diff --git a/shell/templates/Makefile.am b/shell/templates/Makefile.am
index cad54743d1..a016ee3eda 100644
--- a/shell/templates/Makefile.am
+++ b/shell/templates/Makefile.am
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 #
 # doc: Pacemaker code
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andrew Beekhof
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 
 templatedir 		= $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/templates
 
-template_DATA	= apache virtual-ip filesystem ocfs2 clvm gfs2-base gfs2
+template_DATA	= apache virtual-ip filesystem ocfs2 clvm gfs2-base gfs2 sbd
 
 EXTRA_DIST	= $(template_DATA)
diff --git a/shell/templates/sbd b/shell/templates/sbd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9423cdb845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/templates/sbd
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+%name sbd
+
+# Shared storage based fencing.
+#
+# This template generates a single instance of external/sbd.
+#
+# There is quite a bit more to do to make this stonith operational.
+# See http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/SBD_Fencing for information.
+#
+
+%required
+
+# The resource id (name).
+%% id 
+
+# Name of the device (shared disk).
+# NB: Make sure that the device remains the same on reboots. It's
+# preferable to use udev generated names rather than the usual
+# /dev/sd?
+%% sbd_device 
+
+%generate
+
+primitive %_:id stonith:external/sbd
+	params sbd_device="%_:sbd_device"
+	op monitor interval=15s timeout=60s
+	op start timeout=60s