diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.php
index 11cfe3efe..8673f9d08 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.php
@@ -64,4 +64,22 @@ class CaptivePortal extends BaseModel
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * find ttemplate by name or return a new object
+     * @param $name template name
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getTemplateByName($name)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->templates->template->__items as $template) {
+            if ((string)$template->name === $name) {
+                return $template;
+            }
+        }
+        $newItem = $this->templates->template->Add();
+        $newItem->name = $name;
+        $newItem->fileid = uniqid();
+        return $newItem;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.xml
index a4a3f4bca..51a0e6b21 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/CaptivePortal.xml
@@ -74,5 +74,24 @@
                 </description>
             </zone>
         </zones>
+        <templates>
+            <template type="ArrayField">
+                <fileid type="TextField">
+                    <Required>Y</Required>
+                    <mask>/[0-9a-zA-Z\-]{1,255}/u</mask>
+                    <ValidationMessage>Fileid should be an internally generated unique number</ValidationMessage>
+                </fileid>
+                <name type="TextField">
+                    <Required>Y</Required>
+                    <mask>/^([\t\n\v\f\r 0-9a-zA-Z.,_\x{00A0}-\x{FFFF}]){1,255}$/u</mask>
+                    <ValidationMessage>Template name should be a string between 1 and 255 characters</ValidationMessage>
+                </name>
+                <content type="TextField">
+                    <Required>Y</Required>
+                    <mask>/[0-9a-zA-Z\+\=\/]{20,}/u</mask>
+                    <ValidationMessage>File content should be in (base64 encoded) zip format</ValidationMessage>
+                </content>
+            </template>
+        </templates>
     </items>
 </model>