diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
index 2b9f32f19..2ee7f9d41 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       }
     },
 
+    bower: {
+      dev: {
+        dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/',
+        js_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/js/',
+        css_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/',
+        eot_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/fonts/',
+        svg_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/fonts/',
+        ttf_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/fonts/',
+        woff_dest: '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/fonts/',
+
+        options: {
+          expand: true
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
     // see: https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-bg-shell
     bgShell: {
       _defaults: {
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/bower.json b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a8d76b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}",
+  "version": "{{cookiecutter.version}}",
+  "authors": [
+    "{{cookiecutter.author_name}} <{{cookiecutter.author_email}}>"
+  ],
+  "description": "{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}",
+  "main": "{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/main.css",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "private": true,
+  "ignore": [
+    "**/.*",
+    "node_modules",
+    "bower_components",
+    "{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/",
+    "test",
+    "tests"
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bootstrap": "~3.2.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/package.json b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/package.json
index dca3d5079..646b8beba 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/package.json
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "connect-livereload": "~0.3.2",
     "grunt-contrib-compass": "~0.7.0",
     "time-grunt": "~0.2.7",
-    "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.2.1"
+    "load-grunt-tasks": "~0.2.1",
+    "grunt-bower": "^0.13.4"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8.0"