diff --git a/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/.env.dist b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/.env.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50edef13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/.env.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file is a "template" of which env vars needs to be defined in your configuration or in an .env file
+# Set variables here that may be different on each deployment target of the app, e.g. development, staging, production.
+# http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#infrastructure-related-configuration
diff --git a/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/container.yaml b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/container.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f58e92bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/container.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Put parameters here that don't need to change on each machine where the app is deployed
+# http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#application-related-configuration
+parameters:
+
+services:
diff --git a/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/routing.yaml b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/routing.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cd6906c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/etc/routing.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#index:
+#    path: /
+#    defaults: { _controller: "App\\Controller\\SomeController::index" }
+
+# if annotations are enabled
+#controllers:
+#    resource: src/Controller/
+#    type: annotation
diff --git a/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/manifest.json b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/manifest.json
index 1219e1ce..60c661bd 100644
--- a/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/manifest.json
+++ b/recipes/symfony/framework-bundle/manifest.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     "copy-from-recipe": {
         "etc/": "%ETC_DIR%/",
         "src/": "%SRC_DIR%/",
-        "web/": "%WEB_DIR%/"
+        "web/": "%WEB_DIR%/",
+        ".env.dist": ".env.dist"
     },
     "composer-scripts": {
         "cache:clear --no-warmup": "symfony-cmd",