diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 6d19397d8e..edc2a2edcb 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ template_files = \
 	templates/files/main.cxx \
 	templates/files/main.d \
 	templates/files/main.java \
+	templates/files/main.md \
 	templates/files/main.py \
 	templates/files/main.vala \
 	templates/files/module.erl \
diff --git a/data/templates/files/main.md b/data/templates/files/main.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3acf3aef13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/templates/files/main.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# This is a first level header
+## This is a second level header
+### This is a third level header
+#### This is a fourth level header
+##### This is a fifth level header
+###### This is a sixth level header
+
+# This is the next first level header
+## Optionally add closing hashes ##
+## And so on,... ##
+
+Other Header method, level 1
+============================
+Other Header method, level 2
+----------------------------
+
+# Make unordered lists like:
+
+* Red
+* Green
+* Blue
+
+# Make Ordered lists like:
+
+1. Bird
+2. Fish
+3. Dinosaur
+
+
+# Create Horizontal Rules
+
+Use either one of this methods:
+
+* * *
+
+***
+
+*****
+
+- - -
+
+---------------------------------------
+
+# Using hyperlinks
+
+This is [an example](http://example.com/ "Title") inline link.
+
+[This link](http://example.net/) has no title attribute.
+
+# References
+
+More [syntax details](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax "Hovering message") can be found here.