diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/__init__.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0001_initial.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77e0625d7a
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+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models, migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('wagtailcore', '__latest__'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='HomePage',
+            fields=[
+                ('page_ptr', models.OneToOneField(parent_link=True, auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to='wagtailcore.Page')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+            bases=('wagtailcore.page',),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0002_create_homepage.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0002_create_homepage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..353fc9362c
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+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/0002_create_homepage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+def create_homepage(apps, schema_editor):
+    # Get models
+    ContentType = apps.get_model('contenttypes.ContentType')
+    Page = apps.get_model('wagtailcore.Page')
+    Site = apps.get_model('wagtailcore.Site')
+    HomePage = apps.get_model('home.HomePage')
+
+    # Delete the default homepage
+    Page.objects.get(id=2).delete()
+
+    # Create content type for homepage model
+    homepage_content_type, created = ContentType.objects.get_or_create(
+        model='homepage', app_label='home')
+
+    # Create a new homepage
+    homepage = HomePage.objects.create(
+        title="Homepage",
+        slug='home',
+        content_type=homepage_content_type,
+        path='00010001',
+        depth=2,
+        numchild=0,
+        url_path='/home/',
+    )
+
+    # Create a site with the new homepage set as the root
+    Site.objects.create(
+        hostname='localhost', root_page=homepage, is_default_site=True)
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('home', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(create_homepage),
+    ]
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/__init__.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/models.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8278e793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import models
+
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
+
+
+class HomePage(Page):
+    pass
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/templates/home/home_page.html b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/templates/home/home_page.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff860c82bb
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+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/home/templates/home/home_page.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% templatetag openblock %} extends "base.html" {% templatetag closeblock %}
+
+{% templatetag openblock %} block body_class {% templatetag closeblock %}template-{% templatetag openvariable %} self.get_verbose_name|slugify {% templatetag closevariable %}{% templatetag openblock %} endblock {% templatetag closeblock %}
+
+{% templatetag openblock %} block content {% templatetag closeblock %}
+    <h1>Welcome to your new Wagtail site!</h1>
+
+    <p>You can access the admin interface <a href="{% templatetag openblock %} url 'wagtailadmin_home' {% templatetag closeblock %}">here</a> (make sure you have run "./manage.py createsuperuser" in the console first).
+
+    <p>If you haven't already given the documentation a read, head over to <a href="http://wagtail.readthedocs.org/">http://wagtail.readthedocs.org</a> to start building on Wagtail</p>
+{% templatetag openblock %} endblock {% templatetag closeblock %}
diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
index 85f9637f24..f3e92f68d7 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'wagtail.wagtailembeds',
     'wagtail.wagtailredirects',
     'wagtail.wagtailforms',
+
+    '{{ project_name }}.home',
 )
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (