diff --git a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
index 433d33b7..689895be 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/commands/new.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ module Jekyll
             File.open(File.expand_path(initialized_post_name, new_blog_path), "w") do |f|
               f.write(scaffold_post_content)
             end
+            
+            File.open(File.expand_path("Gemfile", new_blog_path), "w") do |f|
+              f.write(gemfile_contents)
+            end
           end
 
           Jekyll.logger.info "New jekyll site installed in #{new_blog_path}."
@@ -59,6 +63,31 @@ module Jekyll
         end
 
         private
+        
+        def gemfile_contents
+          <<-RUBY
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+  
+# Hello! This is where you manage which Jekyll version is used to run.
+# When you want to use a different version, change it below, save the
+# file and run `bundle install`. Run Jekyll with `bundle exec`, like so:
+#
+#     bundle exec jekyll serve
+#
+# This will help ensure the proper Jekyll version is running.
+# Happy Jekylling!
+gem "jekyll", "#{Jekyll::VERSION}"
+
+# If you want to use GitHub Pages, remove the "gem "jekyll"" above and
+# uncomment the line below. To upgrade, run `bundle update github-pages`.
+# gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
+  
+# If you have any plugins, put them here!
+# group :jekyll_plugins do
+#   gem "jekyll-github-metadata", "~> 1.0"
+# end
+RUBY
+        end
 
         def preserve_source_location?(path, options)
           !options["force"] && !Dir["#{path}/**/*"].empty?
diff --git a/test/test_new_command.rb b/test/test_new_command.rb
index f0d2a389..7ba84781 100644
--- a/test/test_new_command.rb
+++ b/test/test_new_command.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class TestNewCommand < JekyllUnitTest
       assert_exist @full_path
     end
 
+    should "create a Gemfile" do
+      gemfile = File.join(@full_path, "Gemfile")
+      refute_exist @full_path
+      capture_stdout { Jekyll::Commands::New.process(@args) }
+      assert_exist gemfile
+      assert_match /gem "jekyll", "#{Jekyll::VERSION}"/, File.read(gemfile)
+      assert_match /gem "github-pages"/, File.read(gemfile)
+    end
+
     should 'display a success message' do
       Jekyll::Commands::New.process(@args)
       output = Jekyll.logger.messages.last
@@ -40,6 +49,7 @@ class TestNewCommand < JekyllUnitTest
       static_template_files = dir_contents(site_template).reject do |f|
         File.extname(f) == '.erb'
       end
+      static_template_files << "/Gemfile"
 
       capture_stdout { Jekyll::Commands::New.process(@args) }