diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 41fe147374..f0f66540db 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ TEMPLATE_FILE_EXTENSION = '.html'
 # See the comments in django/core/template/loader.py for interface
 # documentation.
 TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+#     'django.core.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
     'django.core.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
 #     'django.core.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
 )
diff --git a/django/conf/project_template/settings/main.py b/django/conf/project_template/settings/main.py
index cbb32b7920..1bde7df10a 100644
--- a/django/conf/project_template/settings/main.py
+++ b/django/conf/project_template/settings/main.py
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ MEDIA_URL = ''
 # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
 SECRET_KEY = ''
 
+# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+#     'django.core.template.loaders.app_directories.load_template_source',
+    'django.core.template.loaders.filesystem.load_template_source',
+#     'django.core.template.loaders.eggs.load_template_source',
+)
+
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware",
diff --git a/django/core/template/loaders/app_directories.py b/django/core/template/loaders/app_directories.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5afb18e2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/core/template/loaders/app_directories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Wrapper for loading templates from "template" directories in installed app packages.
+
+from django.conf.settings import INSTALLED_APPS, TEMPLATE_FILE_EXTENSION
+from django.core.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
+import os
+
+# At compile time, cache the directories to search.
+app_template_dirs = []
+for app in INSTALLED_APPS:
+    i = app.rfind('.')
+    m, a = app[:i], app[i+1:]
+    mod = getattr(__import__(m, '', '', [a]), a)
+    template_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(mod.__file__), 'templates')
+    if os.path.isdir(template_dir):
+        app_template_dirs.append(template_dir)
+
+# It won't change, so convert it to a tuple to save memory.
+app_template_dirs = tuple(app_template_dirs)
+
+def load_template_source(template_name, template_dirs=None):
+    for template_dir in app_template_dirs:
+        filepath = os.path.join(template_dir, template_name) + TEMPLATE_FILE_EXTENSION
+        try:
+            return open(filepath).read()
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+    raise TemplateDoesNotExist, template_name
+load_template_source.is_usable = True