diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Mappers/TemplateMapper.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Mappers/TemplateMapper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c498222fce
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+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Mappers/TemplateMapper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Mappers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a <see cref="Template"/> to DTO mapper used to translate the properties of the public api 
+    /// implementation to that of the database's DTO as sql: [tableName].[columnName].
+    /// </summary>
+    [MapperFor(typeof(Template))]
+    [MapperFor(typeof(ITemplate))]
+    public sealed class TemplateMapper : BaseMapper
+    {
+        private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, DtoMapModel> PropertyInfoCacheInstance = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, DtoMapModel>();
+
+        //NOTE: its an internal class but the ctor must be public since we're using Activator.CreateInstance to create it
+        // otherwise that would fail because there is no public constructor.
+        public TemplateMapper()
+        {
+            BuildMap();
+        }
+
+        #region Overrides of BaseMapper
+
+        internal override ConcurrentDictionary<string, DtoMapModel> PropertyInfoCache
+        {
+            get { return PropertyInfoCacheInstance; }
+        }
+
+        internal override void BuildMap()
+        {
+            if(PropertyInfoCache.IsEmpty)
+            {
+                CacheMap<Template, TemplateDto>(src => src.Id, dto => dto.NodeId);
+
+                CacheMap<Template, TemplateDto>(src => src.MasterTemplateId, dto => dto.Master);
+                CacheMap<Template, TemplateDto>(src => src.Alias, dto => dto.Alias);
+                CacheMap<Template, TemplateDto>(src => src.Content, dto => dto.Design);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index d4c1e9097d..033505d424 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Factories\MemberGroupFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Mappers\MemberGroupMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Mappers\TagMapper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Persistence\Mappers\TemplateMapper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\DataLossException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\Upgrades\TargetVersionSevenOneZero\AssignMissingPrimaryForMySqlKeys.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\Migrations\Upgrades\TargetVersionSixTwoZero\AssignMissingPrimaryForMySqlKeys.cs" />