diff --git a/Cask b/Cask
index c59442631..ade95f899 100644
--- a/Cask
+++ b/Cask
@@ -95,3 +95,5 @@
 (depends-on "git-rebase-mode")
 (depends-on "gitconfig-mode")
 (depends-on "gitignore-mode")
+
+(depends-on "applescript-mode")
diff --git a/init/core-editor.el b/init/core-editor.el
index 1484883a8..7ddb1c233 100644
--- a/init/core-editor.el
+++ b/init/core-editor.el
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("zsh\\(env\\|rc\\)?\\'" . shell-script-mode))
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("z\\(profile\\|login\\|logout\\)?\\'" . shell-script-mode))
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("zsh/" . shell-script-mode))
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.applescript$" . applescript-mode))
 
 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'enable-hard-wrap)
 (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'enable-comment-hard-wrap)