diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 0cf0f10..b33b477 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ protobuf = "*"
 jinja2 = "*"
 grpclib = "*"
 stringcase = "*"
+black = "*"
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.7"
@@ -23,3 +24,6 @@ python_version = "3.7"
 plugin = "protoc --plugin=protoc-gen-custom=betterproto/plugin.py --custom_out=output"
 generate = "python betterproto/tests/generate.py"
 test = "pytest ./betterproto/tests"
+
+[pipenv]
+allow_prereleases = true
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index c479fbe..25bdc6c 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "28c38cd6c4eafb0b9ac9a64cf623145868fdee163111d3b941b34d23011db6ca"
+            "sha256": "c7b72ed87dc3d70566c53d7ec8a636c8d4854aa30aa97a9116c0734cd5266f33"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -16,12 +16,41 @@
         ]
     },
     "default": {
-        "grpclib": {
+        "appdirs": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:d19e2ea87cb073e5b0825dfee15336fd2b1c09278d271816e04c90faddc107ea"
+                "sha256:9e5896d1372858f8dd3344faf4e5014d21849c756c8d5701f78f8a103b372d92",
+                "sha256:d8b24664561d0d34ddfaec54636d502d7cea6e29c3eaf68f3df6180863e2166e"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.4.3"
+        },
+        "attrs": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:08a96c641c3a74e44eb59afb61a24f2cb9f4d7188748e76ba4bb5edfa3cb7d1c",
+                "sha256:f7b7ce16570fe9965acd6d30101a28f62fb4a7f9e926b3bbc9b61f8b04247e72"
+            ],
+            "version": "==19.3.0"
+        },
+        "black": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:09a9dcb7c46ed496a9850b76e4e825d6049ecd38b611f1224857a79bd985a8cf",
+                "sha256:68950ffd4d9169716bcb8719a56c07a2f4485354fec061cdd5910aa07369731c"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==0.3.0"
+            "version": "==19.3b0"
+        },
+        "click": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2335065e6395b9e67ca716de5f7526736bfa6ceead690adf616d925bdc622b13",
+                "sha256:5b94b49521f6456670fdb30cd82a4eca9412788a93fa6dd6df72c94d5a8ff2d7"
+            ],
+            "version": "==7.0"
+        },
+        "grpclib": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2d63cee35f764e40a7ea196f27354d2f4ab936401c40b14128bbb4fec06f51d4"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.3.1rc2"
         },
         "h2": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -154,6 +183,13 @@
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==1.2.0"
+        },
+        "toml": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:229f81c57791a41d65e399fc06bf0848bab550a9dfd5ed66df18ce5f05e73d5c",
+                "sha256:235682dd292d5899d361a811df37e04a8828a5b1da3115886b73cf81ebc9100e"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.10.0"
         }
     },
     "develop": {
@@ -180,11 +216,11 @@
         },
         "flake8": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:19241c1cbc971b9962473e4438a2ca19749a7dd002dd1a946eaba171b4114548",
-                "sha256:8e9dfa3cecb2400b3738a42c54c3043e821682b9c840b0448c0503f781130696"
+                "sha256:45681a117ecc81e870cbf1262835ae4af5e7a8b08e40b944a8a6e6b895914cfb",
+                "sha256:49356e766643ad15072a789a20915d3c91dc89fd313ccd71802303fd67e4deca"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==3.7.8"
+            "version": "==3.7.9"
         },
         "importlib-metadata": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -287,11 +323,11 @@
         },
         "pytest": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:7e4800063ccfc306a53c461442526c5571e1462f61583506ce97e4da6a1d88c8",
-                "sha256:ca563435f4941d0cb34767301c27bc65c510cb82e90b9ecf9cb52dc2c63caaa0"
+                "sha256:27abc3fef618a01bebb1f0d6d303d2816a99aa87a5968ebc32fe971be91eb1e6",
+                "sha256:58cee9e09242937e136dbb3dab466116ba20d6b7828c7620f23947f37eb4dae4"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==5.2.1"
+            "version": "==5.2.2"
         },
         "rope": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -336,11 +372,11 @@
         },
         "typing-extensions": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2ed632b30bb54fc3941c382decfd0ee4148f5c591651c9272473fea2c6397d95",
-                "sha256:b1edbbf0652660e32ae780ac9433f4231e7339c7f9a8057d0f042fcbcea49b87",
-                "sha256:d8179012ec2c620d3791ca6fe2bf7979d979acdbef1fca0bc56b37411db682ed"
+                "sha256:091ecc894d5e908ac75209f10d5b4f118fbdb2eb1ede6a63544054bb1edb41f2",
+                "sha256:910f4656f54de5993ad9304959ce9bb903f90aadc7c67a0bef07e678014e892d",
+                "sha256:cf8b63fedea4d89bab840ecbb93e75578af28f76f66c35889bd7065f5af88575"
             ],
-            "version": "==3.7.4"
+            "version": "==3.7.4.1"
         },
         "wcwidth": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/betterproto/plugin.py b/betterproto/plugin.py
index 4d48612..02a660d 100755
--- a/betterproto/plugin.py
+++ b/betterproto/plugin.py
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import textwrap
 from typing import Any, List, Tuple
 
 try:
-    import jinja2
+    import black
 except ImportError:
     print(
-        "Unable to import `jinja2`. Did you install the compiler feature with `pip install betterproto[compiler]`?"
+        "Unable to import `black` formatter. Did you install the compiler feature with `pip install betterproto[compiler]`?"
     )
     raise SystemExit(1)
 
+import jinja2
 import stringcase
 
 from google.protobuf.compiler import plugin_pb2 as plugin
@@ -398,8 +399,11 @@ def generate_code(request, response):
         # print(filename, file=sys.stderr)
         f.name = filename.replace(".", os.path.sep) + ".py"
 
-        # f.content = json.dumps(output, indent=2)
-        f.content = template.render(description=output).rstrip("\n") + "\n"
+        # Render and then format the output file.
+        f.content = black.format_str(
+            template.render(description=output),
+            mode=black.FileMode(target_versions=set([black.TargetVersion.PY37])),
+        )
 
     inits = set([""])
     for f in response.file:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ec41f6a..abd9d94 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ setup(
     package_data={"betterproto": ["py.typed", "templates/template.py"]},
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     install_requires=["grpclib", "stringcase"],
-    extras_require={"compiler": ["jinja2", "protobuf"]},
+    extras_require={"compiler": ["black", "jinja2", "protobuf"]},
     zip_safe=False,
 )