diff --git a/cmd/helm/create_test.go b/cmd/helm/create_test.go
index 80e8dc74aa5536a901257ad0d1226d45386d167a..50cf3b6db69b7ae38aa0c81b87222b3fff5db203 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/create_test.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func TestCreateStarterCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Wrong API version: %q", c.Metadata.ApiVersion)
 	}
 
-	if l := len(c.Templates); l != 5 {
+	if l := len(c.Templates); l != 6 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 5 templates, got %d", l)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/create.go b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
index 255b6d5c20a7428781c1b6a90dba49c7cac7f177..bba2e4f3e52638827bc35233c56e4a3a1e36f217 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/create.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ const (
 	ChartsDir = "charts"
 	// IgnorefileName is the name of the Helm ignore file.
 	IgnorefileName = ".helmignore"
+	// IngressFileName is the name of the example ingress file.
+	IngressFileName = "ingress.yaml"
 	// DeploymentName is the name of the example deployment file.
 	DeploymentName = "deployment.yaml"
 	// ServiceName is the name of the example service file.
@@ -59,6 +61,19 @@ service:
   type: ClusterIP
   externalPort: 80
   internalPort: 80
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+  # Used to create Ingress record (should used with service.type: ClusterIP).
+  hosts:
+    - chart-example.local
+  annotations:
+    # kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
+    # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"
+  tls:
+    # Secrets must be manually created in the namespace.
+    # - secretName: chart-example-tls
+    #   hosts:
+    #     - chart-example.local
 resources:
   limits:
     cpu: 100m
@@ -92,6 +107,40 @@ const defaultIgnore = `# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
 *.tmproj
 `
 
+const defaultIngress = `{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
+{{- $serviceName := include "fullname" . -}}
+{{- $servicePort := .Values.service.externalPort -}}
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "fullname" . }}
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}"
+    release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
+  annotations:
+    {{- range $key, $value := .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+      {{ $key }}: {{ $value | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+spec:
+  rules:
+    {{- range $host := .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+    - host: {{ $host }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            backend:
+              serviceName: {{ $serviceName }}
+              servicePort: {{ $servicePort }}
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+{{ toYaml .Values.ingress.tls | indent 4 }}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+`
+
 const defaultDeployment = `apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -141,7 +190,9 @@ spec:
 `
 
 const defaultNotes = `1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
-{{- if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
+{{- if .Values.ingress.hostname }}
+  http://{{- .Values.ingress.hostname }}
+{{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
   export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ template "fullname" . }})
   export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
   echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT/login
@@ -247,6 +298,11 @@ func Create(chartfile *chart.Metadata, dir string) (string, error) {
 			path:    filepath.Join(cdir, IgnorefileName),
 			content: []byte(defaultIgnore),
 		},
+		{
+			// ingress.yaml
+			path:    filepath.Join(cdir, TemplatesDir, IngressFileName),
+			content: []byte(defaultIngress),
+		},
 		{
 			// deployment.yaml
 			path:    filepath.Join(cdir, TemplatesDir, DeploymentName),