diff --git a/templates/inspec/singular_resource.erb b/templates/inspec/singular_resource.erb
index dd01389cda92..46df0e58fd30 100644
--- a/templates/inspec/singular_resource.erb
+++ b/templates/inspec/singular_resource.erb
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ class <%= object.name -%> < Inspec.resource(1)
     '<%= url(object) %>'
   end
 
+<% if object.self_link_query.nil? -%>
+  def initialize(params)
+    @fetched = fetch_resource(params)
+    parse unless @fetched.nil?
+  end
+<% else # object.self_link_query.nil? -%>
+   # TODO(slevenick) for other products
+   def initialize(params)
+     raise 'Not implemented'
+   end
+<% end # object.self_link_query.nil? -%>
+
+  def fetch_resource(params)
+    get_request = inspec.backend.fetch(base, url, params)
+  end
+
   def parse
 <%
   fetch_code = object.properties.map do |prop|