diff --git a/tools/codeblocks.py b/tools/codeblocks.py
index f46f0f1f935b78e3cddd7f4855d79f056fe5e9d4..78f9629cbb58f185ee74d506812b0100781cc180 100644
--- a/tools/codeblocks.py
+++ b/tools/codeblocks.py
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ def CB_AddCFiles(ProjectFiles, parent, gname, files, project_path):
 
 def CBProject(target, script, program):
     project_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(target))
+
+    if os.path.isfile('template.cbp'):
+        tree = etree.parse('template.cbp')
+    else:
+        tree = etree.parse(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'template.cbp'))
     
-    tree = etree.parse('template.cbp')
     root = tree.getroot()
     
     out = file(target, 'wb')
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ def CBProject(target, script, program):
             Add = SubElement(elem, 'Add')
             Add.set('directory', path)
 
-        for macro in building.Env['CPPDEFINES']:
+        for macro in building.Env.get('CPPDEFINES', []):
             Add = SubElement(elem, 'Add')
             Add.set('option', "-D"+macro)
         
diff --git a/tools/template.cbp b/tools/template.cbp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac21c8b54dd570fac0b85a99449f9cd093e92b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/template.cbp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<CodeBlocks_project_file>
+	<FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
+	<Project>
+		<Option title="project" />
+		<Option pch_mode="2" />
+		<Option compiler="gcc" />
+		<Build>
+			<Target title="Debug">
+				<Option output="build/bin/Debug/project" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
+				<Option object_output="build/obj/Debug/" />
+				<Option type="1" />
+				<Option compiler="gcc" />
+				<Compiler>
+					<Add option="-g" />
+				</Compiler>
+			</Target>
+			<Target title="Release">
+				<Option output="build/bin/Release/project" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
+				<Option object_output="build/obj/Release/" />
+				<Option type="1" />
+				<Option compiler="gcc" />
+				<Compiler>
+					<Add option="-O2" />
+				</Compiler>
+				<Linker>
+					<Add option="-s" />
+				</Linker>
+			</Target>
+		</Build>
+		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-Wall" />
+		</Compiler>
+		<Extensions>
+			<code_completion />
+			<envvars />
+			<debugger />
+			<lib_finder disable_auto="1" />
+		</Extensions>
+	</Project>
+</CodeBlocks_project_file>