diff --git a/framework/core/src/Console/ConsoleServiceProvider.php b/framework/core/src/Console/ConsoleServiceProvider.php
index 4d0eafb41..00111c96b 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Console/ConsoleServiceProvider.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Console/ConsoleServiceProvider.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class ConsoleServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         $this->commands('Flarum\Console\InstallCommand');
         $this->commands('Flarum\Console\SeedCommand');
+        $this->commands('Flarum\Console\GenerateExtensionCommand');
     }
 
     public function register()
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Console/GenerateExtensionCommand.php b/framework/core/src/Console/GenerateExtensionCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f07da4b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/src/Console/GenerateExtensionCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<?php namespace Flarum\Console;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+
+class GenerateExtensionCommand extends Command
+{
+
+    /**
+     * The console command name.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name = 'flarum:extension';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Generate a Flarum extension skeleton.';
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(Application $app)
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+        $this->app = $app;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function fire()
+    {
+        do {
+            $name = $this->ask('Extension name (<vendor>-<name>):');
+        } while (! preg_match('/^([a-z0-9]+)-([a-z0-9-]+)$/i', $name, $match));
+
+        list(, $vendor, $package) = $match;
+
+        do {
+            $title = $this->ask('Title:');
+        } while (! $title);
+
+        $description = $this->ask('Description:');
+
+        $authorName = $this->ask('Author name:');
+
+        $authorEmail = $this->ask('Author email:');
+
+        $license = $this->ask('License:');
+
+        $this->info('Generating extension skeleton for "'.$name.'"...');
+
+        $dir = public_path().'/extensions/'.$name;
+
+        $replacements = [
+            '{{namespace}}' => ucfirst($vendor).'\\'.ucfirst($package),
+            '{{escapedNamespace}}' => ucfirst($vendor).'\\\\'.ucfirst($package),
+            '{{classPrefix}}' => ucfirst($package),
+            '{{name}}' => $name
+        ];
+
+        $this->copyStub($dir, $replacements);
+
+        rename($dir.'/src/ServiceProvider.php', $dir.'/src/'.ucfirst($package).'ServiceProvider.php');
+
+        $manifest = [
+            'name' => $name,
+            'title' => $title,
+            'description' => $description,
+            'tags' => [],
+            'version' => '0.1.0',
+            'author' => [
+                'name' => $authorName,
+                'email' => $authorEmail
+            ],
+            'license' => $license,
+            'require' => [
+                'php' => '>=5.4.0',
+                'flarum' => '>0.1.0'
+            ]
+        ];
+
+        file_put_contents($dir.'/flarum.json', json_encode($manifest, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
+
+        passthru("cd $dir; composer install; cd js; npm install; gulp");
+
+        $this->info('Extension "'.$name.'" generated!');
+    }
+
+    protected function copyStub($destination, $replacements = [])
+    {
+        $this->recursiveCopy(__DIR__.'/../../stubs/extension', $destination, $replacements);
+    }
+
+    protected function recursiveCopy($src, $dst, $replacements = [])
+    {
+        $dir = opendir($src);
+        @mkdir($dst);
+
+        while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
+            if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
+                if (is_dir($src.'/'.$file)) {
+                    $this->recursiveCopy($src.'/'.$file, $dst.'/'.$file, $replacements);
+                }
+                else {
+                    $contents = file_get_contents($src.'/'.$file);
+                    $contents = str_replace(array_keys($replacements), array_values($replacements), $contents);
+
+                    file_put_contents($dst.'/'.$file, $contents);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        closedir($dir);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/bootstrap.php b/framework/core/stubs/extension/bootstrap.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d29892f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/bootstrap.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+// Require the extension's composer autoload file. This will enable all of our
+// classes in the src directory to be autoloaded.
+require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// Register our service provider with the Flarum application. In here we can
+// register bindings and execute code when the application boots.
+return $this->app->register('{{namespace}}\{{classPrefix}}ServiceProvider');
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/composer.json b/framework/core/stubs/extension/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78b078e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.4.0"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "{{escapedNamespace}}\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "minimum-stability": "dev"
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/.gitignore b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..372e20a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bower_components
+node_modules
+dist
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/Gulpfile.js b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/Gulpfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e53f28d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/Gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var gulp = require('flarum-gulp');
+
+gulp({
+  modulePrefix: '{{name}}'
+});
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/bootstrap.js b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/bootstrap.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5643a6449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/bootstrap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { extend, override } from 'flarum/extension-utils';
+
+app.initializers.add('{{name}}', function() {
+
+  // @todo
+
+});
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/package.json b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e0ef919d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/js/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gulp": "^3.8.11",
+    "flarum-gulp": "git+https://github.com/flarum/gulp.git"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/less/extension.less b/framework/core/stubs/extension/less/extension.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/framework/core/stubs/extension/src/ServiceProvider.php b/framework/core/stubs/extension/src/ServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b11546d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/stubs/extension/src/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php namespace {{namespace}};
+
+use Flarum\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Flarum\Extend\ForumAssets;
+
+class {{classPrefix}}ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap the application events.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        $this->extend(
+            new ForumAssets([
+                __DIR__.'/../js/dist/extension.js',
+                __DIR__.'/../less/extension.less'
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the service provider.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+}