diff --git a/plugins/plugins.pro b/plugins/plugins.pro
index 2857a61..09d0bcd 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ SUBDIRS += absenceplugin \
            profileplugin \
            presenceplugin \
            reportsplugin \
+           sketchplugin \
            updaterplugin \
            weatherplugin \
            webradioplugin
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.cpp b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e7b643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "sketchplugin.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QLocale>
+
+SketchPlugin::SketchPlugin(QObject *parent) :
+    ZeiterfassungPlugin(parent)
+{
+    qDebug() << "called";
+
+    static auto dir = QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).absoluteFilePath(QStringLiteral("translations"));
+
+    if(m_translator.load(QLocale(), QStringLiteral("sketchplugin"), QStringLiteral("_"), dir))
+    {
+        if(!QCoreApplication::installTranslator(&m_translator))
+        {
+            qWarning() << "could not install translation sketchplugin";
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        qWarning() << "could not load translation sketchplugin";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.h b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471d06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QTranslator>
+
+#include "zeiterfassungplugin.h"
+
+class MainWindow;
+
+class Q_DECL_EXPORT SketchPlugin : public ZeiterfassungPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "dbsoftware.zeiterfassung.plugin/1.0" FILE "sketchplugin.json")
+    Q_INTERFACES(ZeiterfassungPlugin)
+
+public:
+    explicit SketchPlugin(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
+
+private:
+    QTranslator m_translator;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.json b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.pro b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6929490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+QT += core network gui widgets
+
+TARGET = sketchplugin
+
+DBLIBS += core gui
+
+HEADERS += sketchplugin.h
+
+SOURCES += sketchplugin.cpp
+
+FORMS +=
+
+RESOURCES += sketchplugin_resources.qrc
+
+TRANSLATIONS += translations/sketchplugin_en.ts \
+                translations/sketchplugin_de.ts
+
+OTHER_FILES += sketchplugin.json
+
+include(../plugin.pri)
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin_resources.qrc b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin_resources.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b69afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/sketchplugin_resources.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/zeiterfassung/plugins/sketchplugin">
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_de.ts b/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_de.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1552582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_de.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS>
+<TS version="2.1" language="de_DE">
+</TS>
diff --git a/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_en.ts b/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_en.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6d6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sketchplugin/translations/sketchplugin_en.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS>
+<TS version="2.1" language="en_US">
+</TS>