diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature-request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature-request.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+### Describe the problem you'd like to see solved or task you'd like to see made easier
+
+<!--- What steps or tasks are you trying to complete along the way? -->
+
+### Is this in relation to an existing part of Font Awesome or something new?
+
+<!--- If so, what part of Font Awesome? -->
+
+### What is 1 thing that we can do when building this feature that will guarantee that it is awesome?
+
+<!--- e.g. make finding icons while I'm designing super fast  -->
+
+### Why would other Font Awesome users care about this?
+
+<!--- e.g. because everyone wants icons that fly  -->
+
+### On a scale of 1 (sometime in the future) to 10 (absolutely right now), how soon would you recommend we make this feature?
+
+<!--- e.g. 5 - "while we're young" -->
+
+### Feature request checklist
+
+- [ ] This is a single feature (i.e. not a re-write of all of Font Awesome)
+- [ ] The title starts with "Feature request: " and is followed by a clear feature name (Ex: `Feature request: moar cowbell`)
+- [ ] I have [searched for existing issues](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome-Pro/issues) and to the best of my knowledge this is not a duplicate
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Bugs must be isolated and reproducible problems that we can fix within the Font
 Awesome core.
 
 * [Request a new icon](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new?title=Icon%20request:%20icon-name&template=icon-request.md)
+* [Request a new feature](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new??title=Feature%20request:feature-name&template=feature-request.md)
 * [Submit a bug report](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/new?template=bug-report.md)
 
 ## Key branches