diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md b/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
index 067c78994..c4be41434 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/cli-reference/create.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Most commonly used templates:
 - aws-python
 - aws-python3
 - aws-ruby
+- aws-provided
 - aws-kotlin-jvm-maven
 - aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle
 - aws-kotlin-nodejs-gradle
diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
index 65e8ed09c..b19ac4f21 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Here are the available runtimes for AWS Lambda:
 * aws-python
 * aws-python3
 * aws-ruby
+* aws-provided
 * aws-kotlin-jvm-maven
 * aws-kotlin-nodejs-gradle
 * aws-groovy-gradle
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/create.js b/lib/plugins/create/create.js
index f0bd86e2c..b314476b9 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/create.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/create.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const validTemplates = [
   'aws-go-dep',
   'aws-go-mod',
   'aws-ruby',
+  'aws-provided',
   'azure-nodejs',
   'cloudflare-workers',
   'cloudflare-workers-enterprise',
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js b/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
index d5c2aefee..c5c060395 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/create.test.js
@@ -958,5 +958,21 @@ describe('Create', () => {
           .to.be.equal(true);
       });
     });
+
+    it('should generate scaffolding for "aws-provided" template', () => {
+      process.chdir(tmpDir);
+      create.options.template = 'aws-provided';
+
+      return create.create().then(() => {
+        expect(create.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'serverless.yml')))
+          .to.be.equal(true);
+        expect(create.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'handler.sh')))
+          .to.be.equal(true);
+        expect(create.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(tmpDir, '.gitignore')))
+          .to.be.equal(true);
+        expect(create.serverless.utils.fileExistsSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'bootstrap')))
+          .to.be.equal(true);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/bootstrap b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bb32869d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Initialization - load function handler
+source $LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT/"$(echo $_HANDLER | cut -d. -f1).sh"
+
+# Processing
+while true
+do
+  HEADERS="$(mktemp)"
+  # Get an event
+  EVENT_DATA=$(curl -sS -LD "$HEADERS" -X GET "http://${AWS_LAMBDA_RUNTIME_API}/2018-06-01/runtime/invocation/next")
+  REQUEST_ID=$(grep -Fi Lambda-Runtime-Aws-Request-Id "$HEADERS" | tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -d: -f2)
+
+  # Execute the handler function from the script
+  RESPONSE=$($(echo "$_HANDLER" | cut -d. -f2) "$EVENT_DATA")
+
+  # Send the response
+  curl -X POST "http://${AWS_LAMBDA_RUNTIME_API}/2018-06-01/runtime/invocation/$REQUEST_ID/response"  -d "$RESPONSE"
+done
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/gitignore b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f039d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.serverless
+node_modules
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/handler.sh b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/handler.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d852a0b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/handler.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function hello () {
+  EVENT_DATA=$1
+  echo "$EVENT_DATA" 1>&2;
+  RESPONSE="{\"body\": {\"input\": $EVENT_DATA, \"msg\": \"Wecome to serverless!\"}}"
+
+  echo $RESPONSE
+}
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/serverless.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea57a2304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-provided/serverless.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# 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-provided # 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: provided
+
+# 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:
+#  include:
+#    - include-me.py
+#    - include-me-dir/**
+#  exclude:
+#    - exclude-me.py
+#    - exclude-me-dir/**
+
+functions:
+  hello:
+    handler: handler.hello
+
+#    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/tests/templates/test_all_templates b/tests/templates/test_all_templates
index 211244236..034bccc15 100755
--- a/tests/templates/test_all_templates
+++ b/tests/templates/test_all_templates
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ integration-test aws-nodejs
 integration-test aws-python
 integration-test aws-python3
 integration-test aws-ruby
+integration-test aws-provided
 integration-test aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle
 integration-test aws-kotlin-jvm-maven
 integration-test aws-kotlin-nodejs-gradle