diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a778e36..9f7c6af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Make `assert_error_*` additionally check error trace if required.
 - Add `--list-test-cases` and `--run-test-case` CLI options.
 - Introduce preloaded hooks (gh-380).
+- Add `treegen` helper as a tree generator (gh-364).
 
 ## 1.0.1
 
diff --git a/config.ld b/config.ld
index e90fa30..c4c7a35 100644
--- a/config.ld
+++ b/config.ld
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ file = {
     'luatest/server.lua',
     'luatest/replica_set.lua',
     'luatest/justrun.lua',
-    'luatest/cbuilder.lua'
+    'luatest/cbuilder.lua',
+    'luatest/treegen.lua'
 }
 topics = {
     'CHANGELOG.md',
diff --git a/luatest/treegen.lua b/luatest/treegen.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bde87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/luatest/treegen.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+--- Working tree generator.
+--
+-- Generates a tree of Lua files using provided templates and
+-- filenames.
+--
+-- @usage
+--
+-- local t = require('luatest')
+-- local treegen = require('test.treegen')
+--
+-- local g = t.group()
+--
+-- local SCRIPT_TEMPLATE = [[
+--     <...>
+-- ]]
+--
+-- g.foobar_test = function(g)
+--     local dir = treegen.prepare_directory(g,
+--         {'foo/bar.lua', 'main.lua'})
+--     <..test case..>
+-- end
+--
+-- @module luatest.treegen
+
+local hooks = require('luatest.hooks')
+
+local fio = require('fio')
+local fun = require('fun')
+local checks = require('checks')
+
+local log = require('luatest.log')
+
+local treegen = {}
+
+local function find_template(group, script)
+    for position, template_def in ipairs(group._treegen.templates) do
+        if script:match(template_def.pattern) then
+            return position, template_def.template
+        end
+    end
+    error(("treegen: can't find a template for script %q"):format(script))
+end
+
+--- Write provided content into the given directory.
+--
+-- @string directory Directory where the content will be created.
+-- @string filename File to write (possible nested path: /foo/bar/main.lua).
+-- @string content The body to write.
+-- @return string
+function treegen.write_file(directory, filename, content)
+    checks('string', 'string', 'string')
+    local content_abspath = fio.pathjoin(directory, filename)
+    local flags = {'O_CREAT', 'O_WRONLY', 'O_TRUNC'}
+    local mode = tonumber('644', 8)
+
+    local contentdir_abspath = fio.dirname(content_abspath)
+    log.info('Creating a directory: %s', contentdir_abspath)
+    fio.mktree(contentdir_abspath)
+
+    log.info('Writing a content: %s', content_abspath)
+    local fh = fio.open(content_abspath, flags, mode)
+    fh:write(content)
+    fh:close()
+    return content_abspath
+end
+
+-- Generate a content that follows a template and write it at the
+-- given path in the given directory.
+--
+-- @table group Group of tests.
+-- @string directory Directory where the content will be created.
+-- @string filename File to write (possible nested path: /foo/bar/main.lua).
+-- @table replacements List of replacement templates.
+-- @return string
+local function gen_content(group, directory, filename, replacements)
+    checks('table', 'string', 'string', 'table')
+    local _, template = find_template(group, filename)
+    replacements = fun.chain({filename = filename}, replacements):tomap()
+    local body = template:gsub('<(.-)>', replacements)
+    return treegen.write_file(directory, filename, body)
+end
+
+--- Initialize treegen module in the given group of tests.
+--
+-- @tab group Group of tests.
+local function init(group)
+    checks('table')
+    group._treegen = {
+        tempdirs = {},
+        templates = {}
+    }
+end
+
+--- Remove all temporary directories created by the test
+-- unless KEEP_DATA environment variable is set to a
+-- non-empty value.
+--
+-- @tab group Group of tests.
+local function clean(group)
+    checks('table')
+    local dirs = table.copy(group._treegen.tempdirs) or {}
+    group._treegen.tempdirs = nil
+
+    local keep_data = (os.getenv('KEEP_DATA') or '') ~= ''
+
+    for _, dir in ipairs(dirs) do
+        if keep_data then
+            log.info('Left intact due to KEEP_DATA env var: %s', dir)
+        else
+            log.info('Recursively removing: %s', dir)
+            fio.rmtree(dir)
+        end
+    end
+
+    group._treegen.templates = nil
+end
+
+--- Save the template with the given pattern.
+--
+-- @tab group Group of tests.
+-- @string pattern File name template
+-- @string template A content template for creating a file.
+function treegen.add_template(group, pattern, template)
+    checks('table', 'string', 'string')
+    table.insert(group._treegen.templates, {
+        pattern = pattern,
+        template = template,
+    })
+end
+
+--- Remove the template by pattern.
+--
+-- @tab group Group of tests.
+-- @string pattern File name template
+function treegen.remove_template(group, pattern)
+    checks('table', 'string')
+    local is_found, position, _ = pcall(find_template, group, pattern)
+    if is_found then
+        table.remove(group._treegen.templates, position)
+    end
+end
+
+--- Create a temporary directory with given contents.
+--
+-- The contents are generated using templates added by
+-- treegen.add_template().
+--
+-- @usage
+--
+-- Example for {'foo/bar.lua', 'baz.lua'}:
+--
+-- /
+-- + tmp/
+--   + rfbWOJ/
+--     + foo/
+--     | + bar.lua
+--     + baz.lua
+--
+-- The return value is '/tmp/rfbWOJ' for this example.
+--
+-- @tab group Group of tests.
+-- @tab contents List of bodies of the content to write.
+-- @tab[opt] replacements List of replacement templates.
+-- @return string
+function treegen.prepare_directory(group, contents, replacements)
+    checks('table', '?table', '?table')
+    replacements = replacements or {}
+
+    local dir = fio.tempdir()
+
+    -- fio.tempdir() follows the TMPDIR environment variable.
+    -- If it ends with a slash, the return value contains a double
+    -- slash in the middle: for example, if TMPDIR=/tmp/, the
+    -- result is like `/tmp//rfbWOJ`.
+    --
+    -- It looks harmless on the first glance, but this directory
+    -- path may be used later to form an URI for a Unix domain
+    -- socket. As result the URI looks like
+    -- `unix/:/tmp//rfbWOJ/instance-001.iproto`.
+    --
+    -- It confuses net_box.connect(): it reports EAI_NONAME error
+    -- from getaddrinfo().
+    --
+    -- It seems, the reason is a peculiar of the URI parsing:
+    --
+    -- tarantool> uri.parse('unix/:/foo/bar.iproto')
+    -- ---
+    -- - host: unix/
+    --   service: /foo/bar.iproto
+    --   unix: /foo/bar.iproto
+    -- ...
+    --
+    -- tarantool> uri.parse('unix/:/foo//bar.iproto')
+    -- ---
+    -- - host: unix
+    --   path: /foo//bar.iproto
+    -- ...
+    --
+    -- Let's normalize the path using fio.abspath(), which
+    -- eliminates the double slashes.
+    dir = fio.abspath(dir)
+
+    table.insert(group._treegen.tempdirs, dir)
+
+    for _, content in ipairs(contents) do
+        gen_content(group, dir, content, replacements)
+    end
+
+    return dir
+end
+
+hooks.before_all_preloaded(init)
+hooks.after_all_preloaded(clean)
+
+return treegen
diff --git a/test/treegen_test.lua b/test/treegen_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21661c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/treegen_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+local t = require('luatest')
+local fio = require('fio')
+
+local treegen = require('luatest.treegen')
+
+local g = t.group()
+
+
+local function assert_file_content_equals(file, expected)
+    local fh = fio.open(file)
+    t.assert_equals(fh:read(), expected)
+end
+
+g.test_prepare_directory = function()
+    treegen.add_template(g, '^.*$', 'test_script')
+    local dir = treegen.prepare_directory(g, {'foo/bar.lua', 'baz.lua'})
+
+    t.assert(fio.path.is_dir(dir))
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(dir))
+
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(fio.pathjoin(dir, 'foo', 'bar.lua')))
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(fio.pathjoin(dir, 'baz.lua')))
+
+    assert_file_content_equals(fio.pathjoin(dir, 'foo', 'bar.lua'), 'test_script')
+    assert_file_content_equals(fio.pathjoin(dir, 'baz.lua'), 'test_script')
+end
+
+g.before_test('test_clean_keep_data', function()
+    treegen.add_template(g, '^.*$', 'test_script')
+
+    os.setenv('KEEP_DATA', 'true')
+
+    g.dir = treegen.prepare_directory(g, {'foo.lua'})
+
+    t.assert(fio.path.is_dir(g.dir))
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(g.dir))
+end)
+
+g.test_clean_keep_data = function()
+    t.assert(fio.path.is_dir(g.dir))
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(g.dir))
+end
+
+g.after_test('test_clean_keep_data', function()
+    os.setenv('KEEP_DATA', '')
+    t.assert(fio.path.is_dir(g.dir))
+    t.assert(fio.path.exists(g.dir))
+end)