diff --git a/Form/BaseAbstractType.php b/Form/BaseAbstractType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26fd39b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Form/BaseAbstractType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Propel\PropelBundle\Form;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
+
+abstract class BaseAbstractType extends AbstractType
+{
+    protected $options = array(
+        'name' => '',
+    );
+
+    function __construct($mergeOptions = null)
+    {
+        if ($mergeOptions) {
+            $this->mergeOptions($mergeOptions);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function setOption($name, $value)
+    {
+        $this->options[$name] = $value;
+    }
+
+    public function getOption($name)
+    {
+        return $this->options[$name];
+    }
+
+    public function setOptions($options)
+    {
+        $this->options = $options;
+    }
+
+    public function getOptions()
+    {
+        return $this->options;
+    }
+
+    public function mergeOptions($options)
+    {
+        $this->options = array_merge($this->options, $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
+    {
+        $resolver->setDefaults($this->options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->getOption('name');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Resources/skeleton/FormType.php b/Resources/skeleton/FormType.php
index 5fdc0b4..2afd3ea 100644
--- a/Resources/skeleton/FormType.php
+++ b/Resources/skeleton/FormType.php
@@ -2,34 +2,20 @@
 
 namespace ##NAMESPACE##;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+use Propel\PropelBundle\Form\BaseAbstractType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolverInterface;
 
-class ##CLASS## extends AbstractType
+class ##CLASS## extends BaseAbstractType
 {
+    protected $options = array(
+        'data_class' => '##FQCN##',
+        'name'       => '##TYPE_NAME##',
+    );
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
     public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
     {##BUILD_CODE##
     }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
-    {
-        $resolver->setDefaults(array(
-            'data_class' => '##FQCN##',
-        ));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function getName()
-    {
-        return '##TYPE_NAME##';
-    }
 }