diff --git a/idea/resources/liveTemplates/Kotlin.xml b/idea/resources/liveTemplates/Kotlin.xml
index 3dad35e60cf..fc3b9eeebd7 100644
--- a/idea/resources/liveTemplates/Kotlin.xml
+++ b/idea/resources/liveTemplates/Kotlin.xml
@@ -102,4 +102,14 @@
             <option name="KOTLIN_NAMESPACE" value="true"/>
         </context>
     </template>
+
+    <template resource-bundle="org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.JetBundle" key="livetemplate.description.closure"
+              name="closure" toReformat="true" toShortenFQNames="true" value="{$PARAM$ -> $PARAM_COPY$}">
+        <variable alwaysStopAt="true" defaultValue="&quot;x&quot;" expression="" name="PARAM" />
+        <variable alwaysStopAt="true" defaultValue="" expression="PARAM" name="PARAM_COPY" />
+        <context>
+            <option name="KOTLIN_STATEMENT" value="true"/>
+            <option name="KOTLIN_EXPRESSION" value="true"/>
+        </context>
+    </template>
 </templateSet>
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetBundle.properties b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetBundle.properties
index 4ab925a4c27..e30086a1294 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetBundle.properties
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetBundle.properties
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ livetemplate.description.fun1=Function with one parameter
 livetemplate.description.fun2=Function with two parameters
 livetemplate.description.interface=Trait
 livetemplate.description.singleton=Singleton
+livetemplate.description.closure=Closure (function without name)
 macro.variable.of.type=kotlinVariableOfType(Type)
 macro.fun.parameters=functionParameters()
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