diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller_tree.js b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller_tree.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc78986e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/boilerplate/controller_tree.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright (c) {year}, {app_publisher} and contributors
+// For license information, please see license.txt
+
+// frappe.treeview_settings["{doctype}"] = {{
+// }};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/doctype.py b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/doctype.py
index dc3a785a37..1b9f6b50f8 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/doctype.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/doctype/doctype.py
@@ -877,6 +877,9 @@ class DocType(Document):
 			make_boilerplate("controller.js", self.as_dict())
 			# make_boilerplate("controller_list.js", self.as_dict())
 
+		if self.is_tree:
+			make_boilerplate("controller_tree.js", self.as_dict())
+
 		if self.has_web_view:
 			templates_path = frappe.get_module_path(
 				frappe.scrub(self.module), "doctype", frappe.scrub(self.name), "templates"