diff --git a/src/PkgTemplates.jl b/src/PkgTemplates.jl
index ba693138..9c384e50 100644
--- a/src/PkgTemplates.jl
+++ b/src/PkgTemplates.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export
     License,
     Logo,
     NoDeploy,
+    PackageCompiler,
     ProjectFile,
     Readme,
     RegisterAction,
diff --git a/src/plugin.jl b/src/plugin.jl
index c6c6eed4..7d8578d2 100644
--- a/src/plugin.jl
+++ b/src/plugin.jl
@@ -361,3 +361,4 @@ include(joinpath("plugins", "citation.jl"))
 include(joinpath("plugins", "documenter.jl"))
 include(joinpath("plugins", "badges.jl"))
 include(joinpath("plugins", "register.jl"))
+include(joinpath("plugins", "package_compiler.jl"))
diff --git a/src/plugins/package_compiler.jl b/src/plugins/package_compiler.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2e1d277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/package_compiler.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+const PACKAGECOMPILER_DEP = PackageSpec(;
+    name="PackageCompiler",
+    uuid="9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d",
+)
+
+"""
+    PackageCompiler(;
+        make_jl       = "$(contractuser(default_file("build", "make.jl")))",
+        precompile_jl = "$(contractuser(default_file("build", "precompile.jl")))",
+        sysimage_name = "sysimage",
+        packages      = :deps
+    )
+
+Sets up sysimage generation via [PackageCompiler.jl](https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl).
+
+When in the top-level directory of the generated package, a system image should be created by running:
+```
+shell\$ julia build/make.jl
+```
+
+## Keyword Arguments
+- `make_jl::AbstractString`: Template file for `make.jl`.
+- `precompile_jl::AbstractString`: Template file for `precompile.jl`.
+- `sysimage_name::AbstractString`: Base path to the generated sysimage; an
+  appropriate extension will be added depending on the OS.
+- `packages`: Determines the list of packages to bake into the
+  sysimage (see below).
+
+## List of packages to include in the sysimage
+
+The `packages` keyword argument allows specifying which packages should be
+included in the sysimage. Supported values are:
+
+- `:deps`: include in the sysimage all direct dependencies of the package.
+- `:pkg`: include in the sysimage the package itself.
+- vector of package names, as strings or symbols: include all listed packages into the sysimage.
+
+## Examples
+```
+# Explicitly list packages to include into the sysimage
+PackageCompiler(packages = [:Plots,  :DataFrames])
+PackageCompiler(packages = ["Plots", "DataFrames"])
+
+# Build a sysimage containing all direct dependencies of the current package
+# (this is the default)
+PackageCompiler(packages = :deps)
+
+# Build a sysimage containing the current package itself
+PackageCompiler(packages = :pkg)
+
+# Generated sysimage will be located at \$(PWD)/foo/bar/image.\$(EXT)
+PackageCompiler(sysimage_name = joinpath("foo", "bar", "image"))
+```
+"""
+@plugin struct PackageCompiler <: Plugin
+    make_jl::String = default_file("build", "make.jl")
+    precompile_jl::String = default_file("build", "precompile.jl")
+    sysimage_name::String = "sysimage"
+    packages::Union{Symbol, AbstractVector} = :deps
+end
+
+priority(::PackageCompiler, ::Function) = DEFAULT_PRIORITY - 1  # We need SrcDir to go first.
+
+function view(p::PackageCompiler, t::Template, pkg::AbstractString)
+    d = Dict{String, Any}(
+        "PKG" => pkg,
+        "SYSIMAGE_NAME" => p.sysimage_name,
+    )
+
+    if p.packages == :deps
+        d["SYSIMAGE_DEPS"] = true
+    elseif p.packages == :pkg
+        d["SYSIMAGE_LIST"] = pkg
+    else
+        d["SYSIMAGE_LIST"] = p.packages
+    end
+
+    d
+end
+
+function hook(p::PackageCompiler, t::Template, pkg_dir::AbstractString)
+    pkg = basename(pkg_dir)
+    build_dir = joinpath(pkg_dir, "build")
+
+    # Generate files.
+    make = render_file(p.make_jl, combined_view(p, t, pkg), tags(p))
+    precompile = render_file(p.precompile_jl, combined_view(p, t, pkg), tags(p))
+    gen_file(joinpath(build_dir, "make.jl"), make)
+    gen_file(joinpath(build_dir, "precompile.jl"), precompile)
+
+    # Create the compilation project.
+    with_project(build_dir) do
+        Pkg.add(PACKAGECOMPILER_DEP)
+        cd(() -> Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(; path="..")), build_dir)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/templates/build/make.jl b/templates/build/make.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd18994e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/build/make.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using Pkg; Pkg.activate(@__DIR__)
+using PackageCompiler
+
+# List of packages to include in the sysimage
+{{#SYSIMAGE_DEPS}}packages = Symbol.(keys(Pkg.project().dependencies))  # or packages = [:Plots, :DataFrames]
+{{/SYSIMAGE_DEPS}}
+{{@SYSIMAGE_LIST}}packages = [
+{{/SYSIMAGE_LIST}}
+  {{#SYSIMAGE_LIST}}
+    :{{{.}}},
+  {{/SYSIMAGE_LIST}}
+{{@SYSIMAGE_LIST}}]
+{{/SYSIMAGE_LIST}}
+
+# Sysimage name
+sysimage_name = "{{{SYSIMAGE_NAME}}}"
+
+sysimage_ext = if Sys.iswindows()
+    ".dll"
+elseif Sys.isapple()
+    ".dylib"
+else
+    ".so"
+end
+
+create_sysimage(
+    packages,
+    sysimage_path = sysimage_name * sysimage_ext,
+    precompile_execution_file = joinpath(@__DIR__, "precompile.jl"),
+)
diff --git a/templates/build/precompile.jl b/templates/build/precompile.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7e756e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/build/precompile.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+using {{{PKG}}}
+
+# Put here any code that will trigger the compilation of as many methods as
+# possible
diff --git a/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Manifest.toml b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Manifest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe03709f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Manifest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
+
+[[AllPlugins]]
+path = ".."
+uuid = "5b7e9947-ddc0-4b3f-9b55-0d8042f74170"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[[Base64]]
+uuid = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
+
+[[Dates]]
+deps = ["Printf"]
+uuid = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
+
+[[InteractiveUtils]]
+deps = ["Markdown"]
+uuid = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
+
+[[LibGit2]]
+deps = ["Printf"]
+uuid = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
+
+[[Libdl]]
+uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
+
+[[Logging]]
+uuid = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
+
+[[Markdown]]
+deps = ["Base64"]
+uuid = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
+
+[[PackageCompiler]]
+deps = ["Libdl", "Pkg", "UUIDs"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "d448727c4b86be81b225b738c88d30334fda6779"
+uuid = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
+version = "1.2.5"
+
+[[Pkg]]
+deps = ["Dates", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "REPL", "Random", "SHA", "UUIDs"]
+uuid = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
+
+[[Printf]]
+deps = ["Unicode"]
+uuid = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
+
+[[REPL]]
+deps = ["InteractiveUtils", "Markdown", "Sockets"]
+uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
+
+[[Random]]
+deps = ["Serialization"]
+uuid = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
+
+[[SHA]]
+uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
+
+[[Serialization]]
+uuid = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
+
+[[Sockets]]
+uuid = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
+
+[[UUIDs]]
+deps = ["Random", "SHA"]
+uuid = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+
+[[Unicode]]
+uuid = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Project.toml b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..effd4932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[deps]
+AllPlugins = "5b7e9947-ddc0-4b3f-9b55-0d8042f74170"
+PackageCompiler = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/make.jl b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/make.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fd3ec52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/make.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Pkg; Pkg.activate(@__DIR__)
+using PackageCompiler
+
+# List of packages to include in the sysimage
+packages = Symbol.(keys(Pkg.project().dependencies))  # or packages = [:Plots, :DataFrames]
+
+# Sysimage name
+sysimage_name = "sysimage"
+
+sysimage_ext = if Sys.iswindows()
+    ".dll"
+elseif Sys.isapple()
+    ".dylib"
+else
+    ".so"
+end
+
+create_sysimage(
+    packages,
+    sysimage_path = sysimage_name * sysimage_ext,
+    precompile_execution_file = joinpath(@__DIR__, "precompile.jl"),
+)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/precompile.jl b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/precompile.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d50afc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/AllPlugins/build/precompile.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+using AllPlugins
+
+# Put here any code that will trigger the compilation of as many methods as
+# possible
diff --git a/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Manifest.toml b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Manifest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3adbb406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Manifest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
+
+[[Base64]]
+uuid = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
+
+[[Dates]]
+deps = ["Printf"]
+uuid = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
+
+[[InteractiveUtils]]
+deps = ["Markdown"]
+uuid = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
+
+[[LibGit2]]
+deps = ["Printf"]
+uuid = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
+
+[[Libdl]]
+uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
+
+[[Logging]]
+uuid = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
+
+[[Markdown]]
+deps = ["Base64"]
+uuid = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
+
+[[PackageCompiler]]
+deps = ["Libdl", "Pkg", "UUIDs"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "d448727c4b86be81b225b738c88d30334fda6779"
+uuid = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
+version = "1.2.5"
+
+[[Pkg]]
+deps = ["Dates", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "REPL", "Random", "SHA", "UUIDs"]
+uuid = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
+
+[[Printf]]
+deps = ["Unicode"]
+uuid = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
+
+[[REPL]]
+deps = ["InteractiveUtils", "Markdown", "Sockets"]
+uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
+
+[[Random]]
+deps = ["Serialization"]
+uuid = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
+
+[[SHA]]
+uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
+
+[[Serialization]]
+uuid = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
+
+[[Sockets]]
+uuid = "6462fe0b-24de-5631-8697-dd941f90decc"
+
+[[UUIDs]]
+deps = ["Random", "SHA"]
+uuid = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+
+[[Unicode]]
+uuid = "4ec0a83e-493e-50e2-b9ac-8f72acf5a8f5"
+
+[[WackyOptions]]
+path = ".."
+uuid = "5b7e9947-ddc0-4b3f-9b55-0d8042f74170"
+version = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Project.toml b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6739c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[deps]
+PackageCompiler = "9b87118b-4619-50d2-8e1e-99f35a4d4d9d"
+WackyOptions = "5b7e9947-ddc0-4b3f-9b55-0d8042f74170"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/make.jl b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/make.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5472dec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/make.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using Pkg; Pkg.activate(@__DIR__)
+using PackageCompiler
+
+# List of packages to include in the sysimage
+packages = [
+    :Plots,
+    :DataFrames,
+]
+
+# Sysimage name
+sysimage_name = "foo/bar/sysimage"
+
+sysimage_ext = if Sys.iswindows()
+    ".dll"
+elseif Sys.isapple()
+    ".dylib"
+else
+    ".so"
+end
+
+create_sysimage(
+    packages,
+    sysimage_path = sysimage_name * sysimage_ext,
+    precompile_execution_file = joinpath(@__DIR__, "precompile.jl"),
+)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/precompile.jl b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/precompile.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c06ce57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/WackyOptions/build/precompile.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+using WackyOptions
+
+# Put here any code that will trigger the compilation of as many methods as
+# possible
diff --git a/test/reference.jl b/test/reference.jl
index d7fa08e5..2c76397d 100644
--- a/test/reference.jl
+++ b/test/reference.jl
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ end
     @testset "All plugins" begin
         test_all("AllPlugins"; authors=USER, plugins=[
             AppVeyor(), CirrusCI(), Citation(), Codecov(), CompatHelper(), Coveralls(),
-            Develop(), Documenter(), DroneCI(), GitHubActions(), GitLabCI(), TravisCI(), RegisterAction(),
+            Develop(), Documenter(), DroneCI(), GitHubActions(), GitLabCI(), PackageCompiler(),
+            RegisterAction(), TravisCI(),
         ])
     end
 
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ end
             GitHubActions(; x86=true, linux=false, coverage=false),
             GitLabCI(; coverage=false, extra_versions=[v"0.6"]),
             License(; name="ISC"),
+            PackageCompiler(;
+                sysimage_name=joinpath("foo", "bar", "sysimage"),
+                packages=[:Plots, "DataFrames"],
+            ),
             ProjectFile(; version=v"1"),
             Readme(; inline_badges=true, badge_off=[Codecov]),
             RegisterAction(; prompt="gimme version"),