diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-template.py b/scripts/bootstrap-template.py
index d759b52..8f78fec 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-template.py
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-template.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def replace_everywhere(to_find, to_replace):
     replace("./Makefile", to_find.upper(), to_replace.upper())
     replace("./README.md", to_find, to_replace)
     replace("./extension_config.cmake", to_find, to_replace)
+    replace("./scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh", to_find, to_replace)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh b/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a846fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/setup-custom-toolchain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is an example script that can be used to install additional toolchain dependencies. Feel free to remove this script
+# if no additional toolchains are required
+
+# To enable this script, set the `custom_toolchain_script` option to true when calling the reusable workflow
+# `.github/workflows/_extension_distribution.yml` from `https://github.com/duckdb/extension-ci-tools`
+
+# note that the $DUCKDB_PLATFORM environment variable can be used to discern between the platforms
+echo "This is the sample custom toolchain script running for architecture '$DUCKDB_PLATFORM' for the quack extension."
+