diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index fcf401d20..b9cc48f8b 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
        emacs-lisp      ; drown in parentheses
        go              ; the hipster dialect
        haskell         ; a language that's lazier than I am
+       hy              ; readability of scheme w/ speed of python
        java            ; the poster child for carpal tunnel syndrome
        javascript      ; all(hope(abandon(ye(who(enter(here))))))
        julia           ; a better, faster MATLAB
diff --git a/modules/lang/hy/config.el b/modules/lang/hy/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3a8007a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/hy/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; lang/hy/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(def-package! hy-mode
+  :mode "\\.hy$")
diff --git a/modules/lang/hy/packages.el b/modules/lang/hy/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3ccf2ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/hy/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+;;; lang/hy/packages.el -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+
+(package! hy-mode)