diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 8a83c70..342ec69 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -364,8 +364,9 @@
 
 class InitCommand : Command {
 	private{
-		string m_buildType = "minimal";
+		string m_templateType = "minimal";
 		PackageFormat m_format = PackageFormat.json;
+		bool m_nonInteractive;
 	}
 	this()
 	{
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@
 
 	override void prepare(scope CommandArgs args)
 	{
-		args.getopt("t|type", &m_buildType, [
+		args.getopt("t|type", &m_templateType, [
 			"Set the type of project to generate. Available types:",
 			"",
 			"minimal - simple \"hello world\" project (default)",
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@
 			"Sets the format to use for the package description file. Possible values:",
 			"  " ~ [__traits(allMembers, PackageFormat)].map!(f => f == m_format.init.to!string ? f ~ " (default)" : f).join(", ")
 		]);
+		args.getopt("n", &m_nonInteractive, ["Don't enter interactive mode."]);
 	}
 
 	override int execute(Dub dub, string[] free_args, string[] app_args)
@@ -401,18 +403,57 @@
 			dir = free_args[0];
 			free_args = free_args[1 .. $];
 		}
+
+		string input(string caption, string default_value)
+		{
+			writef("%s [%s]: ", caption, default_value);
+			auto inp = readln();
+			return inp.length > 1 ? inp[0 .. $-1] : default_value;
+		}
+
+		void depCallback(ref PackageRecipe p) {
+			if (m_nonInteractive) return;
+			
+			auto fmt = input("Package recipe format (sdl/json)", m_format.to!string);
+			auto author = p.authors.join(", ");
+			p.name = input("Name", p.name);
+			p.description = input("Description", p.description);
+			p.authors = input("Author name", author).split(",").map!(a => a.strip).array;
+			p.license = input("License", p.license);
+			p.copyright = input("Copyright string", p.copyright);
+
+			while (true) {
+				auto dep = input("Add dependency (leave empty to skip)", null);
+				if (!dep.length) break;
+				auto vers = dub.listPackageVersions(dep);
+				if (!vers.length) {
+					logError("Could not find package '%s'.", dep);
+					continue;
+				}
+				string vstr;
+				auto final_versions = vers.filter!(v => !v.isBranch && !v.isBranch).array;
+				if (final_versions.length) vstr = "~>" ~ final_versions[$-1].toString();
+				else if (vers[$-1].isBranch) vstr = vers[$-1].toString();
+				else vstr = "~>" ~ vers[$-1].toString();
+				p.buildSettings.dependencies[dep] = Dependency(vstr);
+				logInfo("Added dependency %s %s", dep, vstr);
+			}
+		}
+
 		//TODO: Remove this block in next version
 		// Checks if argument uses current method of specifying project type.
 		if (free_args.length)
 		{
 			if (["vibe.d", "deimos", "minimal"].canFind(free_args[0]))
 			{
-				m_buildType = free_args[0];
+				m_templateType = free_args[0];
 				free_args = free_args[1 .. $];
 				logInfo("Deprecated use of init type. Use --type=[vibe.d | deimos | minimal] in future.");
 			}
 		}
-		dub.createEmptyPackage(Path(dir), free_args, m_buildType, m_format);
+		dub.createEmptyPackage(Path(dir), free_args, m_templateType, m_format, &depCallback);
+
+		logInfo("Package sucessfully created in %s", dir.length ? dir : ".");
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index dd6be06..9810643 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -702,22 +702,32 @@
 			.filter!(t => t[1].length);
 	}
 
-	void createEmptyPackage(Path path, string[] deps, string type, PackageFormat format = PackageFormat.sdl)
+	Version[] listPackageVersions(string name)
+	{
+		Version[] versions;
+		foreach (ps; this.m_packageSuppliers) {
+			try versions ~= ps.getVersions(name);
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				logDebug("Failed to get versions for package %s on provider %s: %s", name, ps.description, e.msg);
+			}
+		}
+		return versions.sort().uniq.array;
+	}
+
+	void createEmptyPackage(Path path, string[] deps, string type, PackageFormat format = PackageFormat.sdl, scope void delegate(ref PackageRecipe) recipe_callback = null)
 	{
 		if (!path.absolute) path = m_rootPath ~ path;
 		path.normalize();
 
-		if (m_dryRun) return;
 		string[string] depVers;
 		string[] notFound; // keep track of any failed packages in here
-		foreach(ps; this.m_packageSuppliers){
-			foreach(dep; deps){
-				try{
-					auto versionStrings = ps.getVersions(dep);
-					depVers[dep] = versionStrings[$-1].toString;
-				} catch(Exception e){
-					notFound ~= dep;
-				}
+		foreach(dep; deps){
+			auto vers = listPackageVersions(dep);
+			if (vers.length == 0) notFound ~= dep;
+			else {
+				auto v = vers[$-1];
+				if (v.isBranch()) depVers[dep] = v.toString();
+				else depVers[dep] = "~>" ~ v.toString();
 			}
 		}
 		if(notFound.length > 1){
@@ -727,7 +737,9 @@
 			throw new Exception(.format("Couldn't find package: %-(%s, %).", notFound));
 		}
 
-		initPackage(path, depVers, type, format);
+		if (m_dryRun) return;
+
+		initPackage(path, depVers, type, format, recipe_callback);
 
 		//Act smug to the user.
 		logInfo("Successfully created an empty project in '%s'.", path.toNativeString());