diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
index 6afa6b0fbf..ce0bcdccdb 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/ApplicationParameters.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ public static class ConfigSettings
             public static readonly string ProxyBypassOnLocal = "proxyBypassOnLocal";
             public static readonly string WebRequestTimeoutSeconds = "webRequestTimeoutSeconds";
             public static readonly string UpgradeAllExceptions = "upgradeAllExceptions";
+            public static readonly string DefaultTemplateName = "defaultTemplateName";
         }
 
         public static class Features
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
index 042d662c98..7956336e75 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/builders/ConfigurationBuilder.cs
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ private static void set_config_items(ChocolateyConfiguration config, ConfigFileS
             config.Proxy.BypassList = set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.ProxyBypassList, configFileSettings, string.Empty, "Optional proxy bypass list. Comma separated. Available in 0.10.4+.");
             config.Proxy.BypassOnLocal = set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.ProxyBypassOnLocal, configFileSettings, "true", "Bypass proxy for local connections. Available in 0.10.4+.").is_equal_to(bool.TrueString);
             config.UpgradeCommand.PackageNamesToSkip = set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.UpgradeAllExceptions, configFileSettings, string.Empty, "A comma-separated list of package names that should not be upgraded when running `choco upgrade all'. Defaults to empty. Available in 0.10.14+.");
+            config.DefaultTemplateName = set_config_item(ApplicationParameters.ConfigSettings.DefaultTemplateName, configFileSettings, string.Empty, "Default template name used when running 'choco new' command. Available in 0.12.0+.");
         }
 
         private static string set_config_item(string configName, ConfigFileSettings configFileSettings, string defaultValue, string description, bool forceSettingValue = false)
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index d3c3e51886..c4ec782330 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ private void append_output(StringBuilder propertyValues, string append)
         public bool ContainsLegacyPackageInstalls { get; set; }
         public int CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds { get; set; }
         public int WebRequestTimeoutSeconds { get; set; }
+        public string DefaultTemplateName { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///   One or more source locations set by configuration or by command line. Separated by semi-colon