diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 121e9e428..d8c865fdb 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -90,3 +90,4 @@ The following binary downloads have been compiled with ESP8266/Arduino library c
 - Add basic support for ESP32 ethernet adding commands ``Wifi 0/1`` and ``Ethernet 0/1`` both default ON
 - Add support for single wire LMT01 temperature Sensor by justifiably (#8713)
 - Add compile time interlock parameters (#8759)
+- Add compile time user template (#8766)
diff --git a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a2a822f7..ce16e0478 100644
--- a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - Add library to be used for decoding Teleinfo (French Metering Smart Meter)
 - Add support for single wire LMT01 temperature Sensor by justifiably (#8713)
 - Add compile time interlock parameters (#8759)
+- Add compile time user template (#8766)
 - Fix exception or watchdog on rule re-entry (#8757)
 - Change ESP32 USER GPIO template representation decreasing template message size
 - Change define USE_TASMOTA_SLAVE into USE_TASMOTA_CLIENT
diff --git a/tasmota/my_user_config.h b/tasmota/my_user_config.h
index e0de6bbf3..45345c771 100644
--- a/tasmota/my_user_config.h
+++ b/tasmota/my_user_config.h
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@
 //#define MODULE                 SONOFF_BASIC      // [Module] Select default module from tasmota_template.h
 #ifdef ESP8266
 #define FALLBACK_MODULE        SONOFF_BASIC      // [Module2] Select default module on fast reboot where USER_MODULE is user template
+//#define USER_TEMPLATE "{\"NAME\":\"Generic\",\"GPIO\":[255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255],\"FLAG\":15,\"BASE\":18}"  // [Template] Set JSON template
 #else // ESP32
 #define FALLBACK_MODULE        WEMOS             // [Module2] Select default module on fast reboot where USER_MODULE is user template
+//#define USER_TEMPLATE "{\"NAME\":\"ESP32-DevKit\",\"GPIO\":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,1],\"FLAG\":0,\"BASE\":1}"  // [Template] Set JSON template
 #endif
 
 #define SAVE_DATA              1                 // [SaveData] Save changed parameters to Flash (0 = disable, 1 - 3600 seconds)
diff --git a/tasmota/settings.ino b/tasmota/settings.ino
index e7a43b70a..1d7ab6d04 100644
--- a/tasmota/settings.ino
+++ b/tasmota/settings.ino
@@ -1087,6 +1087,10 @@ void SettingsDefaultSet2(void)
   flag3.pcf8574_ports_inverted |= PCF8574_INVERT_PORTS;
   flag4.zigbee_use_names |= ZIGBEE_FRIENDLY_NAMES;
 
+#ifdef USER_TEMPLATE
+  JsonTemplate(USER_TEMPLATE);
+#endif
+
   Settings.flag = flag;
   Settings.flag2 = flag2;
   Settings.flag3 = flag3;