diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js b/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
index 6bb1214c..46e4dbdd 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
@@ -974,6 +974,10 @@ exports.closureTags = {
     suppress: {
         onTagged: ignore
     },
+    // Closure Compiler only
+    template: {
+        onTagged: ignore
+    },
     'this': cloneTagDef(baseTags.this),
     throws: cloneTagDef(baseTags.throws),
     type: cloneTagDef(baseTags.type, {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/templatetag.js b/test/fixtures/templatetag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84448dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/templatetag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * @param {T} t
+ * @constructor
+ * @template T
+ */
+function Container(t) {}
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/templatetag.js b/test/specs/tags/templatetag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afedc3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/tags/templatetag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('@template tag', function() {
+    var env = require('jsdoc/env');
+    var logger = require('jsdoc/util/logger');
+
+    var allowUnknownTags = Boolean(env.conf.tags.allowUnknownTags);
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        env.conf.tags.allowUnknownTags = false;
+        spyOn(logger, 'error');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+        jasmine.restoreTagDictionary();
+        env.conf.tags.allowUnknownTags = allowUnknownTags;
+    });
+
+    describe('JSDoc tags', function() {
+        beforeEach(function() {
+            jasmine.replaceTagDictionary('jsdoc');
+        });
+
+        it('should not recognize the @template tag', function() {
+            jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/templatetag.js');
+
+            expect(logger.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('Closure Compiler tags', function() {
+        beforeEach(function() {
+            jasmine.replaceTagDictionary('closure');
+        });
+
+        it('should recognize the @template tag', function() {
+            jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/templatetag.js');
+
+            expect(logger.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
+});