diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8d8a36..c5b0eef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ bash -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash/master/too
 ```
 
 This replaces `~/.bashrc` with the version provided by Oh My Bash. The original `.bashrc` is backed up with the name `~/.bashrc.omb-TIMESTAMP`.
+If `~/.bash_profile` does not exist, this also creates a new file `~/.bash_profile` with the default contents.
+
+⚠️ If `~/.bash_profile` already existed before Oh My Bash is installed, please make sure that`~/.bash_profile` contains the line `source ~/.bashrc` or `. ~/.bashrc`.
+If not, please add the following three lines in `~/.bash_profile`:
+```bash
+if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then
+  source ~/.bashrc
+fi
+```
 
 ## Using Oh My Bash
 
diff --git a/templates/bash_profile.osh-template b/templates/bash_profile.osh-template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7872597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/bash_profile.osh-template
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# .bash_profile -*- mode: sh -*-
+
+# Load login settings and environment variables
+if [[ -f ~/.profile ]]; then
+  source ~/.profile
+fi
+
+# Load interactive settings
+if [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]]; then
+  source ~/.bashrc
+fi
diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index c117e48..54a6ae1 100755
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -134,12 +134,23 @@ _omb_install_user_bashrc() {
     _omb_install_run mv ~/.bashrc "$bashrc_backup"
   fi
 
-  printf "${BLUE}Using the Oh My Bash template file and adding it to ~/.bashrc${NORMAL}\n"
-  _omb_install_run cp "$OSH"/templates/bashrc.osh-template ~/.bashrc
+  printf "${BLUE}Copying the Oh-My-Bash template file to ~/.bashrc${NORMAL}\n"
   sed "/^export OSH=/ c\\
 export OSH='${OSH//\'/\'\\\'\'}'
-  " ~/.bashrc >| ~/.bashrc.omb-temp
-  _omb_install_run mv -f ~/.bashrc.omb-temp ~/.bashrc
+  " "$OSH"/templates/bashrc.osh-template >| ~/.bashrc.omb-temp &&
+    _omb_install_run mv -f ~/.bashrc.omb-temp ~/.bashrc
+
+  # If no file is found at ~/.bash_profile, we create it with the default
+  # content.
+  if [[ ! -e ~/.bash_profile ]]; then
+    if [[ -h ~/.bash_profile ]]; then
+      _omb_install_run rm -f ~/.bash_profile
+    fi
+    _omb_install_run mv -f "$OSH"/templates/bash_profile.osh-template ~/.bash_profile
+  else
+    command grep -qE '(source|\.)[[:space:]].*/\.bashrc' ~/.bash_profile 2>/dev/null ||
+      printf '%s\n' "${GREEN}Please make sure that ~/.bash_profile contains \"source ~/.bashrc\"${NORMAL}"
+  fi
 
   set +e
   _omb_install_banner