diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/bin/%name%.template.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/bin/%name%.template.ts
index 985ea7add8f96..4e712351b19ce 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/bin/%name%.template.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/bin/%name%.template.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+import 'source-map-support/register';
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import { %name.PascalCased%Stack } from '../lib/%name%-stack';
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json
index a31c23f15a814..c705b158b8883 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "aws-cdk": "^%cdk-version%"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-cdk/cdk": "^%cdk-version%"
+    "@aws-cdk/cdk": "^%cdk-version%",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.9"
   }
 }