diff --git a/rebar.config.sample b/rebar.config.sample
index f57f8dc1..54f32b2a 100644
--- a/rebar.config.sample
+++ b/rebar.config.sample
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
 %% Paths to miscellaneous Erlang files to compile for an app
 %% without including them in its modules list
 {extra_src_dirs, []}.
-
+%% Path where custom rebar3 templates could be found
+{template_dir, []}.
 
 %% == EDoc ==
 
diff --git a/src/rebar_templater.erl b/src/rebar_templater.erl
index 2f33bfc8..299b957c 100644
--- a/src/rebar_templater.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_templater.erl
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ find_other_templates(State) ->
         undefined ->
             [];
         TemplateDir ->
-            rebar_utils:find_files(TemplateDir, ?TEMPLATE_RE)
+            rebar_utils:find_files(TemplateDir, ?TEMPLATE_RE, true) % recursive
     end.
 
 %% Fetch template indexes that sit on disk in plugins