diff --git a/.changelog/19728.txt b/.changelog/19728.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53c61bc5e0e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/19728.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+acl: add api-gateway templated policy
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go b/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
index b8a607ec0518..1296731dc783 100644
--- a/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ func TestACL_HTTP(t *testing.T) {
 
 			var list map[string]api.ACLTemplatedPolicyResponse
 			require.NoError(t, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&list))
-			require.Len(t, list, 5)
+			require.Len(t, list, 6)
 
 			require.Equal(t, api.ACLTemplatedPolicyResponse{
 				TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyServiceName,
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
index 999e0f0d7d10..ce2af67888f9 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ var ACLTemplatedPolicyServiceSchema string
 //go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/schemas/workload-identity.json
 var ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentitySchema string
 
+//go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/schemas/api-gateway.json
+var ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewaySchema string
+
 type ACLTemplatedPolicies []*ACLTemplatedPolicy
 
 const (
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSID              = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyNomadServerID      = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000006"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentityID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000007"
+	ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayID       = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000008"
 
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema = "" // catch-all schema for all templated policy that don't require a schema
 )
@@ -84,6 +88,12 @@ var (
 			Schema:       ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentitySchema,
 			Template:     ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentity,
 		},
+		api.ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayName: {
+			TemplateID:   ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayID,
+			TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayName,
+			Schema:       ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewaySchema,
+			Template:     ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGateway,
+		},
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
index cd9a52248a98..1465a324b616 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ var ACLTemplatedPolicyNomadServer string
 //go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/workload-identity.hcl
 var ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentity string
 
+//go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/api-gateway.hcl
+var ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGateway string
+
 func (t *ACLToken) TemplatedPolicyList() []*ACLTemplatedPolicy {
 	if len(t.TemplatedPolicies) == 0 {
 		return nil
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce_test.go b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce_test.go
index e160a911cb89..f21292806283 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce_test.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,28 @@ query_prefix "" {
 				Description: "synthetic policy generated from templated policy: builtin/workload-identity",
 				Rules: `identity "api" {
 	policy = "write"
+}`,
+			},
+		},
+		"api-gateway-template": {
+			templatedPolicy: &ACLTemplatedPolicy{
+				TemplateID:   ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayID,
+				TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayName,
+				TemplateVariables: &ACLTemplatedPolicyVariables{
+					Name: "api-gateway",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedPolicy: &ACLPolicy{
+				Description: "synthetic policy generated from templated policy: builtin/api-gateway",
+				Rules: `mesh = "read"
+node_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+service_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+service "api-gateway" {
+	policy = "write"
 }`,
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/api-gateway.hcl b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/api-gateway.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7bb2e4908130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/api-gateway.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mesh = "read"
+node_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+service_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+service "{{.Name}}" {
+	policy = "write"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/schemas/api-gateway.json b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/schemas/api-gateway.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a3d19326821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/schemas/api-gateway.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	"type": "object",
+	"properties": {
+		"name": { "type": "string", "$ref": "#/definitions/min-length-one" }
+	},
+	"required": ["name"],
+	"definitions": {
+		"min-length-one": {
+				"type": "string",
+				"minLength": 1
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/acl.go b/api/acl.go
index 47b38eb6ca62..5f4033a84d6c 100644
--- a/api/acl.go
+++ b/api/acl.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName              = "builtin/dns"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyNomadServerName      = "builtin/nomad-server"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentityName = "builtin/workload-identity"
+	ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayName       = "builtin/api-gateway"
 )
 
 type ACLLink struct {
diff --git a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter.go b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter.go
index dec8378bcc5f..736d4f48c1ac 100644
--- a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter.go
+++ b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter.go
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ func (f *prettyFormatter) FormatTemplatedPolicy(templatedPolicy api.ACLTemplated
 	buffer.WriteString("Input variables:")
 	switch templatedPolicy.TemplateName {
 	case api.ACLTemplatedPolicyServiceName:
-		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%sName: String - Required - The name of the service.\n", WhitespaceIndent))
-		buffer.WriteString("Example usage:\n")
-		buffer.WriteString(WhitespaceIndent + "consul acl token create -templated-policy builtin/service -var name:api\n")
+		nameRequiredVariableOutput(&buffer, templatedPolicy.TemplateName, "The name of the service", "api")
 	case api.ACLTemplatedPolicyNodeName:
-		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%sName: String - Required - The node name.\n", WhitespaceIndent))
-		buffer.WriteString("Example usage:\n")
-		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sconsul acl token create -templated-policy builtin/node -var name:node-1\n", WhitespaceIndent))
+		nameRequiredVariableOutput(&buffer, templatedPolicy.TemplateName, "The node name", "node-1")
+	case api.ACLTemplatedPolicyWorkloadIdentityName:
+		nameRequiredVariableOutput(&buffer, templatedPolicy.TemplateName, "The workload name", "api")
+	case api.ACLTemplatedPolicyAPIGatewayName:
+		nameRequiredVariableOutput(&buffer, templatedPolicy.TemplateName, "The api gateway service name", "api-gateway")
 	case api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName, api.ACLTemplatedPolicyNomadServerName:
 		noRequiredVariablesOutput(&buffer, templatedPolicy.TemplateName)
 	default:
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ func noRequiredVariablesOutput(buffer *bytes.Buffer, templateName string) {
 	buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sconsul acl token create -templated-policy %s\n", WhitespaceIndent, templateName))
 }
 
+func nameRequiredVariableOutput(buffer *bytes.Buffer, templateName, description, exampleName string) {
+	buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%sName: String - Required - %s.\n", WhitespaceIndent, description))
+	buffer.WriteString("Example usage:\n")
+	buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%sconsul acl token create -templated-policy %s -var name:%s\n", WhitespaceIndent, templateName, exampleName))
+}
+
 func (f *prettyFormatter) FormatTemplatedPolicyList(policies map[string]api.ACLTemplatedPolicyResponse) (string, error) {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer