diff --git a/lib/badge-data.js b/lib/badge-data.js
index 864f9f707a..732bd51fca 100644
--- a/lib/badge-data.js
+++ b/lib/badge-data.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function prependPrefix(s, prefix) {
 }
 
 function isValidStyle(style) {
-  const validStyles = ['default', 'plastic', 'flat', 'flat-square', 'social'];
+  const validStyles = ['default', 'plastic', 'flat', 'flat-square', 'for-the-badge', 'social'];
   return style ? validStyles.indexOf(style) >= 0 : false;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/badge.js b/lib/badge.js
index b5de980970..a0d8e31bbe 100644
--- a/lib/badge.js
+++ b/lib/badge.js
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ function makeImage(data, cb) {
   if (!(data.template + '-' + data.format in templates)) {
     data.template = 'flat';
   }
+  if (data.template === 'for-the-badge'){
+    data.text[0] = data.text[0].toUpperCase();
+    data.text[1] = data.text[1].toUpperCase();
+  }
   if (data.colorscheme) {
     let pickedColorscheme = colorscheme[data.colorscheme];
     if (!pickedColorscheme) {
diff --git a/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg b/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34a1358cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="{{=(it.widths[0]+=(10+(it.text[0].length*1.5)))+(it.widths[1]+=(10+(it.text[1].length*2)))}}" height="28">
+  <g shape-rendering="crispEdges">
+    <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="28" fill="{{=it.escapeXml(it.colorA||"#555")}}"/>
+    <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="28" fill="{{=it.escapeXml(it.colorB||"#4c1")}}"/>
+  </g>
+  <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="100">
+    {{?it.logo}}
+      <image x="9" y="7" width="{{=it.logoWidth}}" height="14" xlink:href="{{=it.logo}}"/>
+    {{?}}
+    <text x="{{=((it.widths[0]+it.logoWidth+it.logoPadding)/2)*10}}" y="175" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[0]-(24+it.logoWidth+it.logoPadding))*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapeXml(it.text[0].toUpperCase())}}</text>
+    <text x="{{=(it.widths[0]+it.widths[1]/2)*10}}" y="175" font-weight="bold" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[1]-24)*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapeXml(it.text[1].toUpperCase())}}</text>
+  </g>
+  {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}
+    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
+      <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="28" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
+    </a>
+  {{?}}
+  {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}
+    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
+      <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="28" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
+    </a>
+  {{?}}
+</svg>
diff --git a/try.html b/try.html
index 076a250eff..c3fc3c8dbe 100644
--- a/try.html
+++ b/try.html
@@ -1373,6 +1373,10 @@ The following styles are available (flat is the default as of Feb 1st 2015):
   <td><code>https://img.shields.io/badge/style-flat--squared-green.svg?style=flat-square</code></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
+  <td><img src='/badge/style-for--the--badge-green.svg?style=for-the-badge' alt=''/></td>
+  <td><code>https://img.shields.io/badge/style-for--the--badge-green.svg?style=for-the-badge</code></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
   <td><img src='/badge/style-social-green.svg?style=social' alt=''/></td>
   <td><code>https://img.shields.io/badge/style-social-green.svg?style=social</code></td>
   </tr>