diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/synth.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/synth.py
index 00f34a25133..b7b46e3b7d5 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/synth.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/synth.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
 gapic = gcp.GAPICGenerator()
+common_templates = gcp.CommonTemplates()
 
 # tasks has two product names, and a poorly named artman yaml
 for version in ['v1', 'v1beta2']:
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@
         library,
         excludes=['package.json', 'README.md', 'src/index.js'])
 
+templates = common_templates.node_library(package_name="@google-cloud/language")
+s.copy(templates)
+
+
 # Node.js specific cleanup
 subprocess.run(['npm', 'ci'])
 subprocess.run(['npm', 'run', 'prettier'])