diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
index 3da5c691..4f8f4eac 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cartodb_windshaft.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
       '/version',
       // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/issues/176
       serverOptions.base_url_mapconfig,
+      serverOptions.base_url_mapconfig + '/static/named/:template_id/:width/:height.:format',
       template_baseurl,
       template_baseurl + '/:template_id',
       template_baseurl + '/:template_id/jsonp'
@@ -150,6 +151,19 @@ var CartodbWindshaft = function(serverOptions) {
         );
     templateMapsController.register(ws);
 
+    var TablesExtentApi = require('./api/tables_extent_api');
+    var tablesExtentApi = new TablesExtentApi(serverOptions.pgQueryRunner);
+
+    var NamedStaticMapsController = require('./controllers/named_static_maps');
+    var namedStaticMapsController = new NamedStaticMapsController(
+        ws,
+        templateMaps,
+        ws.staticMapBackend,
+        surrogateKeysCache,
+        tablesExtentApi
+    );
+    namedStaticMapsController.register(ws);
+
     /*******************************************************************************************************************
      * END Routing
      ******************************************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1054873d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+var step = require('step');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var templateName = require('../template_maps').templateName;
+var CdbRequest = require('../models/cdb_request');
+var NamedMapsCacheEntry = require('../cache/model/named_maps_entry');
+var _ = require('underscore');
+
+function NamedStaticMapsController(app, serverOptions, templateMaps, staticMapBackend, surrogateKeysCache,
+                                   tablesExtentApi) {
+    this.app = app;
+    this.serverOptions = serverOptions;
+    this.templateMaps = templateMaps;
+    this.staticMapBackend = staticMapBackend;
+    this.surrogateKeysCache = surrogateKeysCache;
+    this.tablesExtentApi = tablesExtentApi;
+}
+
+module.exports = NamedStaticMapsController;
+
+var cdbRequest = new CdbRequest();
+
+NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
+    app.get(app.base_url_mapconfig + '/static/named/:template_id/:width/:height.:format', this.named.bind(this));
+};
+
+NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.named = function(req, res) {
+    var self = this;
+
+    this.app.doCORS(res);
+    var cdbUser = cdbRequest.userByReq(req);
+
+    var template;
+    var layergroupConfig;
+    var layergroupId;
+    var fakeReq;
+    var cacheChannel;
+
+    step(
+        function reqParams() {
+            self.app.req2params(req, this);
+        },
+        function getTemplate(err) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            self.templateMaps.getTemplate(cdbUser, templateName(req.params.template_id), this);
+        },
+        function checkExists(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            if (!tpl) {
+                var notFoundErr = new Error(
+                        "Template '" + templateName(req.params.template_id) + "' of user '" + cdbUser + "' not found"
+                );
+                notFoundErr.http_status = 404;
+                throw notFoundErr;
+            }
+            return tpl;
+        },
+        function checkAuthorized(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            var authorized = false;
+            try {
+                authorized = self.templateMaps.isAuthorized(tpl, req.query.auth_token);
+            } catch (err) {
+                // we catch to add http_status
+                var authorizationFailedErr = new Error('Failed to authorize template');
+                authorizationFailedErr.http_status = 403;
+                throw authorizationFailedErr;
+            }
+            if ( ! authorized ) {
+                var unauthorizedErr = new Error('Unauthorized template instantiation');
+                unauthorizedErr.http_status = 403;
+                throw unauthorizedErr;
+            }
+
+            return tpl;
+        },
+        function prepareParams(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            template = tpl;
+
+            var templateParams = {};
+            if (req.query.config) {
+                try {
+                    templateParams = JSON.parse(req.query.config);
+                } catch (e) {
+                    throw new Error('malformed config parameter, should be a valid JSON');
+                }
+            }
+
+            return templateParams;
+        },
+        function instantiateTemplate(err, templateParams) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            return self.templateMaps.instance(template, templateParams);
+        },
+        function prepareLayergroup(err, layergroup) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            layergroupConfig = layergroup;
+            fakeReq = {
+                query: {},
+                params: {
+                    user: req.params.user
+                },
+                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
+                context: _.clone(req.context),
+                method: req.method,
+                res: res,
+                profiler: req.profiler
+            };
+            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, fakeReq.params, this);
+        },
+        function setApiKey(err){
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            self.app.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, fakeReq, this);
+        },
+        function prepareResponse(err, layergroup) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            // added by createLayergroup
+            cacheChannel = res.header('X-Cache-Channel');
+            res.removeHeader('X-Cache-Channel');
+            self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(cdbUser, template.name));
+
+            layergroupId = layergroup.layergroupid.split(":")[0];
+
+            return null;
+        },
+        function staticImageOptions(err) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            getStaticImageOptions(template, this);
+        },
+        function estimateBounds(err, imageOpts) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            if (imageOpts) {
+                return imageOpts;
+            }
+
+            var defaultZoomCenter = {
+                zoom: 1,
+                center: {
+                    lng: 0,
+                    lat: 0
+                }
+            };
+
+            var dbTables = cacheChannel.split(':');
+            if (dbTables.length <= 1 || dbTables[1].length === 0) {
+                return defaultZoomCenter;
+            }
+
+            var tableNames = dbTables[1].split(',');
+            if (tableNames.length === 0) {
+                return defaultZoomCenter;
+            }
+
+            var next = this;
+            self.tablesExtentApi.getBounds(cdbUser, tableNames, function(err, result) {
+                next(null, result || defaultZoomCenter);
+            });
+        },
+        function getImage(err, imageOpts) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            var staticImageReq = {
+                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
+                params: _.extend(_.clone(fakeReq.params), {
+                    token: layergroupId,
+                    format: 'png'
+                })
+            };
+
+            var width = +req.params.width;
+            var height = +req.params.height;
+
+            if (!_.isUndefined(imageOpts.zoom) && imageOpts.center) {
+                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(staticImageReq, width, height, imageOpts.zoom, imageOpts.center, this);
+            } else {
+                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(staticImageReq, width, height, imageOpts.bounds, this);
+            }
+        },
+        function handleImage(err, image, headers/*, stats*/) {
+            if (err) {
+                if (!err.error) {
+                    err.error = err.message;
+                }
+                self.app.sendError(res, err, self.app.findStatusCode(err), 'STATIC_VIZ_MAP', err);
+            } else {
+                self.app.sendWithHeaders(res, image, 200, headers);
+            }
+        }
+    );
+};
+
+function getStaticImageOptions(template, callback) {
+    if (template.view) {
+        var zoomCenter = templateZoomCenter(template.view);
+        if (zoomCenter) {
+            return callback(null, zoomCenter);
+        }
+
+        var bounds = templateBounds(template.view);
+        if (bounds) {
+            return callback(null, bounds);
+        }
+    }
+    return callback(null, null);
+}
+
+function templateZoomCenter(view) {
+    if (!_.isUndefined(view.zoom) && view.center) {
+        return {
+            zoom: view.zoom,
+            center: view.center
+        };
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+function templateBounds(view) {
+    if (view.bounds) {
+        var hasAllBounds = _.every(['west', 'south', 'east', 'north'], function(prop) {
+            return !!view.bounds[prop];
+        });
+        if (hasAllBounds) {
+            return {
+                bounds: {
+                    west: view.bounds.west,
+                    south: view.bounds.south,
+                    east: view.bounds.east,
+                    north: view.bounds.north
+                }
+            };
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}