diff --git a/cmd/goose/main.go b/cmd/goose/main.go
index f4b40ba..78ac8ac 100644
--- a/cmd/goose/main.go
+++ b/cmd/goose/main.go
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("-dbstring=%q: %v\n", dbstring, err)
 	}
 
-	if err := goose.Run(command, db, *dir); err != nil {
+	arguments := []string{*dir}
+	if len(args) > 3 {
+		arguments = append(arguments, args[3:]...)
+	}
+
+	if err := goose.Run(command, db, arguments...); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("goose run: %v", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ Examples:
     goose postgres "user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable" up
     goose mysql "user:password@/dbname" down
     goose sqlite3 ./foo.db status
+    goose postgres "user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable" create init sql
 
 Options:
 `
@@ -86,5 +92,6 @@ Commands:
     redo       Re-run the latest migration
     status     Dump the migration status for the current DB
     dbversion  Print the current version of the database
+	create     Creates a blank migration template
 `
 )
diff --git a/create.go b/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a8b9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package goose
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Create writes a new blank migration file.
+func Create(db *sql.DB, name, migrationType, dir string) error {
+	path, err := CreateMigration(name, migrationType, dir, time.Now())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Created %s migration at %s", migrationType, path))
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/goose.go b/goose.go
index 1f2a75b..67b9934 100644
--- a/goose.go
+++ b/goose.go
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-func Run(command string, db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
+func Run(command string, db *sql.DB, args ...string) error {
+	dir := args[0]
+	additional := args[0:]
+
 	switch command {
 	case "up":
 		if err := Up(db, dir); err != nil {
@@ -15,6 +18,10 @@ func Run(command string, db *sql.DB, dir string) error {
 		if err := UpByOne(db, dir); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	case "create":
+		if err := Create(db, additional[0], additional[1], dir); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	case "down":
 		if err := Down(db, dir); err != nil {
 			return err