diff --git a/crates/templates/src/manager.rs b/crates/templates/src/manager.rs
index 5accd15cce..53b82b0476 100644
--- a/crates/templates/src/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/templates/src/manager.rs
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    const TPLS_IN_THIS: usize = 11;
+    const TPLS_IN_THIS: usize = 12;
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn can_install_into_new_directory() {
diff --git a/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/.gitignore b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..386474fa59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target/
+.spin/
diff --git a/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/Cargo.toml.tmpl b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/Cargo.toml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..025a75265e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/Cargo.toml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "{{project-name | kebab_case}}"
+authors = ["{{authors}}"]
+description = "{{project-description}}"
+version = "0.1.0"
+rust-version = "1.90"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1"
+spin-sdk = { version = "5.1.0", features = ["wasip3-unstable"] }
+
+[workspace]
diff --git a/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/spin.toml b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/spin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0df5fb9944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/spin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#:schema https://schemas.spinframework.dev/spin/manifest-v2/latest.json
+
+spin_manifest_version = 2
+
+[application]
+name = "{{project-name | kebab_case}}"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["{{authors}}"]
+description = "{{project-description}}"
+
+[[trigger.http]]
+route = "{{http-path}}"
+component = "{{project-name | kebab_case}}"
+executor = { type = "wasip3-unstable" }
+
+[component.{{project-name | kebab_case}}]
+source = "target/wasm32-wasip2/release/{{project-name | snake_case}}.wasm"
+allowed_outbound_hosts = []
+[component.{{project-name | kebab_case}}.build]
+command = "cargo build --target wasm32-wasip2 --release"
+watch = ["src/**/*.rs", "Cargo.toml"]
diff --git a/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/src/lib.rs b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a19ec17eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/content/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use spin_sdk::http_wasip3::{http_service, IntoResponse, Request, Response};
+
+/// A simple Spin HTTP component.
+#[http_service]
+async fn handle_{{project-name | snake_case}}(_req: Request) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    Response::new("Hello, world!".to_string())
+}
diff --git a/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/metadata/spin-template.toml b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/metadata/spin-template.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d1572a792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/http-rust-wasip3-unstable/metadata/spin-template.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+manifest_version = "1"
+id = "http-rust-wasip3-unstable"
+description = "WASIp3 HTTP request handler using Rust (0.3.0-rc-2025-09-16)"
+tags = ["http", "rust"]
+
+[add_component]
+skip_files = ["spin.toml"]
+[add_component.snippets]
+component = "component.txt"
+
+[parameters]
+project-description = { type = "string",  prompt = "Description", default = "" }
+http-path = { type = "string", prompt = "HTTP path", default = "/...", pattern = "^/\\S*$" }
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