diff --git a/lib/motion/project/template/osx.rb b/lib/motion/project/template/osx.rb
index 51edbae2..ece30f60 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/template/osx.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/template/osx.rb
@@ -94,3 +94,43 @@ desc "Create a .a static library"
 task :static do
   App.build('MacOSX', :static => true)
 end
+
+namespace :profiler do
+  desc "Run a development build through Instruments"
+  task :development => ['build:development', :launch]
+
+  desc "Run a release build through Instruments"
+  task :release => ['build:release', :launch]
+
+  task :launch do
+    c = App.config
+    working_dir = File.expand_path(c.versionized_build_dir('MacOSX'))
+    plist = Motion::PropertyList.to_s({
+      'CFBundleIdentifier' => c.identifier,
+      'absolutePathOfLaunchable' => File.expand_path(c.app_bundle_executable('MacOSX')),
+      'argumentEntries' => '-NSDocumentRevisionsDebugMode YES',
+      'workingDirectory' => working_dir,
+      'workspacePath' => '', # Normally: /path/to/Project.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace
+      'environmentEntries' => {
+        'DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH' => working_dir,
+        'DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH' => working_dir,
+        '__XCODE_BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR_PATHS' => working_dir,
+        '__XPC_DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH' => working_dir,
+        '__XPC_DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH' => working_dir,
+      },
+      'optionalData' => {
+        'launchOptions' => {
+          'architectureType' => 1, # TODO no idea what these values mean
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    plist_path = File.join(c.versionized_build_dir('MacOSX'), 'pbxperfconfig.plist')
+    App.info('Create', plist_path)
+    plist_path = File.expand_path(plist_path)
+    File.open(plist_path, 'w') { |f| f << plist }
+
+    instruments_app = File.expand_path('../Applications/Instruments.app', c.xcode_dir)
+    App.info('Profile', c.app_bundle('MacOSX'))
+    sh "'#{File.join(c.bindir, 'instruments')}' '#{instruments_app}' '#{plist_path}'"
+  end
+end