Abstract: A bracket for providing support for paneling which is customarily nailed or screwed to framing. The bracket comprises a base panel for receiving drywall screws and a support panel for nailing to framing. The base panel has a foraminous surface for promoting penetration by drywall screws and a reinforcing flange disposed at an angle to the base panel. The support panel is disposed perpendicularly to the base panel, and has preformed apertures for accepting nails to secure the bracket to framing. A tab is punched from the base panel and folded over so as to be coplanar with the base panel and perpendicular to the support panel. The bracket has a T-shaped configuration when viewed in end elevation. The support panel forms the stem of the T, and is topped on one side by the base panel and on the other side by the tab.