diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cbc760b01..e6a9bec81 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ services:
       - AWS_PROFILE
       - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
       - AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN
+  aws-clojure-gradle:
+    image: java:8
+    volumes:
+      - ./tmp/serverless-integration-test-aws-clojure-gradle:/app    
   aws-nodejs:
     image: node:5.11.1
     volumes:
diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md b/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
index 73421f725..87265d46b 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ To see a list of available templates run `serverless create --help`
 
 Most commonly used templates:
 
+- aws-clojure-gradle
 - aws-nodejs
 - aws-nodejs-typescript
 - aws-nodejs-ecma-script
diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
index c5736050b..fcf797867 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ serverless create --template aws-nodejs --path myService
 
 Here are the available runtimes for AWS Lambda:
 
+* aws-clojure-gradle
 * aws-nodejs
 * aws-nodejs-typescript
 * aws-nodejs-ecma-script
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/create.js b/lib/plugins/create/create.js
index 1a3f152db..b517f86b4 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/create.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/create.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const dirExistsSync = require('../../utils/fs/dirExistsSync');
 
 // class wide constants
 const validTemplates = [
+  'aws-clojure-gradle',
   'aws-nodejs',
   'aws-nodejs-typescript',
   'aws-nodejs-ecma-script',
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js b/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
index 00db1ce72..d4e709735 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
@@ -88,6 +88,30 @@ describe('Create', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should generate scaffolding for "aws-clojure-gradle" template', () => {
+      process.chdir(tmpDir);
+      create.options.template = 'aws-clojure-gradle';
+
+      return create.create().then(() => {
+        const dirContent = walkDirSync(tmpDir)
+          .map(elem => elem.replace(path.join(tmpDir, path.sep), ''));
+
+        expect(dirContent).to.include('serverless.yml');
+        expect(dirContent).to.include('build.gradle');
+        expect(dirContent).to.include('gradlew');
+        expect(dirContent).to.include('gradlew.bat');
+        expect(dirContent).to.include(path.join('gradle', 'wrapper',
+          'gradle-wrapper.jar'));
+        expect(dirContent).to.include(path.join('gradle', 'wrapper',
+          'gradle-wrapper.properties'));
+        expect(dirContent).to.include(path.join('src', 'main', 'resources',
+          'log4j.properties'));
+        expect(dirContent).to.include(path.join('src', 'main', 'clojure',
+          'hello.clj'));
+        expect(dirContent).to.include('.gitignore');
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should generate scaffolding for "aws-nodejs" template', () => {
       process.chdir(tmpDir);
       create.options.template = 'aws-nodejs';
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileChanges/last-build.bin b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileChanges/last-build.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f76dd238a
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diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileHashes/fileHashes.bin b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileHashes/fileHashes.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb6dfad48
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diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileHashes/fileHashes.lock b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/fileHashes/fileHashes.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37fdcba57
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diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.bin b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..256e24fef
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.bin differ
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.lock b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a0d55694
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/4.9/taskHistory/taskHistory.lock differ
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f7bd6967
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/buildOutputCleanup.lock differ
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35180138c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/cache.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#Thu Aug 02 10:26:08 MDT 2018
+gradle.version=4.9
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/outputFiles.bin b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/outputFiles.bin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e2c178ba
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/buildOutputCleanup/outputFiles.bin differ
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/vcsWorkingDirs/gc.properties b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/.gradle/vcsWorkingDirs/gc.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/build.gradle b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8a3db309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+plugins {
+  id "gradle-clojure.clojure" version "0.4.0"
+  id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.2'
+}
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+targetCompatibility = 1.8
+
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+  maven { url "https://clojars.org/repo" }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  compile(
+      'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.0',
+      'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j:1.0.0',
+      'org.clojure:data.json:0.2.6'
+  )
+
+  implementation 'org.clojure:clojure:1.9.0'
+}
+
+clojure {
+  builds {
+    main {
+      aotAll()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+task(buildJson) {
+  doLast {
+    new File("$buildDir/build.json").newWriter().withWriter { w ->
+      w << groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson([distribution: relativePath(shadowJar.archivePath), version: shadowJar.version])
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+shadowJar.finalizedBy(buildJson)
+build.dependsOn shadowJar
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+  gradleVersion = '4.9'
+}
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gitignore b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a777c7305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+*.class
+.gradle
+/build/
+/bin/
+/out/
+/.settings/
+.project
+.classpath
+
+# Package Files
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# Serverless directories
+.serverless
+
+!gradle/wrapper/*
+
+node_modules/
+build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle.properties b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8063625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+group=serverless
+version=0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d4a95168
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diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a95009c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cccdd3d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew.bat b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f9553162f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/serverless.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..872051d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/serverless.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Welcome to Serverless!
+#
+# This file is the main config file for your service.
+# It's very minimal at this point and uses default values.
+# You can always add more config options for more control.
+# We've included some commented out config examples here.
+# Just uncomment any of them to get that config option.
+#
+# For full config options, check the docs:
+#    docs.serverless.com
+#
+# Happy Coding!
+
+service: aws-clojure
+# NOTE: update this with your service name
+
+# You can pin your service to only deploy with a specific Serverless version
+# Check out our docs for more details
+# frameworkVersion: "=X.X.X"
+
+provider:
+  name: aws
+  runtime: java8
+  timeout: 300
+  memorySize: 1536
+  logRetentionInDays: 30
+
+# you can overwrite defaults here
+#  stage: dev
+#  region: us-east-1
+
+# you can add statements to the Lambda function's IAM Role here
+#  iamRoleStatements:
+#    - Effect: "Allow"
+#      Action:
+#        - "s3:ListBucket"
+#      Resource: { "Fn::Join" : ["", ["arn:aws:s3:::", { "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket" } ] ]  }
+#    - Effect: "Allow"
+#      Action:
+#        - "s3:PutObject"
+#      Resource:
+#        Fn::Join:
+#          - ""
+#          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
+#            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
+#            - "/*"
+
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
+# you can add packaging information here
+package:
+  artifact: ${file(build/build.json):distribution}
+
+functions:
+  hello:
+    handler: hello::handler
+    tags:
+      VERSION: ${file(build/build.json):version}
+
+#    The following are a few example events you can configure
+#    NOTE: Please make sure to change your handler code to work with those events
+#    Check the event documentation for details
+#    events:
+#      - http:
+#          path: users/create
+#          method: get
+#      - s3: ${env:BUCKET}
+#      - schedule: rate(10 minutes)
+#      - sns: greeter-topic
+#      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
+#      - alexaSkill: amzn1.ask.skill.xx-xx-xx-xx
+#      - alexaSmartHome: amzn1.ask.skill.xx-xx-xx-xx
+#      - iot:
+#          sql: "SELECT * FROM 'some_topic'"
+#      - cloudwatchEvent:
+#          event:
+#            source:
+#              - "aws.ec2"
+#            detail-type:
+#              - "EC2 Instance State-change Notification"
+#            detail:
+#              state:
+#                - pending
+#      - cloudwatchLog: '/aws/lambda/hello'
+#      - cognitoUserPool:
+#          pool: MyUserPool
+#          trigger: PreSignUp
+
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
+# you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
+#resources:
+#  Resources:
+#    NewResource:
+#      Type: AWS::S3::Bucket
+#      Properties:
+#        BucketName: my-new-bucket
+#  Outputs:
+#     NewOutput:
+#       Description: "Description for the output"
+#       Value: "Some output value"
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/clojure/hello.clj b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/clojure/hello.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14eff5a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/clojure/hello.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(ns hello
+  (:require [clojure.data.json :as json])
+  (:gen-class
+    :methods [^:static [handler [java.util.Map, com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context] java.util.Map]]))
+
+(defn -handler [input, context]
+  { "statusCode" 200
+    "body" (json/write-str {"message" "Go Serverless v1.x! Your function executed successfully!"})
+    "headers" {"X-Powered-By" "AWS Lambda & Serverless"}})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d31061551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-clojure-gradle/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+log=.
+log4j.rootLogger=LAMBDA
+log4j.appender.LAMBDA=com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.log4j.LambdaAppender
+log4j.appender.LAMBDA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.LAMBDA.layout.conversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} <%X{AWSRequestId}> %-5p %c:%L - %m%n
+log4j.appender.LAMBDA.threshold=INFO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/templates/test_all_templates b/tests/templates/test_all_templates
index d207639bc..6b92b98de 100755
--- a/tests/templates/test_all_templates
+++ b/tests/templates/test_all_templates
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function integration-test {
   $DIR/integration-test-template $@
 }
 
+integration-test aws-clojure-gradle ./gradlew build
 integration-test aws-csharp './build.sh'
 integration-test aws-fsharp './build.sh'
 integration-test aws-go 'cd /go/src/app && make build'