diff --git a/src/conf.typ b/src/conf.typ
index 089a586..455706f 100644
--- a/src/conf.typ
+++ b/src/conf.typ
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       kind: "T2000",
       summary: none,
       abstract: none,
+      preface: none,
       keywords: ( "IT", "other stuff" ),
       bibliography: none /* bibliography("refs.bib") */,
       glossary: none,
diff --git a/src/lib.typ b/src/lib.typ
index af2057b..87b5fcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.typ
+++ b/src/lib.typ
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   #import "pages/prerelease-note.typ": new_prerelease_note
   #import "pages/outline.typ": new_outline
   #import "pages/abstract.typ": new_abstract
+  #import "pages/preface.typ": new-preface
   #import "pages/appendix.typ": show-appendix
 
   #let config = validate-config(config)
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
       new_prerelease_note(config)
     }
     #new_abstract(config)
+    #new-preface(config)
     #new_outline()
 
     // glossary is built inline here because the links must be 
diff --git a/src/pages/preface.typ b/src/pages/preface.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1575073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/preface.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+#let new-preface(config) = {
+  if config.thesis.preface != none {
+    pagebreak(weak: true)
+    config.thesis.preface
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/template/main.typ b/template/main.typ
index 400d24c..cd09420 100644
--- a/template/main.typ
+++ b/template/main.typ
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       kind: "T2000",
       summary: summary,
       abstract: abstract,
+      preface: include "preface.typ",
       keywords: ( "IT", "other stuff" ),
       bibliography: bibliography("refs.bib"),
       glossary: glossary,
diff --git a/template/preface.typ b/template/preface.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efba246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/preface.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+= Vorwort
+
+#lorem(50)