diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 4ffba03485..a90a4ef62d 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
 
 
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/dave/jennifer"
+  packages = ["jen"]
+  revision = "a148b4c5d12536d473460e22b414454522c741cd"
+  version = "v0.17.0"
+
 [[projects]]
   name = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew"
   packages = ["spew"]
@@ -154,6 +160,6 @@
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
   analyzer-version = 1
-  inputs-digest = "ea8e5405c04eb9033cac9e3b2c12053ea5a964d910643aef3ca430ab915c2231"
+  inputs-digest = "5f7434cdc187fba0f20ba4f9a4efa87e849f19a53e06c8049b954ceb282ae658"
   solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
   solver-version = 1
diff --git a/pkg/generator/render_main.go b/pkg/generator/render_main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..313c9faa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generator/render_main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package generator
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	. "github.com/dave/jennifer/jen"
+)
+
+const (
+	// sdkImport is the operator-sdk import path.
+	sdkImport = "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk"
+	main      = "main"
+)
+
+// renderMain generates the cmd/main.go with a repo path ("github.com/coreos/play"), apiVersion ("v1alpha1"),
+// projectName ("play"), service ("PlayService"), and servicePlural ("PlayServicePlural").
+//
+// for example:
+//
+// renderMain(w, "github.com/coreos/play", "v1alpha1", "play", "PlayService", "PlayServicePlural" )
+//
+// Output:
+//
+// package main
+// import (
+// 	context "context"
+// 	sdk "github.com/coreos/operator-sdk/pkg/sdk"
+// 	v1alpha1 "github.com/coreos/play/pkg/apis/play/v1alpha1"
+// 	stub "github.com/coreos/play/pkg/stub"
+// )
+
+// func main() {
+// 	namespace := "default"
+// 	sdk.Watch(v1alpha1.PlayServicePlural, namespace, v1alpha1.PlayService)
+// 	stub.Handle(&stub.Handler{})
+// 	sdk.Run(context.TODO())
+// }
+//
+func renderMain(w io.Writer, repo, apiVersion, projectName, service, servicePlural string) error {
+	file := NewFile(main)
+
+	apiImport := filepath.Join(repo, apisDir, projectName, apiVersion)
+	stubImport := filepath.Join(repo, stubDir)
+	// func main() {..}
+	file.Func().Id("main").Params().Block(
+		// namespace := "default"
+		Id("namespace").Op(":=").Lit("default"),
+		// sdk.Watch(...)
+		Qual(sdkImport, "Watch").Call(
+			Qual(apiImport, servicePlural),
+			Id("namespace"),
+			Qual(apiImport, service),
+		),
+		// sdk.Handle(...)
+		Qual(stubImport, "Handle").Call(
+			Op("&").Qual(stubImport, "Handler{}"),
+		),
+		// sdk.Run(...)
+		Qual(sdkImport, "Run").Call(
+			Qual("context", "TODO").Call(),
+		),
+	)
+
+	return file.Render(w)
+}