diff --git a/pkg/generator/generator.go b/pkg/generator/generator.go
index 58ebcec46fb..b8c6cf1e115 100644
--- a/pkg/generator/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/generator/generator.go
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/templates"
 )
 
 const defaultFileMode = 0750
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@ func (g *Generator) Render() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// pkg/apis/
 	groupName, apiVersion := func() (string, string) {
 		splits := strings.Split(apiGroup, "/")
 		return strings.Split(splits[0], ".")[0], splits[1]
@@ -51,11 +53,34 @@ func (g *Generator) Render() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// pkg/controller/
-	err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(projDir, "pkg/controller"), defaultFileMode)
+	controllerDir := filepath.Join(projDir, "pkg/controller")
+	err = os.MkdirAll(controllerDir, defaultFileMode)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = g.genWorkqueue(controllerDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (g *Generator) genWorkqueue(controllerDir string) error {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(controllerDir, "controller.go"), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, defaultFileMode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer f.Close()
 
+	t, err := template.New("controller").Parse(templates.ControllerTemplate)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = t.Execute(f, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/templates/workqueue-tmpl.go b/pkg/templates/workqueue-tmpl.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bec1d84462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/templates/workqueue-tmpl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package templates
+
+// TODO: fix imports
+
+const ControllerTemplate = `
+package controller
+
+type Controller struct {
+	indexer  cache.Indexer
+	queue    workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+	informer cache.Controller
+}
+
+func NewController(queue workqueue.RateLimitingInterface, indexer cache.Indexer, informer cache.Controller) *Controller {
+	return &Controller{
+		informer: informer,
+		indexer:  indexer,
+		queue:    queue,
+	}
+}
+
+// sync is the business logic of the controller.
+// In case an error happened, it has to simply return the error and will be retried after a backoff.
+func (c *Controller) sync(key string) error {
+	obj, exists, err := c.indexer.GetByKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Fetching object with key %s from store failed with %v", key, err)
+	}
+
+	if !exists {
+		// We warmed up the cache, so this could only imply the object was deleted
+		return nil
+	}
+	
+	return nil
+}
+`
+
+const WorkqueueTemplate = `
+package controller
+
+const (
+	// maxRetries is the number of times an event will be retried before it is dropped out of the queue.
+	// With the current rate-limiter in use (5ms*2^(maxRetries-1)) the following numbers represent the times of requeues:
+	// 5ms, 10ms, 20ms, 40ms, 80ms, 160ms, 320ms, 640ms, 1.3s, 2.6s, 5.1s, 10.2s, 20.4s, 41s, 82s
+	maxRetries = 15
+)
+
+func (c *Controller) processNextItem() bool {
+	// Wait until there is a new item in the working queue
+	key, quit := c.queue.Get()
+	if quit {
+		return false
+	}
+	// Tell the queue that we are done with processing this key. This unblocks the key for other workers
+	// This allows safe parallel processing because two pods with the same key are never processed in
+	// parallel.
+	defer c.queue.Done(key)
+
+	// Invoke the method containing the business logic
+	err := c.sync(key.(string))
+
+	// Handle the error if something went wrong during the execution of the business logic
+	c.handleErr(err, key)
+	return true
+}
+
+// handleErr checks if an error happened and makes sure we will retry later.
+func (c *Controller) handleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
+	if err == nil {
+		// Forget about the #AddRateLimited history of the key on every successful synchronization.
+		// This ensures that future processing of updates for this key is not delayed because of
+		// an outdated error history.
+		c.queue.Forget(key)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// This controller retries maxRetries times if something goes wrong. After that, it stops trying.
+	if c.queue.NumRequeues(key) < maxRetries {
+		glog.Infof("Error syncing pod %v: %v", key, err)
+
+		// Re-enqueue the key rate limited. Based on the rate limiter on the
+		// queue and the re-enqueue history, the key will be processed later again.
+		c.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.queue.Forget(key)
+	// Report to an external entity that, even after several retries, we could not successfully process this key
+	runtime.HandleError(err)
+	glog.Infof("Dropping pod %q out of the queue: %v", key, err)
+}
+
+// numWorkers is the number of goroutine workers to process events concurrently.
+func (c *Controller) Run(ctx context.Context, numWorkers int) {
+	// Let the workers stop when we are done
+	defer c.queue.ShutDown()
+
+	go c.informer.Run(stopCh)
+
+	// Wait for the cache to be synced, before processing items from the queue is started
+	if !cache.WaitForCacheSync(stopCh, c.informer.HasSynced) {
+		runtime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("Timed out waiting for caches to sync"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < numWorkers; i++ {
+		go wait.Until(c.runWorker, time.Second, stopCh)
+	}
+
+	<-ctx.Done()
+}
+
+func (c *Controller) runWorker() {
+	for c.processNextItem() {
+	}
+}
+`