diff --git a/source/graphics/MapGenerator.cpp b/source/graphics/MapGenerator.cpp
index ffeec7e2ea..780ca790ec 100644
--- a/source/graphics/MapGenerator.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/MapGenerator.cpp
@@ -231,9 +231,6 @@ std::vector<std::string> CMapGeneratorWorker::GetCivData(ScriptInterface::CxPriv
 
 CParamNode CMapGeneratorWorker::GetTemplate(ScriptInterface::CxPrivate* pCxPrivate, std::string templateName)
 {
-	// TODO: Find a way to validate templates outside of the simulation.
-	// This should be implemented in TemplateLoader though.
-	
 	CMapGeneratorWorker* self = static_cast<CMapGeneratorWorker*>(pCxPrivate->pCBData);
 	const CParamNode& templateRoot = self->m_TemplateLoader.GetTemplateFileData(templateName).GetChild("Entity");
 	if (!templateRoot.IsOk())
diff --git a/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp b/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
index 6c171574a9..d0999c7798 100644
--- a/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/GUIManager.cpp
@@ -403,6 +403,15 @@ void CGUIManager::UpdateResolution()
 		it->gui->UpdateResolution();
 }
 
+const CParamNode& CGUIManager::GetTemplate(const std::string& templateName)
+{
+	const CParamNode& templateRoot = m_TemplateLoader.GetTemplateFileData(templateName).GetChild("Entity");
+	if (!templateRoot.IsOk())
+		LOGERROR(L"Invalid template found for '%hs'", templateName.c_str());
+
+	return templateRoot;
+}
+
 // This returns a shared_ptr to make sure the CGUI doesn't get deallocated
 // while we're in the middle of calling a function on it (e.g. if a GUI script
 // calls SwitchPage)
diff --git a/source/gui/GUIManager.h b/source/gui/GUIManager.h
index 75e9ac1760..fa0a2946e4 100644
--- a/source/gui/GUIManager.h
+++ b/source/gui/GUIManager.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "lib/file/vfs/vfs_path.h"
 #include "ps/CLogger.h"
 #include "ps/CStr.h"
+#include "ps/TemplateLoader.h"
 #include "scriptinterface/ScriptVal.h"
 #include "scriptinterface/ScriptInterface.h"
 
@@ -139,6 +140,11 @@ public:
  
 	void RestoreSavedGameData(std::string jsonData);
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the requested template, used for displaying faction specificities.
+	 */
+	const CParamNode& GetTemplate(const std::string& templateName);
+
 private:
 	struct SGUIPage
 	{
@@ -162,6 +168,8 @@ private:
 
 	typedef std::vector<SGUIPage> PageStackType;
 	PageStackType m_PageStack;
+
+	CTemplateLoader m_TemplateLoader;
 };
 
 extern CGUIManager* g_GUI;
diff --git a/source/gui/scripting/ScriptFunctions.cpp b/source/gui/scripting/ScriptFunctions.cpp
index ac934f52c4..77839888d2 100644
--- a/source/gui/scripting/ScriptFunctions.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/scripting/ScriptFunctions.cpp
@@ -842,6 +842,11 @@ CScriptVal ReadJSONFile(ScriptInterface::CxPrivate* pCxPrivate, std::wstring fil
 	return out.get();
 }
 
+CParamNode GetTemplate(ScriptInterface::CxPrivate* pCxPrivate, std::string templateName)
+{
+	return g_GUI->GetTemplate(templateName);
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Timer
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1002,6 +1007,7 @@ void GuiScriptingInit(ScriptInterface& scriptInterface)
 	scriptInterface.RegisterFunction<int, &GetFps>("GetFPS");
 	scriptInterface.RegisterFunction<std::wstring, int, &GetBuildTimestamp>("GetBuildTimestamp");
 	scriptInterface.RegisterFunction<CScriptVal, std::wstring, &ReadJSONFile>("ReadJSONFile");
+	scriptInterface.RegisterFunction<CParamNode, std::string, &GetTemplate>("GetTemplate");
 
 	// User report functions
 	scriptInterface.RegisterFunction<bool, &IsUserReportEnabled>("IsUserReportEnabled");
diff --git a/source/ps/TemplateLoader.h b/source/ps/TemplateLoader.h
index 30888b60ba..7f471aaa6b 100644
--- a/source/ps/TemplateLoader.h
+++ b/source/ps/TemplateLoader.h
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ enum ETemplatesType
  * - the initialisation and deserialization of entity components in the 
  *   simulation (CmpTemplateManager).
  * - access to actor templates, obstruction data, etc. in RMS/RMGEN
+ * - access to various templates in the GUI, to display faction specificities
  *
  * Template names are intentionally restricted to ASCII strings for storage/serialization
  * efficiency (we have a lot of strings so this is significant);
  * they correspond to filenames so they shouldn't contain non-ASCII anyway.
+ *
+ *
+ * TODO: Find a way to validate templates outside of the simulation.
  */
 class CTemplateLoader
 {
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ public:
 	/**
 	 * Provides the file data for requested template.
 	 */
-	const CParamNode &GetTemplateFileData(const std::string& templateName);
+	const CParamNode& GetTemplateFileData(const std::string& templateName);
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns a list of strings that could be validly passed as @c templateName to LoadTemplateFile.