diff --git a/internal/generate/cloud_engines_test.go b/internal/generate/cloud_engines_test.go
index 1322ae4..84ec003 100644
--- a/internal/generate/cloud_engines_test.go
+++ b/internal/generate/cloud_engines_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestCloudEngineTemplatesLint(t *testing.T) {
 		wantIn   string // a literal that must survive into the rendered compose
 	}{
 		{"localstack", "aws", 4566, "_localstack/health"},
+		{"ministack", "aws", 4566, "_ministack/ready"},
 		{"nats", "nats", 4222, "-js"},
 		{"kafka", "kafka", 9092, "advertise-kafka-addr=internal://shared-kafka:9092"},
 		{"rabbitmq", "amqp", 5672, "rabbitmq-diagnostics -q ping"},
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func cloudResolver() *graphResolver {
 			Shared: map[string]config.SharedSvc{
 				"localstack": {Template: "localstack", Params: map[string]any{"region": "eu-west-1"}},
 				"awsdefault": {Template: "localstack"},
+				"ministack":  {Template: "ministack", Params: map[string]any{"region": "ap-south-1"}},
 				"nats":       {Template: "nats"},
 				"kafka":      {Template: "kafka"},
 				"rabbitmq":   {Template: "rabbitmq"},
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ func cloudResolver() *graphResolver {
 		sharedPort: map[string]int{
 			"localstack": 4566,
 			"awsdefault": 4566,
+			"ministack":  4566,
 			"nats":       4222,
 			"kafka":      9092,
 			"rabbitmq":   5672,
@@ -109,6 +112,13 @@ func TestSharedAttr_EndpointAndRegion(t *testing.T) {
 	if got, err := r.sharedAttr("awsdefault", "region"); err != nil || got != "us-east-1" {
 		t.Errorf("region default = %q err=%v, want us-east-1", got, err)
 	}
+	// ministack shares the generic AWS-emulation export path with localstack.
+	if got, err := r.sharedAttr("ministack", "endpoint"); err != nil || got != "http://shared-ministack:4566" {
+		t.Errorf("ministack endpoint = %q err=%v, want http://shared-ministack:4566", got, err)
+	}
+	if got, err := r.sharedAttr("ministack", "region"); err != nil || got != "ap-south-1" {
+		t.Errorf("ministack region = %q err=%v, want ap-south-1 (the param)", got, err)
+	}
 }
 
 // TestSharedAttr_SecondaryPorts covers the per-template export-attr→secondary-port
diff --git a/templates/embed.go b/templates/embed.go
index d95264e..4cdade7 100644
--- a/templates/embed.go
+++ b/templates/embed.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package templates
 
 import "embed"
 
-//go:embed all:postgres all:redis all:minio all:php.nginx all:php.laravel.nginx all:node.vite all:localstack all:nats all:kafka all:rabbitmq
+//go:embed all:postgres all:redis all:minio all:php.nginx all:php.laravel.nginx all:node.vite all:localstack all:ministack all:nats all:kafka all:rabbitmq
 var builtinFS embed.FS
 
 // FS is the embedded built-in templates root: template-name directories at the
diff --git a/templates/ministack/golden.yaml b/templates/ministack/golden.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39e321b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ministack/golden.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: devstack-lint
+services:
+  ministack:
+    environment:
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
+      PERSIST_STATE: "1"
+      SERVICES: s3,sqs,sns
+      STATE_DIR: /var/lib/ministack
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - CMD-SHELL
+        - curl -sf http://localhost:4566/_ministack/ready
+      timeout: 5s
+      interval: 10s
+      retries: 8
+      start_period: 20s
+    image: ministackorg/ministack:latest
+    networks:
+      default: null
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: ministackdata
+        target: /var/lib/ministack
+        volume: {}
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: devstack-lint_default
+volumes:
+  ministackdata:
+    name: devstack-lint_ministackdata
diff --git a/templates/ministack/template.yaml b/templates/ministack/template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425674d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ministack/template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+schemaVersion: 1
+description: "Shared ministack AWS-emulation engine (LocalStack-compatible), reached over the shared network at shared-ministack:4566."
+provides: aws
+exports: [host, port, endpoint, region]
+defaultPort: 4566
+params:
+  image:
+    type: string
+    default: "ministackorg/ministack:latest"
+    description: "ministack image; pin a tag (e.g. ministackorg/ministack:1) for stable (engine,major) ledger keying — latest floats across majors."
+  services:
+    type: string
+    default: "s3,sqs,sns"
+    description: "Comma list for the SERVICES env (selects which AWS services start — a light default for fast startup; empty/all enables everything)."
+  region:
+    type: string
+    default: "us-east-1"
+    description: "Default AWS region advertised to in-network consumers (the region export)."
+
+service:
+  image: "[[ .params.image ]]"
+  restart: unless-stopped
+  environment:
+    SERVICES: "[[ .params.services ]]"
+    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "[[ .params.region ]]"
+    PERSIST_STATE: "1"
+    STATE_DIR: "/var/lib/ministack"
+  volumes:
+    - "ministackdata:/var/lib/ministack"
+  healthcheck:
+    # /_ministack/ready returns 200 when the edge is serving (503 while starting).
+    test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -sf http://localhost:4566/_ministack/ready"]
+    interval: 10s
+    timeout: 5s
+    retries: 8
+    start_period: 20s
+
+volumes:
+  ministackdata: {}