diff --git a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
index e8e920f34..fb59dc68d 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('notebook.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('nbconvert.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('kernelspecs.handlers'))
+        handlers.extend(load_handlers('terminal.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.kernels.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.contents.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.clusters.handlers'))
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/terminal/js/main.js b/IPython/html/static/terminal/js/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb459686e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/static/terminal/js/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+// Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+require([
+    'jquery',
+    'termjs',
+    'custom/custom',
+], function(
+    $, 
+    termjs){
+
+});
diff --git a/IPython/html/templates/page.html b/IPython/html/templates/page.html
index cc8adb1b2..b3c67b821 100644
--- a/IPython/html/templates/page.html
+++ b/IPython/html/templates/page.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             highlight: 'components/highlight.js/build/highlight.pack',
             moment: "components/moment/moment",
             codemirror: 'components/codemirror',
+            termjs: "components/term.js/src/term"
           },
           shim: {
             underscore: {
diff --git a/IPython/html/templates/terminal.html b/IPython/html/templates/terminal.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce75205e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/templates/terminal.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{% extends "page.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{page_title}}{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block params %}
+
+data-base-url="{{base_url}}"
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block site %}
+
+<div id="ipython-main-app" class="container">
+
+<div id="terminado-container"/>
+
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block script %}
+    {{super()}}
+
+<script src="{{ static_url("terminal/js/main.js") }}" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/IPython/html/terminal/__init__.py b/IPython/html/terminal/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/IPython/html/terminal/handlers.py b/IPython/html/terminal/handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69f459b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/terminal/handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Tornado handlers for the terminal emulator."""
+
+# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+from tornado import web
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
+
+
+class TerminalHandler(IPythonHandler):
+    """Render the tree view, listing notebooks, clusters, etc."""
+    @web.authenticated
+    def get(self, path='', name=None):
+        self.write(self.render_template('terminal.html'))
+
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# URL to handler mappings
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+default_handlers = [
+    (r"/terminal", TerminalHandler),
+    ]