diff --git a/plugin-template b/plugin-template
index 72eb310b..623f0d5a 100755
--- a/plugin-template
+++ b/plugin-template
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import pprint
 import shlex
 import shutil
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import textwrap
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -357,7 +358,8 @@ def write_template_section(config, name, plugin_root_dir, verbose=False):
         **config,
     }
 
-    for relative_path in generate_relative_path_set(section_template_dir):
+    relative_path_set = generate_relative_path_set(section_template_dir)
+    for relative_path in relative_path_set:
         if not config["stalebot"] and "stale" in relative_path:
             continue
         if config["use_issue_template"] is False and "ISSUE_TEMPLATE" in relative_path:
@@ -403,6 +405,17 @@ def write_template_section(config, name, plugin_root_dir, verbose=False):
             if verbose:
                 print(f"Copied file: {relative_path}")
 
+    if config["black"]:
+        black_paths = filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".py.j2"), relative_path_set)
+        black_paths = map(lambda x: x[: -len(".j2")], black_paths)
+        black_paths = map(
+            lambda x: x.replace("plugin_name", utils.to_snake(config["plugin_name"])), black_paths
+        )
+        black_paths = filter(
+            lambda x: os.path.exists(os.path.join(plugin_root_dir, x)), black_paths
+        )
+        subprocess.run(["black", "--quiet"] + list(black_paths), cwd=plugin_root_dir)
+
     print(f"Section: {name} \n    templated: {files_templated}\n    copied: {files_copied}")
     return 0