diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/file.nims b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/file.nims
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73b2eaf3881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/file.nims
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ echo "Hello World"
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/icon.png b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a08e474e6dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/icon.png differ
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/wizard.json b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/wizard.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b0233f7540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/qtcreator/templates/wizards/files/nimscript/wizard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+    "version": 1,
+    "kind": "file",
+    "id": "Z.NimScript",
+    "category": "Z.Nim",
+    "trDescription": "Creates an empty Nim script file using UTF-8 charset.",
+    "trDisplayName": "Nim Script File",
+    "trDisplayCategory": "Nim",
+    "icon": "icon.png",
+    "enabled": "%{JS: [ %{Plugins} ].indexOf('Nim') >= 0}",
+
+    "pages" :
+    [
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Location",
+            "trShortTitle": "Location",
+            "typeId": "File"
+        },
+        {
+            "trDisplayName": "Project Management",
+            "trShortTitle": "Summary",
+            "typeId": "Summary"
+        }
+    ],
+    "generators" :
+    [
+        {
+            "typeId": "File",
+            "data":
+            {
+                "source": "file.nims",
+                "target": "%{JS: Util.fileName('%{TargetPath}', 'nims')}",
+                "openInEditor": true
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/Nim.mimetypes.xml b/src/plugins/nim/Nim.mimetypes.xml
index 3e06d398fd8..f7e94aa3dd4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/Nim.mimetypes.xml
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/Nim.mimetypes.xml
@@ -12,4 +12,10 @@
         <comment>Nim source file </comment>
         <glob pattern="*.nim"/>
     </mime-type>
+
+    <mime-type type="text/x-nim-script">
+        <sub-class-of type="text/plain"/>
+        <comment>Nim script file </comment>
+        <glob pattern="*.nims"/>
+    </mime-type>
 </mime-info>
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/editor/nimeditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/editor/nimeditorfactory.cpp
index 32e23d0eeb4..8e733b2adb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/editor/nimeditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/editor/nimeditorfactory.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ NimEditorFactory::NimEditorFactory()
     setId(Constants::C_NIMEDITOR_ID);
     setDisplayName(tr(Nim::Constants::C_EDITOR_DISPLAY_NAME));
     addMimeType(QLatin1String(Nim::Constants::C_NIM_MIMETYPE));
+    addMimeType(QLatin1String(Nim::Constants::C_NIM_SCRIPT_MIMETYPE));
 
     setEditorActionHandlers(TextEditorActionHandler::Format
                             | TextEditorActionHandler::UnCommentSelection
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/nimconstants.h b/src/plugins/nim/nimconstants.h
index 7f2dc90d8ef..65fbeb611f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/nimconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/nimconstants.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ const char C_NIMCODESTYLEPREVIEWSNIPPET[] =
  * MIME type
  ******************************************************************************/
 const char C_NIM_MIMETYPE[] = "text/x-nim";
+const char C_NIM_SCRIPT_MIMETYPE[] = "text/x-nim-script";
 const char C_NIM_MIME_ICON[] = "text-x-nim";
 const char C_NIM_PROJECT_MIMETYPE[] = "text/x-nim-project";
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/nimplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/nimplugin.cpp
index b89676e0eb6..98760d7b6e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/nimplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/nimplugin.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ bool NimPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorMessage)
 
     // Add MIME overlay icons (these icons displayed at Project dock panel)
     const QIcon icon((QLatin1String(Constants::C_NIM_ICON_PATH)));
-    if (!icon.isNull())
+    if (!icon.isNull()) {
         Core::FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForMimeType(icon, Constants::C_NIM_MIMETYPE);
+        Core::FileIconProvider::registerIconOverlayForMimeType(icon, Constants::C_NIM_SCRIPT_MIMETYPE);
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/nim/settings/nimsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/nim/settings/nimsettings.cpp
index 40ac7b74a2f..cd43df48490 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nim/settings/nimsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nim/settings/nimsettings.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ NimSettings::NimSettings(QObject *parent)
     m_globalCodeStyle->fromSettings(QLatin1String(Nim::Constants::C_NIMLANGUAGE_ID), s);
 
     TextEditorSettings::registerMimeTypeForLanguageId(Nim::Constants::C_NIM_MIMETYPE, Nim::Constants::C_NIMLANGUAGE_ID);
+    TextEditorSettings::registerMimeTypeForLanguageId(Nim::Constants::C_NIM_SCRIPT_MIMETYPE, Nim::Constants::C_NIMLANGUAGE_ID);
 }
 
 NimSettings::~NimSettings()