diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json.template
similarity index 100%
rename from src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json
rename to src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json.template
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json.template
similarity index 100%
rename from src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json
rename to src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json.template
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
index c1cf749a1..dbeb51a4e 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/Program.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.New
                 return null;
             }
 
+            // filename.extension.template
+            if (parts.Length > 2 && string.Equals("template", parts[parts.Length - 1], StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return parts[parts.Length - 3] + "." + parts[parts.Length - 2];
+            }
+
             // filename.extension
             return parts[parts.Length - 2] + "." + parts[parts.Length - 1];
         }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/project.json b/src/dotnet/project.json
index d686c706f..e6afe8a78 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/project.json
+++ b/src/dotnet/project.json
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
     "resource": [ 
         "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/NuGet.Config", 
         "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/Program.cs", 
-        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json", 
+        "commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_Console/project.json.template", 
         "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/NuGet.config", 
         "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/Program.fs", 
-        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json"
+        "commands/dotnet-new/FSharp_Console/project.json.template"
     ],
     "dependencies": {
         "Newtonsoft.Json": "7.0.1",