diff --git a/source/dub/init.d b/source/dub/init.d
index f710d56..aff77c4 100644
--- a/source/dub/init.d
+++ b/source/dub/init.d
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
 import dub.package_ : PackageFormat, packageInfoFiles, defaultPackageFilename;
+import dub.recipe.packagerecipe;
+import dub.dependency;
 
 import std.datetime;
 import std.exception;
@@ -18,13 +20,27 @@
 import std.process;
 import std.string;
 
-
-void initPackage(Path root_path, string[string] deps, string type, PackageFormat format)
+void initPackage(Path root_path, string[string] deps, string type, PackageFormat format, scope void delegate(ref PackageRecipe) recipe_callback = null)
 {
+	import std.conv : to;
+	import dub.recipe.io : writePackageRecipe;
+
 	void enforceDoesNotExist(string filename) {
 		enforce(!existsFile(root_path ~ filename), "The target directory already contains a '"~filename~"' file. Aborting.");
 	}
 
+	string username = getUserName();
+
+	PackageRecipe p;
+	p.name = root_path.head.toString().toLower();
+	p.authors ~= username;
+	p.license = "proprietary";
+	p.copyright = .format("Copyright © %s, %s", Clock.currTime().year, username);
+	foreach (pack, v; deps) {
+		import std.ascii : isDigit;
+		p.buildSettings.dependencies[pack] = Dependency(v);
+	}
+
 	//Check to see if a target directory needs to be created
 	if( !root_path.empty ){
 		if( !existsFile(root_path) )
@@ -41,16 +57,19 @@
 
 	switch (type) {
 		default: throw new Exception("Unknown package init type: "~type);
-		case "minimal": initMinimalPackage(root_path, deps, format); break;
-		case "vibe.d": initVibeDPackage(root_path, deps, format); break;
-		case "deimos": initDeimosPackage(root_path, deps, format); break;
+		case "minimal": initMinimalPackage(root_path, p); break;
+		case "vibe.d": initVibeDPackage(root_path, p); break;
+		case "deimos": initDeimosPackage(root_path, p); break;
 	}
+
+	if (recipe_callback) recipe_callback(p);
+	writePackageRecipe(root_path ~ ("dub."~format.to!string), p);
 	writeGitignore(root_path);
 }
 
-void initMinimalPackage(Path root_path, string[string] deps, PackageFormat format)
+private void initMinimalPackage(Path root_path, ref PackageRecipe p)
 {
-	writePackageDescription(format, root_path, "A minimal D application.", deps);
+	p.description = "A minimal D application.";
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "source");
 	write((root_path ~ "source/app.d").toNativeString(),
 q{import std.stdio;
@@ -62,13 +81,13 @@
 });
 }
 
-void initVibeDPackage(Path root_path, string[string] deps, PackageFormat format)
+private void initVibeDPackage(Path root_path, ref PackageRecipe p)
 {
-	if("vibe-d" !in deps)
-		deps["vibe-d"] = "~>0.7.23";
+	if("vibe-d" !in p.dependencies)
+		p.buildSettings.dependencies["vibe-d"] = Dependency("~>0.7.26");
+	p.description = "A simple vibe.d server application.";
+	p.buildSettings.versions[""] ~= "VibeDefaultMain";
 
-	writePackageDescription(format, root_path, "A simple vibe.d server application.",
-	                 deps, ["versions": ["VibeDefaultMain"]]);
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "source");
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "views");
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "public");
@@ -92,70 +111,18 @@
 });
 }
 
-void initDeimosPackage(Path root_path, string[string] deps, PackageFormat format)
+private void initDeimosPackage(Path root_path, ref PackageRecipe p)
 {
+	import dub.compilers.buildsettings : TargetType;
+
 	auto name = root_path.head.toString().toLower();
-	writePackageDescription(format, root_path, "Deimos Bindings for "~name~".",
-		deps, ["importPaths": ["."]], ["targetType": "sourceLibrary"]);
+	p.description = format("Deimos Bindings for "~p.name~".");
+	p.buildSettings.importPaths[""] ~= ".";
+	p.buildSettings.targetType = TargetType.sourceLibrary;
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "C");
 	createDirectory(root_path ~ "deimos");
 }
 
-void writePackageDescription(PackageFormat format, Path root_path, string description, string[string] dependencies = null, string[][string] array_fields = null, string[string] string_fields = null)
-{
-	final switch (format) {
-		case PackageFormat.json:
-			foreach (f, v; array_fields) string_fields[f] = .format("[%(%s, %)]", v);
-			writePackageJSON(root_path, description, dependencies, string_fields);
-			break;
-		case PackageFormat.sdl:
-			foreach (f, v; array_fields) string_fields[f] = .format("%(%s %)", v);
-			writePackageSDL(root_path, description, dependencies, string_fields);
-			break;
-	}
-}
-
-private void writePackageJSON(Path root_path, string description, string[string] dependencies = null, string[string] raw_fields = null)
-{
-	import std.algorithm : map;
-
-	assert(!root_path.empty);
-
-	auto username = getUserName();
-	auto fil = openFile(root_path ~ "dub.json", FileMode.append);
-	scope(exit) fil.close();
-
-	fil.formattedWrite("{\n\t\"name\": \"%s\",\n", root_path.head.toString().toLower());
-	fil.formattedWrite("\t\"description\": \"%s\",\n", description);
-	fil.formattedWrite("\t\"copyright\": \"Copyright © %s, %s\",\n", Clock.currTime().year, username);
-	fil.formattedWrite("\t\"authors\": [\"%s\"],\n", username);
-	fil.formattedWrite("\t\"dependencies\": {");
-	fil.formattedWrite("%(\n\t\t%s: %s,%)", dependencies);
-	fil.formattedWrite("\n\t}");
-	fil.formattedWrite("%-(,\n\t\"%s\": %s%)", raw_fields);
-	fil.write("\n}\n");
-}
-
-private void writePackageSDL(Path root_path, string description, string[string] dependencies = null, string[string] raw_fields = null)
-{
-	import std.algorithm : map;
-
-	assert(!root_path.empty);
-
-	auto username = getUserName();
-	auto fil = openFile(root_path ~ "dub.sdl", FileMode.append);
-	scope(exit) fil.close();
-
-	fil.formattedWrite("name \"%s\"\n", root_path.head.toString().toLower());
-	fil.formattedWrite("description \"%s\"\n", description);
-	fil.formattedWrite("copyright \"Copyright © %s, %s\"\n", Clock.currTime().year, username);
-	fil.formattedWrite("authors \"%s\"\n", username);
-	foreach (d, v; dependencies)
-		fil.formattedWrite("dependency \"%s\" version=\"%s\"\n", d, v);
-	foreach (f, v; raw_fields)
-		fil.formattedWrite("%s %s\n", f, v);
-}
-
 void writeGitignore(Path root_path)
 {
 	write((root_path ~ ".gitignore").toNativeString(),