diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1845fda..65aae9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ By default Plop actions keep your files safe by failing when things look fishy.
 
 Plop bundles TypeScript declarations and supports TypeScript plopfiles via [tsx loaders](https://github.com/privatenumber/tsx?tab=readme-ov-file#nodejs-loader), a feature of [NodeJS command line imports](https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--importmodule). 
 
-First, make a TypesScript plopfile:
+First, make a TypesScript plopfile using `plop --init-ts` or by hand:
 
 ```ts
 // plopfile.ts
diff --git a/packages/plop/src/console-out.js b/packages/plop/src/console-out.js
index 7999df6..8b22dbe 100644
--- a/packages/plop/src/console-out.js
+++ b/packages/plop/src/console-out.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ function displayHelpScreen() {
       "  -t, --show-type-names  " +
         chalk.dim("Show type names instead of abbreviations"),
       "  -i, --init             " + chalk.dim("Generate a basic plopfile.js"),
+      "      --init-ts          " + chalk.dim("Generate a basic plopfile.ts"),
       "  -v, --version          " + chalk.dim("Print current version"),
       "  -f, --force            " + chalk.dim("Run the generator forcefully"),
       "",
@@ -89,25 +90,39 @@ function displayHelpScreen() {
   );
 }
 
-function createInitPlopfile(force = false) {
-  var initString =
-    "export default function (plop) {\n\n" +
-    "\tplop.setGenerator('basics', {\n" +
-    "\t\tdescription: 'this is a skeleton plopfile',\n" +
-    "\t\tprompts: [],\n" +
-    "\t\tactions: []\n" +
-    "\t});\n\n" +
-    "};";
+function createInitPlopfile(force = false, useTypescript = false) {
+  var initString = (() => {
+    if (useTypescript) {
+      return (
+        "import type { NodePlopAPI } from 'plop'\n" +
+        "\n" +
+        "export default async function (plop: NodePlopAPI) {\n" +
+        "\n" +
+        "}\n" +
+        "\n"
+      );
+    } else {
+      return (
+        "export default function (plop) {\n\n" +
+        "\tplop.setGenerator('basics', {\n" +
+        "\t\tdescription: 'this is a skeleton plopfile',\n" +
+        "\t\tprompts: [],\n" +
+        "\t\tactions: []\n" +
+        "\t});\n\n" +
+        "};"
+      );
+    }
+  })();
 
-  if (fs.existsSync(process.cwd() + "/plopfile.js") && force === false) {
-    throw Error('"plopfile.js" already exists at this location.');
-  }
-
-  if (fs.existsSync(process.cwd() + "/plopfile.cjs") && force === false) {
-    throw Error('"plopfile.cjs" already exists at this location.');
-  }
+  [`js`, `cjs`, `ts`].forEach((ext) => {
+    const name = `plopfile.${ext}`;
+    if (fs.existsSync(process.cwd() + `/${name}`) && force === false) {
+      throw Error(`"${name}" already exists at this location.`);
+    }
+  });
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(process.cwd() + "/plopfile.js", initString);
+  const outExt = useTypescript ? `ts` : `js`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.cwd() + `/plopfile.${outExt}`, initString);
 }
 
 const typeDisplay = {
diff --git a/packages/plop/src/input-processing.js b/packages/plop/src/input-processing.js
index 94189b9..3808523 100644
--- a/packages/plop/src/input-processing.js
+++ b/packages/plop/src/input-processing.js
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ function getBypassAndGenerator(plop, passArgsBeforeDashes) {
   const { plopArgV, eoaArg } = passArgsBeforeDashes
     ? { plopArgV: argv }
     : eoaIndex === -1
-    ? { plopArgV: [] }
-    : {
-        plopArgV: minimist(args.slice(eoaIndex + 1, args.length)),
-        eoaArg: args[eoaIndex + 1],
-      };
+      ? { plopArgV: [] }
+      : {
+          plopArgV: minimist(args.slice(eoaIndex + 1, args.length)),
+          eoaArg: args[eoaIndex + 1],
+        };
 
   // locate the generator name based on input and take the rest of the
   // user's input as prompt bypass data to be passed into the generator
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ function handleArgFlags(env) {
     }
 
     // handle request for initializing a new plopfile
-    if (argv.init || argv.i) {
+    if (argv.init || argv.i || argv[`init-ts`]) {
       const force = argv.force === true || argv.f === true || false;
       try {
-        out.createInitPlopfile(force);
+        out.createInitPlopfile(force, !!argv[`init-ts`]);
         process.exit(0);
       } catch (err) {
         console.error(chalk.red("[PLOP] ") + err.message);
diff --git a/packages/plop/tests/__snapshots__/input-processing.spec.js.snap b/packages/plop/tests/__snapshots__/input-processing.spec.js.snap
index 4342dda..e3bd294 100644
--- a/packages/plop/tests/__snapshots__/input-processing.spec.js.snap
+++ b/packages/plop/tests/__snapshots__/input-processing.spec.js.snap
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Options:
   -h, --help             Show this help display
   -t, --show-type-names  Show type names instead of abbreviations
   -i, --init             Generate a basic plopfile.js
+      --init-ts          Generate a basic plopfile.ts
   -v, --version          Print current version
   -f, --force            Run the generator forcefully