diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e75b771b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+var queue = require('queue-async');
+var _ = require('underscore');
+
+function MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter(templateMaps) {
+    this.templateMaps = templateMaps;
+}
+
+module.exports = MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter;
+
+MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter.prototype.getLayers = function(username, layers, callback) {
+    var self = this;
+
+    var adaptLayersQueue = queue(layers.length);
+
+    function adaptLayer(layer, callback) {
+        if (layer.type === 'named') {
+
+            if (!layer.options.name) {
+                return callback(new Error('Missing Named Map name in layer options'));
+            }
+
+            var templateName = layer.options.name;
+            var templateConfigParams = layer.options.config || {};
+            var templateAuthTokens = layer.options.auth_tokens;
+
+            self.templateMaps.getTemplate(username, templateName, function(err,  template) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return callback(err);
+                }
+
+                if (self.templateMaps.isAuthorized(template, templateAuthTokens)) {
+                    var nestedNamedLayers = template.layergroup.layers.filter(function(layer) {
+                        return layer.type === 'named';
+                    });
+
+                    if (nestedNamedLayers.length > 0) {
+                        var nestedNamedMapsError = new Error('Nested named layers are not allowed');
+                        // nestedNamedMapsError.http_status = 400;
+                        return callback(nestedNamedMapsError);
+                    }
+
+                    try {
+                        var templateLayergroupConfig = self.templateMaps.instance(template, templateConfigParams);
+                        return callback(null, templateLayergroupConfig.layers);
+                    } catch (err) {
+                        return callback(err);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    var unauthorizedError = new Error('Unauthorized template instantiation');
+                    // unauthorizedError.http_status = 403;
+                    return callback(unauthorizedError);
+                }
+            });
+        } else {
+            return callback(null, layer);
+        }
+    }
+
+    layers.forEach(function(layer) {
+        adaptLayersQueue.defer(adaptLayer, layer);
+    });
+
+    function layersAdaptQueueFinish(err, layers) {
+        if (err) {
+            return callback(err);
+        }
+
+        if (!layers || layers.length === 0) {
+            return callback(new Error('Missing layers array from layergroup config'));
+        }
+
+        return callback(null, _.flatten(layers));
+    }
+
+    adaptLayersQueue.awaitAll(layersAdaptQueueFinish);
+};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index 399f259e..99321634 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var QueryTablesApi = require('./api/query_tables_api');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
 var LZMA = require('lzma').LZMA;
 var TemplateMaps = require('./template_maps.js');
+var MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter = require('./models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter');
 
 // This is for backward compatibility with 1.3.3
 if ( _.isUndefined(global.environment.sqlapi.domain) ) {
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ module.exports = function(redisPool) {
     });
     me.templateMaps = templateMaps;
 
+    var mapConfigNamedLayersAdapter = new MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter(templateMaps);
+
 /* This whole block is about generating X-Cache-Channel { */
 
     // TODO: review lifetime of elements of this cache
@@ -303,6 +306,17 @@ module.exports = function(redisPool) {
         });
     };
 
+    me.beforeLayergroupCreate = function(req, requestMapConfig, callback) {
+        mapConfigNamedLayersAdapter.getLayers(this.userByReq(req), requestMapConfig.layers, function(err, layers) {
+            if (err) {
+                return callback(err);
+            }
+
+            requestMapConfig.layers = layers;
+            return callback(null, requestMapConfig)
+        });
+    };
+
     me.afterLayergroupCreate = function(req, mapconfig, response, callback) {
         var token = response.layergroupid;