diff --git a/plugin/paredit.vim b/plugin/paredit.vim
index 4fcfd9b..2c15bf4 100644
--- a/plugin/paredit.vim
+++ b/plugin/paredit.vim
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function! PareditInitBuffer()
     let b:paredit_init = 1
     " in case they are accidentally removed
     " Also define regular expressions to identify special characters used by paredit
-    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
         let b:any_matched_char   = '(\|)\|\[\|\]\|{\|}\|\"'
         let b:any_matched_pair   = '()\|\[\]\|{}\|\"\"'
         let b:any_opening_char   = '(\|\[\|{'
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function! PareditInitBuffer()
         inoremap <buffer> <expr>   "            PareditInsertQuotes()
         inoremap <buffer> <expr>   <BS>         PareditBackspace(0)
         inoremap <buffer> <expr>   <Del>        PareditDel()
-        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*' && g:paredit_smartjump
+        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*' && g:paredit_smartjump
             nnoremap <buffer> <silent> (            :<C-U>call PareditSmartJumpOpening(0)<CR>
             nnoremap <buffer> <silent> )            :<C-U>call PareditSmartJumpClosing(0)<CR>
             vnoremap <buffer> <silent> (            <Esc>:<C-U>call PareditSmartJumpOpening(1)<CR>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function! PareditInitBuffer()
         execute 'nmap     <buffer> <silent> ' . g:paredit_leader.'<Up>    d[(,S'
         execute 'nmap     <buffer> <silent> ' . g:paredit_leader.'<Down>  d])%,S'
         call RepeatableNNoRemap(g:paredit_leader . 'I', ':<C-U>call PareditRaise()')
-        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
             inoremap <buffer> <expr>   [            PareditInsertOpening('[',']')
             inoremap <buffer> <silent> ]            <C-R>=(pumvisible() ? "\<lt>C-Y>" : "")<CR><C-O>:let save_ve=&ve<CR><C-O>:set ve=all<CR><C-O>:<C-U>call PareditInsertClosing('[',']')<CR><C-O>:let &ve=save_ve<CR>
             inoremap <buffer> <expr>   {            PareditInsertOpening('{','}')
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function! PareditInitBuffer()
         silent! unmap  <buffer> cb
         silent! unmap  <buffer> ciw
         silent! unmap  <buffer> caw
-        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
             silent! iunmap <buffer> [
             silent! iunmap <buffer> ]
             silent! iunmap <buffer> {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ endfunction
 " Include all prefix and special characters in 'iskeyword'
 function! s:SetKeyword()
     let old_value = &iskeyword
-    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
         setlocal iskeyword+=+,-,*,/,%,<,=,>,:,$,?,!,@-@,94,~,#,\|,&
     else
         setlocal iskeyword+=+,-,*,/,%,<,=,>,:,$,?,!,@-@,94,~,#,\|,&,.,{,},[,]
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ function! s:IsBalanced()
         return 0
     endif
 
-    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
         let b1 = searchpair( '\[', '', '\]', 'brnmW', s:skip_sc, matchb )
         let b2 = searchpair( '\[', '', '\]',  'rnmW', s:skip_sc, matchf )
         if !(b1 == b2) && !(b1 == b2 - 1 && line[c-1] == '[') && !(b1 == b2 + 1 && line[c-1] == ']')
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ function! s:Unbalanced( matched )
     while 1
         let matched = tmp
         let tmp = substitute( tmp, '(\(\s*\))',   ' \1 ', 'g')
-        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+        if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
             let tmp = substitute( tmp, '\[\(\s*\)\]', ' \1 ', 'g')
             let tmp = substitute( tmp, '{\(\s*\)}',   ' \1 ', 'g')
         endif
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ function! s:Unbalanced( matched )
         if tmp == matched
             " All paired chars eliminated
             let tmp = substitute( tmp, ')\(\s*\)(',   ' \1 ', 'g')
-            if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+            if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
                 let tmp = substitute( tmp, '\]\(\s*\)\[', ' \1 ', 'g')
                 let tmp = substitute( tmp, '}\(\s*\){',   ' \1 ', 'g')
             endif
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ function! s:ReGatherUp()
             normal! ddk
         endwhile
         normal! Jl
-    elseif g:paredit_electric_return && getline('.') =~ '^\s*\(\]\|}\)' && &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*' 
+    elseif g:paredit_electric_return && getline('.') =~ '^\s*\(\]\|}\)' && &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*' 
         " Re-gather electric returns in the current line for ']' and '}'
         normal! k
         while getline( line('.') ) =~ '^\s*$'
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ function! PareditInsertClosing( open, close )
             normal! Jl
             return
         endif
-        if len(nextline) > 0 && nextline[0] =~ '\]\|}' && &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*' 
+        if len(nextline) > 0 && nextline[0] =~ '\]\|}' && &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*' 
             " Re-gather electric returns in the line of the closing ']' or '}'
             call setline( line('.'), substitute( line, '\s*$', '', 'g' ) )
             normal! Jxl
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ function! s:FindClosing()
     endif
     call setpos( '.', [0, l, c, 0] )
 
-    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\).*'
+    if &ft =~ '.*\(clojure\|scheme\|racket\|hy\).*'
         call PareditFindClosing( '[', ']', 0 )
         let lp = line( '.' )
         let cp = col( '.' )
@@ -1749,5 +1749,6 @@ endif
 if !exists("g:paredit_disable_scheme")
     au FileType scheme    call PareditInitBuffer()
     au FileType racket    call PareditInitBuffer()
+    au FileType hy    call PareditInitBuffer()
 endif