diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
index d65aa20c4ff..7cd1e698f09 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/plugin.xml
@@ -771,6 +771,16 @@
             </baseType>
          </complexArray>
       </processType>
+      <processType
+            name="AddNature"
+            processRunner="org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.process.processes.AddNature">
+         <simple
+               name="projectName">
+         </simple>
+         <simple
+               name="natureId">
+         </simple>
+      </processType>
    </extension>
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.cdt.core.CProjectDescriptionStorage">
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/AddNature.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/AddNature.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70e2d18cd8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/AddNature.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Doug Schaefer (QNX) - Initial implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.process.processes;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.CProjectNature;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.TemplateCore;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.process.ProcessArgument;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.process.ProcessFailureException;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateengine.process.ProcessRunner;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+
+/**
+ * @author dschaefer
+ *
+ */
+public class AddNature extends ProcessRunner {
+
+	@Override
+	public void process(TemplateCore template, ProcessArgument[] args, String processId, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws ProcessFailureException {
+		IProject project = null;
+		String natureId = null;
+
+		for (ProcessArgument arg : args) {
+			String argName = arg.getName();
+			if (argName.equals("projectName")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+				project = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getProject(arg.getSimpleValue());
+			else if (argName.equals("natureId")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+				natureId = arg.getSimpleValue();
+		}
+		
+		if (project == null)
+			throw new ProcessFailureException(getProcessMessage(processId, IStatus.ERROR, Messages.getString("AddNature.noProject"))); //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+		if (natureId == null)
+			throw new ProcessFailureException(getProcessMessage(processId, IStatus.ERROR, Messages.getString("AddNature.noNature"))); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		
+		try {
+			CProjectNature.addNature(project, natureId, monitor);
+		} catch (CoreException e) {
+			throw new ProcessFailureException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/messages.properties b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/messages.properties
index d100e9797dd..ad8ca201f2d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/messages.properties
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/templateengine/org/eclipse/cdt/core/templateengine/process/processes/messages.properties
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ Append.0=Add File failure: template source not found:
 Append.1=Copy failure: template source not found: 
 Append.3=Copy failure: cannot read template source: 
 Append.4=Append failure: failed while trying to append contents.
+AddNature.noProject=Add nature failure: projectName not specified
+AddNature.noNature=Add nature failure: nature not specified
diff --git a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 552ea94b6c2..b4ca9e8d545 100644
--- a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Bundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core.Activator
 Bundle-Vendor: Eclipse CDT
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime,
+ org.eclipse.core.resources;bundle-version="3.8.100",
  org.eclipse.cdt.core
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
diff --git a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/plugin.xml b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/plugin.xml
index d0ab3f8001e..959e78450a5 100644
--- a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/plugin.xml
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@
             priority="normal">
       </content-type>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         id="qtNature"
+         point="org.eclipse.core.resources.natures">
+      <runtime>
+         <run
+               class="org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core.QtNature">
+         </run>
+      </runtime>
+   </extension>
 </plugin>
diff --git a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/qt/core/QtNature.java b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/qt/core/QtNature.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f58e2cd190e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/qt/core/QtNature.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Doug Schaefer (QNX) - Initial implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProjectNature;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+
+public class QtNature implements IProjectNature {
+	public static final String ID = "org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core.qtNature";
+	
+	private IProject project;
+
+	@Override
+	public void configure() throws CoreException {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void deconfigure() throws CoreException {
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public IProject getProject() {
+		return project;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setProject(IProject project) {
+		this.project = project;
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/templates/project/helloWorld/qtQuick2/template.xml b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/templates/project/helloWorld/qtQuick2/template.xml
index c80a589e17c..58bdd9e8b00 100644
--- a/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/templates/project/helloWorld/qtQuick2/template.xml
+++ b/qt/org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core/templates/project/helloWorld/qtQuick2/template.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 			</element>
 		</complex-array>
 	</process>
+	
+	<process type="org.eclipse.cdt.core.AddNature">
+		<simple name="projectName" value="$(projectName)"/>
+		<simple name="natureId" value="org.eclipse.cdt.qt.core.qtNature"/>
+	</process>
 
 </template>
-