDirectories = hashSetOf("src/main/java")
     override val defaultTestDirectories = hashSetOf("src/test/java")
     override val directive = "project"
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinTemplateGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinTemplateGenerator.kt
index 51b11a14..096d5d04 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinTemplateGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinTemplateGenerator.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app.kotlin
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.LanguageTemplateGenerator
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.Pom
 
 class KotlinTemplateGenerator : LanguageTemplateGenerator() {
     override val defaultSourceDirectories = hashSetOf("src/main/kotlin")
     override val defaultTestDirectories = hashSetOf("src/test/kotlin")
+    override val mainDependencies = arrayListOf(
+            Pom.Dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin","kotlin-runtime", null, "1.1.3"),
+            Pom.Dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", null, "1.1.3"))
+    override val testDependencies = arrayListOf<Pom.Dependency>()
     override val directive = "project"
     override val templateName = "kotlin"
     override val templateDescription = "Generate a simple Kotlin project"