diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5ad2150..58cf2b5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "3rd-party/vim-flatbuffers"]
 	path = 3rd-party/vim-flatbuffers
 	url = https://github.com/dcharbon/vim-flatbuffers
+[submodule "3rd-party/vim-hcl"]
+	path = 3rd-party/vim-hcl
+	url = https://github.com/jvirtanen/vim-hcl
diff --git a/3rd-party/vim-hcl b/3rd-party/vim-hcl
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6289d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rd-party/vim-hcl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6289d1a1424229a8f6523f4ef9441dbf2468250b
diff --git a/files/.vim/ftdetect/hcl.vim b/files/.vim/ftdetect/hcl.vim
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..861f817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/.vim/ftdetect/hcl.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../3rd-party/vim-hcl/ftdetect/hcl.vim
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/files/.vim/syntax/hcl.vim b/files/.vim/syntax/hcl.vim
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..dc9d64f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/.vim/syntax/hcl.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../3rd-party/vim-hcl/syntax/hcl.vim
\ No newline at end of file