diff --git a/dbt/include/athena/profile_template.yml b/dbt/include/athena/profile_template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7600565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/athena/profile_template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+fixed:
+  type: athena
+prompts:
+  s3_staging_dir:
+    hint: S3 location to store Athena query results and metadata
+
+  region_name:
+    hint: AWS region of your Athena instance
+
+  schema:
+    hint: Specify the schema (Athena database) to build models into (lowercase only)
+
+  database:
+    hint: Specify the database (Data catalog) to build models into (lowercase only)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1b91030f..0a9f7551 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def _dbt_athena_version() -> str:
         "dbt": [
             "include/athena/dbt_project.yml",
             "include/athena/sample_profiles.yml",
+            "include/athena/profile_template.yml",
             "include/athena/macros/*.sql",
             "include/athena/macros/*/*.sql",
         ]