diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 443ec69..b91ab6b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ matrix:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - APM_TEST_PACKAGES="language-marko language-html-swig language-svg language-d mavensmate-atom"
+    - APM_TEST_PACKAGES="language-marko language-html-swig language-svg language-d mavensmate-atom language-lua"
     - PATH="/home/travis/gopath/bin:$HOME/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"
 
 addons:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dcda17..24d98b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # dev
+- Add beautifier for the Lua language.
 - Add [ocp-indent](https://github.com/OCamlPro/ocp-indent) beautifier for the OCaml language.
 - Add [elm-format](https://github.com/avh4/elm-format) beautifier for the Elm language.
 - Add [clang-format](http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html) beautifier for C/C++/Obj-C languages.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81052ee..73e4ea6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Or Settings/Preferences ➔ Packages ➔ Search for `atom-beautify`
 - [x] [Erlang](https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/pull/683)
   - Requires erlang syntax_tools to be installed
 - [x] [Crystal](https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/pull/900)
+- [x] [Lua](https://github.com/Glavin001/atom-beautify/pull/973)
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f8dd85d..5f7c79f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ build_script:
 
   - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
   # Install languages to Atom
-  - apm install language-marko language-html-swig language-svg language-elm language-d mavensmate-atom
+  - apm install language-marko language-html-swig language-svg language-elm language-d mavensmate-atom language-lua
   # Show current PATH
   - echo %PATH%
   # Run tests on package
diff --git a/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/expected/test.lua b/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/expected/test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c00e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/expected/test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- Ensure that that the element at i is in the right position,
+-- and return a closure which can be used for continuing the sort.
+function quicksorter(i, vec, low, high)
+  if low >= high then
+    return quicksorter
+  else -- low < high
+    -- partition the vector and initialize the child closures
+    local middle = partition(vec, low, high)
+    local left, right = quicksorter
+
+    -- Create the promise
+    local function self(i, vec, low, high)
+      if i < middle then
+        left = left(i, vec, low, middle-1)
+        return self
+      elseif i > middle then
+        right = right(i, vec, middle+1, high)
+        return self
+      end
+    end
+
+    -- Force the promise until i is in the right position
+    return self(i, vec, low, high)
+  end
+end
+
+function lazysort(vec, low, high)
+  local sorter = quicksorter
+  return function(i)
+    sorter = sorter(i, vec, low, high)
+    return vec[i]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/original/test.lua b/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/original/test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..753deb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple-jsbeautifyrc/lua/original/test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- Ensure that that the element at i is in the right position,
+-- and return a closure which can be used for continuing the sort.
+function quicksorter(i, vec, low, high)
+  if low >= high then
+    return quicksorter
+  else -- low < high
+    -- partition the vector and initialize the child closures
+local middle = partition(vec, low, high)
+local left, right = quicksorter
+
+    -- Create the promise
+    local function self(i, vec, low, high)
+if i < middle then
+left = left(i, vec, low, middle-1)
+return self
+elseif i > middle then
+right = right(i, vec, middle+1, high)
+return self
+end
+    end
+    
+      -- Force the promise until i is in the right position
+           return self(i, vec, low, high)
+  end
+end
+
+function lazysort(vec, low, high)
+    local sorter = quicksorter
+  return function(i)
+      sorter = sorter(i, vec, low, high)
+      return vec[i]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0cbd2b1..5cc377d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
     {
       "name": "Patrick Steele-Idem",
       "url": "https://github.com/psteeleidem"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Joost van Doorn",
+      "url": "https://github.com/JoostvDoorn"
     }
   ],
   "engines": {
@@ -192,7 +196,8 @@
     "go",
     "golang",
     "svg",
-    "elm"
+    "elm",
+    "lua"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "coffeelint": "^1.10.1",
diff --git a/spec/beautify-languages-spec.coffee b/spec/beautify-languages-spec.coffee
index e3f9f24..c7ebdcc 100644
--- a/spec/beautify-languages-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/beautify-languages-spec.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe "BeautifyLanguages", ->
     "mustache", "objective-c", "perl", "php",
     "python", "ruby", "sass", "sql", "svg",
     "xml", "csharp", "gfm", "marko",
-    "go", "html-swig"
+    "go", "html-swig", "lua"
     ]
   # All Atom packages that Atom Beautify is dependent on
   dependentPackages = [
diff --git a/src/beautifiers/index.coffee b/src/beautifiers/index.coffee
index 5c97d32..b469166 100644
--- a/src/beautifiers/index.coffee
+++ b/src/beautifiers/index.coffee
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ module.exports = class Beautifiers extends EventEmitter
     'fortran-beautifier'
     'js-beautify'
     'jscs'
+    'lua-beautifier'
     'ocp-indent'
     'perltidy'
     'php-cs-fixer'
diff --git a/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/beautifier.pl b/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/beautifier.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..349831a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/beautifier.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2011 Paul Kulchenko
+# Credits: http://notebook.kulchenko.com/programming/lua-beautifier-in-55-lines-of-perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use constant INDENT => '  ';
+my($currIndent, $nextIndent, $prevLength) = (0, 0, 0);
+
+while (<>) {
+  chomp;
+  s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # remote all spaces on both ends
+  s/\s+/ /g; # replace all whitespaces inside the string with one space
+
+  my $orig = $_;
+
+  s/(['"])[^\1]*?\1//g; # remove all quoted fragments for proper bracket processing
+  s/\s*--.+//; # remove all comments; this ignores long bracket style comments
+
+  # open a level; increase next indentation; don't change current one
+  if (/^((local )?function|repeat|while)\b/ && !/\bend\s*[\),;]*$/
+   || /\b(then|do)$/ && !/^elseif\b/     # only open on 'then' if there is no 'elseif'
+   || /^if\b/ && /\bthen\b/ && !/\bend$/ # only open on 'if' if there is no 'end' at the end
+   || /\bfunction\s*\([^\)]*\)$/) {
+    $nextIndent = $currIndent + 1;
+  }
+  # close the level; change both current and next indentation
+  elsif (/^until\b/ 
+      || /^end\s*[\),;]*$/
+      || /^end\s*\)\s*\.\./ # this is a special case of 'end).."some string"'
+      || /^else(if)?\b/ && /\bend$/) {
+    $nextIndent = $currIndent = $currIndent - 1;
+  }
+  # keep the level; decrease the current indentation; keep the next one
+  elsif (/^else\b/ 
+      || /^elseif\b/) {
+    ($nextIndent, $currIndent) = ($currIndent, $currIndent-1);
+  }
+
+  my $brackets = y/(// - y/)//; # capture unbalanced brackets
+  my $curly = y/{// - y/}//; # capture unbalanced curly brackets
+
+  # close (curly) brackets if needed
+  $currIndent += $curly if $curly < 0 && /^\}/; 
+  $currIndent += $brackets if $brackets < 0 && /^\)/; 
+
+  warn "WARNING: negative indentation at line $.: $orig\n" if $currIndent < 0;
+
+  print((length($orig) ? (INDENT x $currIndent) : ''), $orig, "\n")
+    if $prevLength > 0 || length($orig) > 0; # this is to collapse empty lines
+
+  $nextIndent += $brackets + $curly;
+
+  $currIndent = $nextIndent;
+  $prevLength = length($orig);
+}
+
+warn "WARNING: positive indentation at the end\n" if $nextIndent > 0;
diff --git a/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/index.coffee b/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/index.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7ddfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/beautifiers/lua-beautifier/index.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+###
+###
+path = require("path")
+
+"use strict"
+Beautifier = require('../beautifier')
+
+module.exports = class Lua extends Beautifier
+  name: "lua"
+
+  options: {
+    Lua: true
+  }
+
+  beautify: (text, language, options) ->
+    lua_beautifier = path.resolve(__dirname, "beautifier.pl")
+    @run("perl", [
+      lua_beautifier,
+      '<',
+      @tempFile("input", text)
+      ])
diff --git a/src/languages/index.coffee b/src/languages/index.coffee
index 4861a1c..027488b 100644
--- a/src/languages/index.coffee
+++ b/src/languages/index.coffee
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = class Languages
     "jsx"
     "latex"
     "less"
+    "lua"
     "markdown"
     'marko'
     "mustache"
diff --git a/src/languages/lua.coffee b/src/languages/lua.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3595401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/languages/lua.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module.exports = {
+
+  name: "Lua"
+  namespace: "lua"
+
+  ###
+  Supported Grammars
+  ###
+  grammars: [
+    "Lua"
+  ]
+
+  ###
+  Supported extensions
+  ###
+  extensions: [
+    'lua'
+  ]
+
+  defaultBeautifier: "lua"
+
+}