diff --git a/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE
index 65a45d163..2037ae143 100644
--- a/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE
+++ b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/USAGE
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ Example:
       create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/README
       create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/init.rb
       create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/lang/en.yml
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/config/locales/en.yml
+      create  vendor/plugins/redmine_meetings/test/test_helper.rb
diff --git a/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb
index bd161a5d7..9b0db2255 100644
--- a/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/redmine_plugin_generator.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ class RedminePluginGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
       m.directory "#{plugin_path}/assets/javascripts"
       m.directory "#{plugin_path}/assets/stylesheets"
       m.directory "#{plugin_path}/lang"
+      m.directory "#{plugin_path}/config/locales"
       m.directory "#{plugin_path}/test"
       
       m.template 'README.rdoc',    "#{plugin_path}/README.rdoc"
       m.template 'init.rb.erb',   "#{plugin_path}/init.rb"
       m.template 'en.yml',    "#{plugin_path}/lang/en.yml"
+      m.template 'en_rails_i18n.yml',    "#{plugin_path}/config/locales/en.yml"
       m.template 'test_helper.rb.erb',    "#{plugin_path}/test/test_helper.rb"
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/en_rails_i18n.yml b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/en_rails_i18n.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c55090a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/generators/redmine_plugin/templates/en_rails_i18n.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# English strings go here for Rails i18n
+en:
+  my_label: "My label"