diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index 99851347ea5..ed09c7892c8 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::util::errors::CargoResult;
 use crate::util::important_paths::find_root_manifest_for_wd;
 use crate::util::{FossilRepo, GitRepo, HgRepo, PijulRepo, existing_vcs_repo};
 use crate::util::{GlobalContext, restricted_names};
-use anyhow::{Context as _, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, anyhow, bail};
 use cargo_util::paths::{self, write_atomic};
 use cargo_util_schemas::manifest::PackageName;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -65,20 +65,24 @@ pub struct NewOptions {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum NewProjectKind {
     Bin,
-    Lib,
+    Lib { proc_macro: bool },
 }
 
 impl NewProjectKind {
     fn is_bin(self) -> bool {
         self == NewProjectKind::Bin
     }
+    fn is_proc_macro(self) -> bool {
+        self == NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: true }
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for NewProjectKind {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match *self {
             NewProjectKind::Bin => "binary (application)",
-            NewProjectKind::Lib => "library",
+            NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: false } => "library",
+            NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: true } => "library (proc-macro)",
         }
         .fmt(f)
     }
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for NewProjectKind {
 
 struct SourceFileInformation {
     relative_path: String,
-    bin: bool,
+    kind: NewProjectKind,
 }
 
 struct MkOptions<'a> {
@@ -103,17 +107,24 @@ impl NewOptions {
         version_control: Option<VersionControl>,
         bin: bool,
         lib: bool,
+        proc_macro: bool,
         path: PathBuf,
         name: Option<String>,
         edition: Option<String>,
         registry: Option<String>,
     ) -> CargoResult<NewOptions> {
-        let auto_detect_kind = !bin && !lib;
-
-        let kind = match (bin, lib) {
-            (true, true) => anyhow::bail!("can't specify both lib and binary outputs"),
-            (false, true) => NewProjectKind::Lib,
-            (_, false) => NewProjectKind::Bin,
+        let auto_detect_kind = !bin && !lib && !proc_macro;
+
+        let kind = match (bin, lib, proc_macro) {
+            (true, false, false) | (false, false, false) => NewProjectKind::Bin,
+            (false, true, false) => NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: false },
+            (false, false, true) => NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: true },
+
+            // invalid
+            (true, true, false) => bail!("can't specify both binary and library outputs"),
+            (true, false, true) => bail!("can't specify both binary and proc-macro outputs"),
+            (false, true, true) => bail!("can't specify both library and proc-macro outputs"),
+            (true, true, true) => bail!("can't specify all binary, library and proc-macro outputs"),
         };
 
         let opts = NewOptions {
@@ -343,18 +354,27 @@ fn detect_source_paths_and_types(
         let sfi = match i.handling {
             H::Bin => SourceFileInformation {
                 relative_path: pp,
-                bin: true,
+                kind: NewProjectKind::Bin,
             },
             H::Lib => SourceFileInformation {
-                relative_path: pp,
-                bin: false,
+                relative_path: pp.clone(),
+                kind: NewProjectKind::Lib {
+                    proc_macro: paths::read(&path.join(pp.clone()))?
+                        .contains("proc_macro::TokenStream"),
+                },
             },
             H::Detect => {
                 let content = paths::read(&path.join(pp.clone()))?;
-                let isbin = content.contains("fn main");
+                let kind = if content.contains("fn main") {
+                    NewProjectKind::Bin
+                } else if content.contains("proc_macro::TokenStream") {
+                    NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: true }
+                } else {
+                    NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: false }
+                };
                 SourceFileInformation {
                     relative_path: pp,
-                    bin: isbin,
+                    kind,
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -367,7 +387,7 @@ fn detect_source_paths_and_types(
     let mut duplicates_checker: BTreeMap<&str, &SourceFileInformation> = BTreeMap::new();
 
     for i in detected_files {
-        if i.bin {
+        if i.kind.is_bin() {
             if let Some(x) = BTreeMap::get::<str>(&duplicates_checker, &name) {
                 anyhow::bail!(
                     "\
@@ -397,17 +417,15 @@ cannot automatically generate Cargo.toml as the main target would be ambiguous",
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn plan_new_source_file(bin: bool) -> SourceFileInformation {
-    if bin {
-        SourceFileInformation {
-            relative_path: "src/main.rs".to_string(),
-            bin: true,
-        }
+fn plan_new_source_file(kind: NewProjectKind) -> SourceFileInformation {
+    let relative_path = if kind.is_bin() {
+        "src/main.rs".to_string()
     } else {
-        SourceFileInformation {
-            relative_path: "src/lib.rs".to_string(),
-            bin: false,
-        }
+        "src/lib.rs".to_string()
+    };
+    SourceFileInformation {
+        relative_path,
+        kind,
     }
 }
 
@@ -416,10 +434,10 @@ fn calculate_new_project_kind(
     auto_detect_kind: bool,
     found_files: &Vec<SourceFileInformation>,
 ) -> NewProjectKind {
-    let bin_file = found_files.iter().find(|x| x.bin);
+    let bin_file = found_files.iter().find(|x| x.kind.is_bin());
 
     let kind_from_files = if !found_files.is_empty() && bin_file.is_none() {
-        NewProjectKind::Lib
+        NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: false }
     } else {
         NewProjectKind::Bin
     };
@@ -454,7 +472,7 @@ pub fn new(opts: &NewOptions, gctx: &GlobalContext) -> CargoResult<()> {
         version_control: opts.version_control,
         path,
         name,
-        source_files: vec![plan_new_source_file(opts.kind.is_bin())],
+        source_files: vec![plan_new_source_file(opts.kind)],
         edition: opts.edition.as_deref(),
         registry: opts.registry.as_deref(),
     };
@@ -488,34 +506,31 @@ pub fn init(opts: &NewOptions, gctx: &GlobalContext) -> CargoResult<NewProjectKi
     }
     check_path(path, &mut gctx.shell())?;
 
-    let has_bin = kind.is_bin();
-
     if src_paths_types.is_empty() {
-        src_paths_types.push(plan_new_source_file(has_bin));
-    } else if src_paths_types.len() == 1 && !src_paths_types.iter().any(|x| x.bin == has_bin) {
+        src_paths_types.push(plan_new_source_file(kind));
+    } else if let Ok(file) = itertools::Itertools::exactly_one(src_paths_types.iter_mut())
+        && file.kind != kind
+    {
         // we've found the only file and it's not the type user wants. Change the type and warn
-        let file_type = if src_paths_types[0].bin {
-            NewProjectKind::Bin
-        } else {
-            NewProjectKind::Lib
-        };
         gctx.shell().warn(format!(
             "file `{}` seems to be a {} file",
-            src_paths_types[0].relative_path, file_type
+            file.relative_path, file.kind
         ))?;
-        src_paths_types[0].bin = has_bin
-    } else if src_paths_types.len() > 1 && !has_bin {
+        file.kind = kind;
+    } else if let [first, second, ..] = &src_paths_types[..]
+        && !kind.is_bin()
+    {
         // We have found both lib and bin files and the user would like us to treat both as libs
         anyhow::bail!(
             "cannot have a package with \
              multiple libraries, \
              found both `{}` and `{}`",
-            src_paths_types[0].relative_path,
-            src_paths_types[1].relative_path
+            first.relative_path,
+            second.relative_path
         )
     }
 
-    check_name(name, opts.name.is_none(), has_bin, &mut gctx.shell())?;
+    check_name(name, opts.name.is_none(), kind.is_bin(), &mut gctx.shell())?;
 
     let mut version_control = opts.version_control;
 
@@ -781,7 +796,7 @@ fn mk(gctx: &GlobalContext, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
 
     // Calculate what `[lib]` and `[[bin]]`s we need to append to `Cargo.toml`.
     for i in &opts.source_files {
-        if i.bin {
+        if i.kind.is_bin() {
             if i.relative_path != "src/main.rs" {
                 let mut bin = toml_edit::Table::new();
                 bin["name"] = toml_edit::value(name);
@@ -794,10 +809,18 @@ fn mk(gctx: &GlobalContext, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
                     .expect("bin is an array of tables")
                     .push(bin);
             }
-        } else if i.relative_path != "src/lib.rs" {
-            let mut lib = toml_edit::Table::new();
-            lib["path"] = toml_edit::value(i.relative_path.clone());
-            manifest["lib"] = toml_edit::Item::Table(lib);
+        } else {
+            if i.relative_path != "src/lib.rs" {
+                let mut lib = toml_edit::Table::new();
+                lib["path"] = toml_edit::value(i.relative_path.clone());
+                manifest["lib"] = toml_edit::Item::Table(lib);
+            }
+            if i.kind.is_proc_macro() {
+                if manifest.get("lib").is_none() {
+                    manifest["lib"] = toml_edit::Item::Table(toml_edit::Table::new());
+                }
+                manifest["lib"]["proc-macro"] = true.into();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -867,14 +890,16 @@ fn mk(gctx: &GlobalContext, opts: &MkOptions<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
             paths::create_dir_all(src_dir)?;
         }
 
-        let default_file_content: &[u8] = if i.bin {
-            b"\
+        let default_file_content: &[u8] = match i.kind {
+            NewProjectKind::Bin => {
+                b"\
 fn main() {
     println!(\"Hello, world!\");
 }
 "
-        } else {
-            b"\
+            }
+            NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: false } => {
+                b"\
 pub fn add(left: u64, right: u64) -> u64 {
     left + right
 }
@@ -890,6 +915,29 @@ mod tests {
     }
 }
 "
+            }
+            NewProjectKind::Lib { proc_macro: true } => {
+                b"\
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn identity_proc_macro(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    input
+}
+
+#[proc_macro_derive(Foo, attributes(foo))]
+pub fn identity_derive_macro(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    input
+}
+
+#[proc_macro_attribute]
+pub fn identity_attribute_macro(
+    args: proc_macro::TokenStream,
+    input: proc_macro::TokenStream,
+) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    let _ = args;
+    input
+}
+"
+            }
         };
 
         if !path_of_source_file.is_file() {
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs b/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
index 8f139ca58ac..60d0afd737d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/command_prelude.rs
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ pub trait CommandExt: Sized {
         )
         ._arg(flag("bin", "Use a binary (application) template [default]"))
         ._arg(flag("lib", "Use a library template"))
+        ._arg(flag("proc-macro", "Use a library (proc-macro) template"))
         ._arg(
             opt("edition", "Edition to set for the crate generated")
                 .value_parser(Edition::CLI_VALUES)
@@ -955,6 +956,7 @@ Run `{cmd}` to see possible targets."
             vcs,
             self.flag("bin"),
             self.flag("lib"),
+            self.flag("proc-macro"),
             self.value_of_path("path", gctx).unwrap(),
             self._value_of("name").map(|s| s.to_string()),
             self._value_of("edition").map(|s| s.to_string()),
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/help/stdout.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/help/stdout.term.svg
index 88c6cefc927..159def0bc2e 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/help/stdout.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/help/stdout.term.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<svg width="844px" height="596px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg width="844px" height="614px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
-    .bg { background: #000000 }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
     .fg-bright-cyan { fill: #55FFFF }
     .fg-bright-green { fill: #55FF55 }
     .fg-cyan { fill: #00AAAA }
@@ -46,43 +46,45 @@
 </tspan>
     <tspan x="10px" y="244px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--lib</tspan><tspan>                      Use a library template</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="262px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--edition</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;YEAR&gt;</tspan><tspan>           Edition to set for the crate generated [possible values: 2015,</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="262px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--proc-macro</tspan><tspan>               Use a library (proc-macro) template</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="280px"><tspan>                                 2018, 2021, 2024]</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="280px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--edition</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;YEAR&gt;</tspan><tspan>           Edition to set for the crate generated [possible values: 2015,</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="298px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--name</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;NAME&gt;</tspan><tspan>              Set the resulting package name, defaults to the directory name</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="298px"><tspan>                                 2018, 2021, 2024]</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="316px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--registry</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;REGISTRY&gt;</tspan><tspan>      Registry to use</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="316px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--name</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;NAME&gt;</tspan><tspan>              Set the resulting package name, defaults to the directory name</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="334px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-v</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--verbose</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">...</tspan><tspan>               Use verbose output (-vv very verbose/build.rs output)</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="334px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--registry</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;REGISTRY&gt;</tspan><tspan>      Registry to use</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="352px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-q</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--quiet</tspan><tspan>                    Do not print cargo log messages</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="352px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-v</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--verbose</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">...</tspan><tspan>               Use verbose output (-vv very verbose/build.rs output)</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="370px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--color</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;WHEN&gt;</tspan><tspan>             Coloring [possible values: auto, always, never]</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="370px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-q</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--quiet</tspan><tspan>                    Do not print cargo log messages</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="388px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--config</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;KEY=VALUE|PATH&gt;</tspan><tspan>  Override a configuration value</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="388px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--color</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;WHEN&gt;</tspan><tspan>             Coloring [possible values: auto, always, never]</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="406px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-Z</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;FLAG&gt;</tspan><tspan>                      Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo, see 'cargo -Z help' for</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="406px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--config</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;KEY=VALUE|PATH&gt;</tspan><tspan>  Override a configuration value</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="424px"><tspan>                                 details</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="424px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-Z</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;FLAG&gt;</tspan><tspan>                      Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo, see 'cargo -Z help' for</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-h</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--help</tspan><tspan>                     Print help</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>                                 details</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="460px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="460px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-h</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--help</tspan><tspan>                     Print help</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="478px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">Manifest Options:</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="478px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--locked</tspan><tspan>   Assert that `Cargo.lock` will remain unchanged</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">Manifest Options:</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--offline</tspan><tspan>  Run without accessing the network</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--locked</tspan><tspan>   Assert that `Cargo.lock` will remain unchanged</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--frozen</tspan><tspan>   Equivalent to specifying both --locked and --offline</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--offline</tspan><tspan>  Run without accessing the network</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="550px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="550px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--frozen</tspan><tspan>   Equivalent to specifying both --locked and --offline</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="568px"><tspan>Run `</tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">cargo help init</tspan><tspan class="bold">` for more detailed information.</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="568px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="586px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="586px"><tspan>Run `</tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">cargo help init</tspan><tspan class="bold">` for more detailed information.</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="604px">
 </tspan>
   </text>
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mod.rs
index 0b397111e1e..cc4dfd72620 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ mod bin_already_exists_implicit;
 mod bin_already_exists_implicit_namenosrc;
 mod bin_already_exists_implicit_namesrc;
 mod bin_already_exists_implicit_nosrc;
-mod both_lib_and_bin;
 mod cant_create_library_when_both_binlib_present;
 mod confused_by_multiple_lib_files;
 mod creates_binary_when_both_binlib_present;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ mod lib_already_exists_nosrc;
 mod lib_already_exists_src;
 mod mercurial_autodetect;
 mod multibin_project_name_clash;
+mod mutually_exclusive_flags;
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 mod no_filename;
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ mod simple_git_ignore_exists;
 mod simple_hg;
 mod simple_hg_ignore_exists;
 mod simple_lib;
+mod simple_proc_macro;
 mod unknown_flags;
 mod with_argument;
 mod workspace_add_member;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11852781c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::paths;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+    let cwd = paths::root();
+
+    snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+        .arg_line("init --bin --proc-macro")
+        .current_dir(&cwd)
+        .assert()
+        .code(101)
+        .stdout_eq(str![""])
+        .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+    assert!(!cwd.join("Cargo.toml").is_file());
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de668d61fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<svg width="740px" height="56px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <style>
+    .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
+    .fg-bright-red { fill: #FF5555 }
+    .container {
+      padding: 0 10px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .bold { font-weight: bold; }
+    tspan {
+      font: 14px SFMono-Regular, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Menlo, monospace;
+      white-space: pre;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+  </style>
+
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" y="0" rx="4.5" class="bg" />
+
+  <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-red bold">error</tspan><tspan>: can't specify both binary and proc-macro outputs</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px">
+</tspan>
+  </text>
+
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/both_lib_and_bin/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/testsuite/cargo_init/both_lib_and_bin/mod.rs
rename to tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin/mod.rs
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/both_lib_and_bin/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin/stderr.term.svg
similarity index 86%
rename from tests/testsuite/cargo_init/both_lib_and_bin/stderr.term.svg
rename to tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin/stderr.term.svg
index 9745280bd61..22c04eaa254 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/both_lib_and_bin/stderr.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin/stderr.term.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <svg width="740px" height="56px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
-    .bg { background: #000000 }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
     .fg-bright-red { fill: #FF5555 }
     .container {
       padding: 0 10px;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <rect width="100%" height="100%" y="0" rx="4.5" class="bg" />
 
   <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
-    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-red bold">error</tspan><tspan>: can't specify both lib and binary outputs</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-red bold">error</tspan><tspan>: can't specify both binary and library outputs</tspan>
 </tspan>
     <tspan x="10px" y="46px">
 </tspan>
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab982cb1467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::paths;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+    let cwd = paths::root();
+
+    snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+        .arg_line("init --lib --bin --proc-macro")
+        .current_dir(&cwd)
+        .assert()
+        .code(101)
+        .stdout_eq(str![""])
+        .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+    assert!(!cwd.join("Cargo.toml").is_file());
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe0db2661c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_bin_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<svg width="740px" height="56px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <style>
+    .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
+    .fg-bright-red { fill: #FF5555 }
+    .container {
+      padding: 0 10px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .bold { font-weight: bold; }
+    tspan {
+      font: 14px SFMono-Regular, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Menlo, monospace;
+      white-space: pre;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+  </style>
+
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" y="0" rx="4.5" class="bg" />
+
+  <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-red bold">error</tspan><tspan>: can't specify all binary, library and proc-macro outputs</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px">
+</tspan>
+  </text>
+
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e9a10b3945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::paths;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+    let cwd = paths::root();
+
+    snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+        .arg_line("init --lib --proc-macro")
+        .current_dir(&cwd)
+        .assert()
+        .code(101)
+        .stdout_eq(str![""])
+        .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+    assert!(!cwd.join("Cargo.toml").is_file());
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fa35d24195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/lib_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<svg width="740px" height="56px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <style>
+    .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
+    .fg-bright-red { fill: #FF5555 }
+    .container {
+      padding: 0 10px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .bold { font-weight: bold; }
+    tspan {
+      font: 14px SFMono-Regular, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Menlo, monospace;
+      white-space: pre;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+  </style>
+
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" y="0" rx="4.5" class="bg" />
+
+  <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-red bold">error</tspan><tspan>: can't specify both library and proc-macro outputs</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px">
+</tspan>
+  </text>
+
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c5aee6d391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/mutually_exclusive_flags/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pub mod bin_proc_macro;
+pub mod lib_bin;
+pub mod lib_bin_proc_macro;
+pub mod lib_proc_macro;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/in/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/in/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70af1a524c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/in/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_ui;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::{command_is_available, paths, Project};
+use std::fs;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use crate::test_root;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/mod.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed4f783bae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::Project;
+use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_ui;
+use cargo_test_support::current_dir;
+use cargo_test_support::file;
+use cargo_test_support::str;
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn case() {
+    let project = Project::from_template(current_dir!().join("in"));
+    let project_root = &project.root();
+
+    snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+        .arg_line("init --proc-macro --vcs none --edition 2015")
+        .current_dir(project_root)
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout_eq(str![""])
+        .stderr_eq(file!["stderr.term.svg"]);
+
+    assert_ui().subset_matches(current_dir!().join("out"), project_root);
+    assert!(!project_root.join(".gitignore").is_file());
+
+    snapbox::cmd::Command::cargo_ui()
+        .current_dir(project_root)
+        .arg("build")
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+    assert!(!project.bin("foo").is_file());
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/Cargo.toml b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb3cc651ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "case"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2015"
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/src/lib.rs b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18ca2ff7f25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/out/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn identity_proc_macro(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    input
+}
+
+#[proc_macro_derive(Foo, attributes(foo))]
+pub fn identity_derive_macro(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    input
+}
+
+#[proc_macro_attribute]
+pub fn identity_attribute_macro(
+    args: proc_macro::TokenStream,
+    input: proc_macro::TokenStream,
+) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
+    let _ = args;
+    input
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e0d0f785e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_init/simple_proc_macro/stderr.term.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<svg width="970px" height="74px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <style>
+    .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
+    .fg-bright-green { fill: #55FF55 }
+    .container {
+      padding: 0 10px;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+    .bold { font-weight: bold; }
+    tspan {
+      font: 14px SFMono-Regular, Consolas, Liberation Mono, Menlo, monospace;
+      white-space: pre;
+      line-height: 18px;
+    }
+  </style>
+
+  <rect width="100%" height="100%" y="0" rx="4.5" class="bg" />
+
+  <text xml:space="preserve" class="container fg">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="28px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">    Creating</tspan><tspan> library (proc-macro) package</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="46px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">note</tspan><tspan>: see more `Cargo.toml` keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="64px">
+</tspan>
+  </text>
+
+</svg>
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/help/stdout.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/help/stdout.term.svg
index 79f1ba7b1fc..546f3af46e5 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/help/stdout.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo_new/help/stdout.term.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<svg width="844px" height="596px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg width="844px" height="614px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
-    .bg { background: #000000 }
+    .bg { fill: #000000 }
     .fg-bright-cyan { fill: #55FFFF }
     .fg-bright-green { fill: #55FF55 }
     .fg-cyan { fill: #00AAAA }
@@ -46,43 +46,45 @@
 </tspan>
     <tspan x="10px" y="244px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--lib</tspan><tspan>                      Use a library template</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="262px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--edition</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;YEAR&gt;</tspan><tspan>           Edition to set for the crate generated [possible values: 2015,</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="262px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--proc-macro</tspan><tspan>               Use a library (proc-macro) template</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="280px"><tspan>                                 2018, 2021, 2024]</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="280px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--edition</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;YEAR&gt;</tspan><tspan>           Edition to set for the crate generated [possible values: 2015,</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="298px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--name</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;NAME&gt;</tspan><tspan>              Set the resulting package name, defaults to the directory name</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="298px"><tspan>                                 2018, 2021, 2024]</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="316px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--registry</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;REGISTRY&gt;</tspan><tspan>      Registry to use</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="316px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--name</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;NAME&gt;</tspan><tspan>              Set the resulting package name, defaults to the directory name</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="334px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-v</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--verbose</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">...</tspan><tspan>               Use verbose output (-vv very verbose/build.rs output)</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="334px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--registry</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;REGISTRY&gt;</tspan><tspan>      Registry to use</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="352px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-q</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--quiet</tspan><tspan>                    Do not print cargo log messages</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="352px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-v</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--verbose</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">...</tspan><tspan>               Use verbose output (-vv very verbose/build.rs output)</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="370px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--color</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;WHEN&gt;</tspan><tspan>             Coloring [possible values: auto, always, never]</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="370px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-q</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--quiet</tspan><tspan>                    Do not print cargo log messages</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="388px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--config</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;KEY=VALUE|PATH&gt;</tspan><tspan>  Override a configuration value</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="388px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--color</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;WHEN&gt;</tspan><tspan>             Coloring [possible values: auto, always, never]</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="406px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-Z</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;FLAG&gt;</tspan><tspan>                      Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo, see 'cargo -Z help' for</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="406px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--config</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;KEY=VALUE|PATH&gt;</tspan><tspan>  Override a configuration value</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="424px"><tspan>                                 details</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="424px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-Z</tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan"> </tspan><tspan class="fg-cyan">&lt;FLAG&gt;</tspan><tspan>                      Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo, see 'cargo -Z help' for</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-h</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--help</tspan><tspan>                     Print help</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>                                 details</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="460px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="460px"><tspan>  </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">-h</tspan><tspan>, </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--help</tspan><tspan>                     Print help</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="478px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">Manifest Options:</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="478px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--locked</tspan><tspan>   Assert that `Cargo.lock` will remain unchanged</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan class="fg-bright-green bold">Manifest Options:</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--offline</tspan><tspan>  Run without accessing the network</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--locked</tspan><tspan>   Assert that `Cargo.lock` will remain unchanged</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--frozen</tspan><tspan>   Equivalent to specifying both --locked and --offline</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--offline</tspan><tspan>  Run without accessing the network</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="550px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="550px"><tspan>      </tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">--frozen</tspan><tspan>   Equivalent to specifying both --locked and --offline</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="568px"><tspan>Run `</tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">cargo help new</tspan><tspan class="bold">` for more detailed information.</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="568px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="586px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="586px"><tspan>Run `</tspan><tspan class="fg-bright-cyan bold">cargo help new</tspan><tspan class="bold">` for more detailed information.</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="604px">
 </tspan>
   </text>
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/new.rs b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
index 3ad2df17f42..e9c39f1d10f 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/new.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fn both_lib_and_bin() {
     cargo_process("new --lib --bin foo")
         .with_status(101)
         .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
-[ERROR] can't specify both lib and binary outputs
+[ERROR] can't specify both binary and library outputs
 
 "#]])
         .run();