diff --git a/application/data/doctrine-proxies/__CG__OmekaEntityResourceTemplate.php b/application/data/doctrine-proxies/__CG__OmekaEntityResourceTemplate.php
index 4c55668484..9d30111684 100644
--- a/application/data/doctrine-proxies/__CG__OmekaEntityResourceTemplate.php
+++ b/application/data/doctrine-proxies/__CG__OmekaEntityResourceTemplate.php
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ public function __construct(?\Closure $initializer = null, ?\Closure $cloner = n
     public function __sleep()
     {
         if ($this->__isInitialized__) {
-            return ['__isInitialized__', 'id', 'label', 'owner', 'resourceClass', 'titleProperty', 'descriptionProperty', 'resourceTemplateProperties', 'resources'];
+            return ['__isInitialized__', 'id', 'label', 'owner', 'resourceClass', 'titleProperty', 'descriptionProperty', 'settings', 'resourceTemplateProperties', 'resources'];
         }
 
-        return ['__isInitialized__', 'id', 'label', 'owner', 'resourceClass', 'titleProperty', 'descriptionProperty', 'resourceTemplateProperties', 'resources'];
+        return ['__isInitialized__', 'id', 'label', 'owner', 'resourceClass', 'titleProperty', 'descriptionProperty', 'settings', 'resourceTemplateProperties', 'resources'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -301,6 +301,28 @@ public function getDescriptionProperty()
         return parent::getDescriptionProperty();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function setSettings(array $settings)
+    {
+
+        $this->__initializer__ && $this->__initializer__->__invoke($this, 'setSettings', [$settings]);
+
+        return parent::setSettings($settings);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getSettings()
+    {
+
+        $this->__initializer__ && $this->__initializer__->__invoke($this, 'getSettings', []);
+
+        return parent::getSettings();
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/application/data/install/schema.sql b/application/data/install/schema.sql
index 58c9dac0b3..59d6cd6201 100644
--- a/application/data/install/schema.sql
+++ b/application/data/install/schema.sql
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `resource_template` (
   `title_property_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `description_property_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
   `label` varchar(190) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
+  `settings` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL COMMENT '(DC2Type:json_array)',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `UNIQ_39ECD52EEA750E8` (`label`),
   KEY `IDX_39ECD52E7E3C61F9` (`owner_id`),
diff --git a/application/data/migrations/20200824000000_AddResourceTemplateSettings.php b/application/data/migrations/20200824000000_AddResourceTemplateSettings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..367717137b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/data/migrations/20200824000000_AddResourceTemplateSettings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+namespace Omeka\Db\Migrations;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use Omeka\Db\Migration\MigrationInterface;
+
+class AddResourceTemplateSettings implements MigrationInterface
+{
+    public function up(Connection $conn)
+    {
+        $sql = <<<SQL
+ALTER TABLE `resource_template`
+ADD `settings` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL COMMENT '(DC2Type:json_array)';
+SQL;
+        $conn->exec($sql);
+
+        $sql = <<<SQL
+UPDATE `resource_template`
+SET `settings` = '[]';
+SQL;
+        $conn->exec($sql);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/src/Api/Adapter/ResourceTemplateAdapter.php b/application/src/Api/Adapter/ResourceTemplateAdapter.php
index afa179e7e0..7c6c54402d 100644
--- a/application/src/Api/Adapter/ResourceTemplateAdapter.php
+++ b/application/src/Api/Adapter/ResourceTemplateAdapter.php
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ public function hydrate(Request $request, EntityInterface $entity,
             $entity->setDescriptionProperty($descriptionProperty);
         }
 
+        if ($this->shouldHydrate($request, 'o:settings')) {
+            $settings = $request->getValue('o:settings') ?: [];
+            $entity->setSettings($settings);
+        }
+
         if ($this->shouldHydrate($request, 'o:resource_template_property')
             && isset($data['o:resource_template_property'])
             && is_array($data['o:resource_template_property'])
diff --git a/application/src/Api/Representation/ResourceTemplateRepresentation.php b/application/src/Api/Representation/ResourceTemplateRepresentation.php
index 9fba29cc39..eb211b6dea 100644
--- a/application/src/Api/Representation/ResourceTemplateRepresentation.php
+++ b/application/src/Api/Representation/ResourceTemplateRepresentation.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public function getJsonLd()
             'o:resource_class' => $resourceClass,
             'o:title_property' => $titleProperty,
             'o:description_property' => $descriptionProperty,
+            'o:settings' => $this->settings(),
             'o:resource_template_property' => $this->resourceTemplateProperties(),
         ];
     }
@@ -95,6 +96,27 @@ public function descriptionProperty()
             ->getRepresentation($this->resource->getDescriptionProperty());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function settings()
+    {
+        return $this->resource->getSettings();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param mixed $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function setting($name, $default = null)
+    {
+        $settings = $this->resource->getSettings();
+        return array_key_exists($name, $settings)
+            ? $settings[$name]
+            : $default;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the properties assigned to this resource template.
      *
diff --git a/application/src/Entity/ResourceTemplate.php b/application/src/Entity/ResourceTemplate.php
index 872953cc6d..0a5948027d 100644
--- a/application/src/Entity/ResourceTemplate.php
+++ b/application/src/Entity/ResourceTemplate.php
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ class ResourceTemplate extends AbstractEntity
      */
     protected $descriptionProperty;
 
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="json_array", nullable=false)
+     */
+    protected $settings;
+
     /**
      * @OneToMany(
      *     targetEntity="ResourceTemplateProperty",
@@ -124,6 +129,16 @@ public function getDescriptionProperty()
         return $this->descriptionProperty;
     }
 
+    public function setSettings(array $settings)
+    {
+        $this->settings = $settings;
+    }
+
+    public function getSettings()
+    {
+        return $this->settings;
+    }
+
     public function getResourceTemplateProperties()
     {
         return $this->resourceTemplateProperties;