diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/init.js b/addon/ng2/commands/init.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2deca2278a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var InitCommand = require('ember-cli/lib/commands/init');
+
+module.exports = InitCommand .extend({
+    availableOptions: [
+        { name: 'dry-run', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['d'] },
+        { name: 'verbose', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['v'] },
+        { name: 'blueprint', type: String, aliases: ['b'] },
+        { name: 'skip-npm', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['sn'] },
+        { name: 'skip-bower', type: Boolean, default: true, aliases: ['sb'] },
+        { name: 'name', type: String, default: '', aliases: ['n'] }
+    ],
+
+    _defaultBlueprint: function() {
+        if (this.project.isEmberCLIAddon()) {
+            return 'addon';
+        } else {
+            return 'ng2';
+        }
+    },
+});
+
+module.exports.overrideCore = true;
diff --git a/addon/ng2/index.js b/addon/ng2/index.js
index 64ff033de3a8..a262826d4b0a 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/index.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ module.exports = {
   name: 'ng2',
   includedCommands: function() {
     return {
-      'new': require('./commands/new')
+      'new': require('./commands/new'),
+      'init': require('./commands/init')
     };
   }
 };