diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index b52c4267e..c7b0f58f7 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -106,3 +106,7 @@ NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
 LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
 OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+The template pandoc.jats is Copyright 2013--15 Martin Fenner,
+released under GPL version 2 or later.
diff --git a/data/templates/default.jats b/data/templates/default.jats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37f8f16a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/templates/default.jats
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.0 20120330//EN"
+                  "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd">
+$if(article.type)$
+<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="$article.type$">
+$else$
+<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="other">
+$endif$
+<front>
+<journal-meta>
+$if(journal.publisher-id)$
+<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">$journal.publisher-id$</journal-id>
+$endif$
+$if(journal.nlm-ta)$
+<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">$journal.nlm-ta$</journal-id>
+$endif$
+$if(journal.pmc)$
+<journal-id journal-id-type="pmc">$journal.pmc$</journal-id>
+$endif$
+<journal-title-group>
+$if(journal.title)$
+<journal-title>$journal.title$</journal-title>
+$endif$
+$if(journal.abbrev-title)$
+<abbrev-journal-title>$journal.abbrev-title$</abbrev-journal-title>
+$endif$
+</journal-title-group>
+$if(journal.pissn)$
+<issn pub-type="ppub">$journal.pissn$</issn>
+$endif$
+$if(journal.eissn)$
+<issn pub-type="epub">$journal.eissn$</issn>
+$endif$
+<publisher>
+<publisher-name>$journal.publisher-name$</publisher-name>
+$if(journal.publisher-loc)$
+<publisher-loc>$journal.publisher-loc$</publisher-loc>
+$endif$
+</publisher>
+</journal-meta>
+<article-meta>
+$if(article.publisher-id)$
+<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">$article.publisher-id$</article-id>
+$endif$
+$if(article.doi)$
+<article-id pub-id-type="doi">$article.doi$</article-id>
+$endif$
+$if(article.pmid)$
+<article-id pub-id-type="pmid">$article.pmid$</article-id>
+$endif$
+$if(article.pmcid)$
+<article-id pub-id-type="pmcid">$article.pmcid$</article-id>
+$endif$
+$if(article.art-access-id)$
+<article-id pub-id-type="art-access-id">$article.art-access-id$</article-id>
+$endif$
+$if(article.heading)$
+<article-categories>
+<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
+<subject>$article.heading$</subject>
+</subj-group>
+$if(article.categories)$
+<subj-group subj-group-type="categories">
+$for(article.categories)$
+<subject>$article.categories$</subject>
+$endfor$
+</subj-group>
+$endif$
+</article-categories>
+$endif$
+$if(title)$
+<title-group>
+<article-title>$title$</article-title>
+</title-group>
+$endif$
+$if(author)$
+<contrib-group>
+$for(author)$
+<contrib contrib-type="author">
+$if(author.orcid)$
+<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">$author.orcid$</contrib-id>
+$endif$
+<name>
+$if(author.surname)$
+<surname>$author.surname$</surname>
+<given-names>$author.given-names$</given-names>
+$else$
+<string-name>$author$</string-name>
+$endif$
+</name>
+$if(author.email)$
+<email>$author.email$</email>
+$endif$
+$if(author.aff-id)$
+<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-$contrib.aff-id$"/>
+$endif$
+$if(author.cor-id)$
+<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor-$author.cor-id$"><sup>*</sup></xref>
+$endif$
+</contrib>
+$endfor$
+</contrib-group>
+$endif$
+$if(article.author-notes)$
+<author-notes>
+$if(article.author-notes.corresp)$
+$for(article.author-notes.corresp)$
+<corresp id="cor-$article.author-notes.corresp.id$">* E-mail: <email>$article.author-notes.corresp.email$</email></corresp>
+$endfor$
+$endif$
+$if(article.author-notes.conflict)$
+<fn fn-type="conflict"><p>$article.author-notes.conflict$</p></fn>
+$endif$
+$if(article.author-notes.con)$
+<fn fn-type="con"><p>$article.author-notes.con$</p></fn>
+$endif$
+</author-notes>
+$endif$
+$if(date)$
+$if(date.iso-8601)$
+<pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="$date.iso-8601$">
+$else$
+<pub-date pub-type="epub">
+$endif$
+$if(date.day)$
+<day>$pub-date.day$</day>
+$endif$
+$if(date.month)$
+<month>$pub-date.month$</month>
+$endif$
+$if(date.year)$
+<year>$pub-date.year$</year>
+$else$
+<string-date>$date$</string-date>
+$endif$
+</pub-date>
+$endif$
+$if(article.volume)$
+<volume>$article.volume$</volume>
+$endif$
+$if(article.issue)$
+<issue>$article.issue$</issue>
+$endif$
+$if(article.fpage)$
+<fpage>$article.fpage$</fpage>
+$endif$
+$if(article.lpage)$
+<lpage>$article.lpage$</lpage>
+$endif$
+$if(article.elocation-id)$
+<elocation-id>$article.elocation-id$</elocation-id>
+$endif$
+$if(history)$
+<history>
+</history>
+$endif$
+$if(copyright)$
+<permissions>
+$if(copyright.statement)$
+<copyright-statement>$copyright.statement$</copyright-statement>
+$endif$
+$if(copyright.year)$
+<copyright-year>$copyright.year$</copyright-year>
+$endif$
+$if(copyright.holder)$
+<copyright-holder>$copyright.holder$</copyright-holder>
+$endif$
+$if(copyright.text)$
+<license license-type="$copyright.type$" xlink:href="$copyright.link$">
+<license-p>$copyright.text$</license-p>
+</license>
+</permissions>
+$endif$
+$endif$
+$if(tags)$
+<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author">
+$for(tags)$
+<kwd>$tags$</kwd>
+$endfor$
+</kwd-group>
+$endif$
+$if(article.funding-statement)$
+<funding-group>
+<funding-statement>$article.funding-statement$</funding-statement>
+</funding-group>
+$endif$
+</article-meta>
+$if(notes)$
+<notes>$notes$</notes>
+$endif$
+</front>
+$body$
+</article>
diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 592c308e3..596b52c44 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Data-Files:
                  data/templates/default.html5
                  data/templates/default.docbook4
                  data/templates/default.docbook5
+                 data/templates/default.jats
                  data/templates/default.tei
                  data/templates/default.beamer
                  data/templates/default.opendocument