diff --git a/nanorc b/nanorc
index ef30a6a..bdbff80 100644
--- a/nanorc
+++ b/nanorc
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ include ~/.nano/python.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/reST.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/rpmspec.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/ruby.nanorc
+include ~/.nano/scala.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/sed.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/sh.nanorc
 include ~/.nano/sql.nanorc
diff --git a/scala.nanorc b/scala.nanorc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9e8384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scala.nanorc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## Here is an example for Scala.
+##
+syntax "scala" "\.scala$"
+color green "\<(boolean|byte|char|double|float|int|long|new|short|this|transient|void)\>"
+color red "\<(match|val|var|break|case|catch|continue|default|do|else|finally|for|if|return|switch|throw|try|while)\>"
+color cyan "\<(def|object|case|trait|lazy|implicit|abstract|class|extends|final|implements|import|instanceof|interface|native|package|private|protected|public|static|strictfp|super|synchronized|throws|volatile)\>"
+color red ""[^"]*""
+color yellow "\<(true|false|null)\>"
+color blue "//.*"
+color blue start="/\*" end="\*/"
+color brightblue start="/\*\*" end="\*/"
+color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"