diff --git a/samcli/local/init/__init__.py b/samcli/local/init/__init__.py
index 8ef8c8dd26..31d63a6f37 100644
--- a/samcli/local/init/__init__.py
+++ b/samcli/local/init/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "dotnetcore1.0": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet"),
     "dotnetcore": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet"),
     "dotnet": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-dotnet"),
+    "powershell": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell"),
     "go1.x": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang"),
     "go": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang"),
     "java8": os.path.join(_templates, "cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-java"),
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/.gitignore b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31d2b18851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/osx,linux,python,windows
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diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/LICENSE b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19aaa6d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+MIT No Attribution
+
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/README.md b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b0b5afb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Cookiecutter DotNet Core Hello-world for SAM based Serverless App
+
+A cookiecutter template to create a PowerShell Hello world boilerplate using [Serverless Application Model (SAM)](https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model).
+
+## Requirements
+
+* [AWS SAM CLI](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cli) 
+
+## Usage
+
+Generate a boilerplate template in your current project directory using the following syntax: 
+
+* **PowerShell**: `sam init --runtime powershell` 
+
+> **NOTE**: ``--name`` allows you to specify a different project folder name (`sam-app` is the default)
+
+
+# Credits
+
+* This project has been generated with [Cookiecutter](https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter)
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/cookiecutter.json b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/cookiecutter.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f29fcc426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/cookiecutter.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "project_name": "Name of the project",
+    "runtime": "dotnetcore2.1"
+}
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/setup.cfg b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eee4ab11a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[install]
+prefix= 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.gitignore b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb557a8e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,410 @@
+
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diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..433743bd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
+
+This is a sample template for {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
+
+
+## Requirements
+
+* AWS CLI already configured with Administrator permission
+* [Docker installed](https://www.docker.com/community-edition)
+* [SAM CLI installed](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cli)
+* [.NET Core installed](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download)
+* [PowerShell Core installed](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/setup/installing-powershell?view=powershell-6)
+* [AWSLambdaPSCore PowerShell module](https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AWSLambdaPSCore/1.1.0.0)
+* [Pester PowerShell module](https://github.com/pester/Pester)
+
+## Setup process
+
+### PowerShell (all Operating Systems)
+
+```powershell
+build.ps1
+```
+
+### Local development
+
+**Invoking function locally using a local sample payload**
+
+```bash
+sam local invoke HelloWorldFunction --event event.json
+```
+
+**Invoking function locally through local API Gateway**
+
+```bash
+sam local start-api
+```
+
+**SAM Local** is used to emulate both Lambda and API Gateway locally and uses our `template.yaml` to understand how to bootstrap this environment (runtime, where the source code is, etc.) - The following excerpt is what the CLI will read in order to initialize an API and its routes:
+
+```yaml
+...
+Events:
+    HelloWorldFunction:
+        Type: Api # More info about API Event Source: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#api
+        Properties:
+            Path: /hello
+            Method: get
+```
+
+If the previous command run successfully you should now be able to hit the following local endpoint to invoke your function `http://localhost:3000/hello`
+
+## Packaging and deployment
+
+AWS Lambda PowerShell functions are compiled in to a .net core project before they are uploaded. Depencies are detected through the `#Requires` statement in your script file. After your project is built SAM will use `CodeUri` property to know where to look for the built application (including its dependencies):
+
+```yaml
+...
+    HelloWorldFunction:
+        Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
+        Properties:
+            CodeUri: artifacts/HelloWorld.zip            
+            ...
+```
+
+First and foremost, we need an `S3 bucket` where we can upload our Lambda functions packaged as ZIP before we deploy anything - If you don't have a S3 bucket to store code artifacts then this is a good time to create one:
+
+```bash
+aws s3 mb s3://BUCKET_NAME
+```
+
+Next, run the following command to package our Lambda function to S3:
+
+```bash
+sam package \
+    --template-file template.yaml \
+    --output-template-file packaged.yaml \
+    --s3-bucket REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
+```
+
+Next, the following command will create a Cloudformation Stack and deploy your SAM resources.
+
+```bash
+sam deploy \
+    --template-file packaged.yaml \
+    --stack-name {{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }} \
+    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
+```
+
+> **See [Serverless Application Model (SAM) HOWTO Guide](https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/HOWTO.md) for more details in how to get started.**
+
+After deployment is complete you can run the following command to retrieve the API Gateway Endpoint URL:
+
+```bash
+aws cloudformation describe-stacks \
+    --stack-name {{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }} \
+    --query 'Stacks[].Outputs[?OutputKey==`HelloWorldApi`]' \
+    --output table
+```
+
+## Testing
+
+### Powershell (all Operating Systems)
+
+```powershell
+Invoke-Pester '[path to test directory]'
+```
+
+This will run all files that end in `tests.ps1` in that directory.
+
+# Appendix
+
+## SAM and AWS CLI commands
+
+All commands used throughout this document
+
+```bash
+# Invoke function locally with event.json as an input
+sam local invoke HelloWorldFunction --event event.json
+
+# Run API Gateway locally
+sam local start-api
+
+# Create S3 bucket
+aws s3 mb s3://BUCKET_NAME
+
+# Package Lambda function defined locally and upload to S3 as an artifact
+sam package \
+    --template-file template.yaml \
+    --output-template-file packaged.yaml \
+    --s3-bucket REPLACE_THIS_WITH_YOUR_S3_BUCKET_NAME
+
+# Deploy SAM template as a CloudFormation stack
+sam deploy \
+    --template-file packaged.yaml \
+    --stack-name {{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }} \
+    --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM
+
+# Describe Output section of CloudFormation stack previously created 
+aws cloudformation describe-stacks \
+    --stack-name {{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }} \
+    --query 'Stacks[].Outputs[?OutputKey==`HelloWorldApi`]' \
+    --output table
+
+# Tail Lambda function Logs using Logical name defined in SAM Template
+sam logs -n HelloWorldFunction --stack-name {{ cookiecutter.project_name.lower().replace(' ', '-') }} --tail
+```
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/Function.ps1 b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/Function.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68d15b276b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/Function.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# PowerShell script file to be executed as a AWS Lambda function. 
+# 
+# When executing in Lambda the following variables will be predefined.
+#   $LambdaInput - A PSObject that contains the Lambda function input data.
+#   $LambdaContext - An Amazon.Lambda.Core.ILambdaContext object that contains information about the currently running Lambda environment.
+#
+# The last item in the PowerShell pipeline will be returned as the result of the Lambda function.
+#
+# To include PowerShell modules with your Lambda function, like the AWSPowerShell.NetCore module, add a "#Requires" statement 
+# indicating the module and version.
+
+#Requires -Modules @{ModuleName='AWSPowerShell.NetCore';ModuleVersion='3.3.221.0'}
+
+# This line publishes the input to CloudWatch logs so you know what triggered the function
+Write-Host (ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $LambdaInput -Compress -Depth 5)
+
+return @{
+    "message" = "hello world"
+}
+
+# Your logic goes here
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/build.ps1 b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/build.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0760036ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/src/build.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Import-Module -Name AWSLambdaPSCore
+
+$scriptPath = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "Function.ps1"
+New-AWSPowerShellLambdaPackage -ScriptPath $scriptPath -OutputPackage "{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/artifacts/Function.zip"
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/template.yaml b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48a3bf6dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
+Transform: AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31
+Description: >
+    Sample SAM Template for {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
+
+# More info about Globals: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/docs/globals.rst
+Globals:
+    Function:
+        Timeout: 60
+
+
+Resources:
+
+    PowerShellFunction:
+        Type: AWS::Serverless::Function # More info about Function Resource: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#awsserverlessfunction
+        Properties:
+            CodeUri: ./artifacts/Function.zip
+            Handler: Function::Function.Bootstrap::ExecuteFunction
+            Runtime: dotnetcore2.1
+            MemorySize: 512
+            Environment: # More info about Env Vars: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/blob/master/versions/2016-10-31.md#environment-object
+                Variables:
+                    PARAM1: VALUE
+
+Outputs:
+
+    HelloWorldFunction:
+      Description: "PowerShell Lambda Function ARN"
+      Value: !GetAtt HelloWorldFunction.Arn
+
+    HelloWorldFunctionIamRole:
+      Description: "Implicit IAM Role created for Hello World function"
+      Value: !GetAtt HelloWorldFunctionRole.Arn
diff --git a/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/test/Function.tests.ps1 b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/test/Function.tests.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfeff07391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samcli/local/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-powershell/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/test/Function.tests.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Import-Module -Name Pester
+
+Describe "HelloWorld Tests" {
+
+    $srcRoot = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "../src" -Resolve
+
+    Mock -CommandName "Write-Host" -MockWith {}
+
+    It "Should write the input to the host stream" {
+        $functionPath = Join-Path -Path $srcRoot -ChildPath "Function.ps1"
+        $result = . $functionPath
+        Assert-MockCalled -CommandName Write-Host -Times 1
+        $result.message | Should Be "hello world"
+    }
+}