diff --git a/lockfile.json b/lockfile.json
index 3e3f3db89..0d3748886 100644
--- a/lockfile.json
+++ b/lockfile.json
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@
   "po": {
     "revision": "d6aed225290bc71a15ab6f06305cb11419360c56"
   },
+  "pod": {
+    "revision": "ea5d557cbd185cdcb5efcfdb6bc846fe909d86ae"
+  },
   "poe_filter": {
     "revision": "d7b43b51f92fb19efe8af45c2246087c611c8f63"
   },
diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index d1d97b983..8d12a69aa 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -1281,6 +1281,15 @@ list.po = {
   maintainers = { "@amaanq" },
 }
 
+list.pod = {
+  install_info = {
+    url = "https://github.com/tree-sitter-perl/tree-sitter-pod",
+    files = { "src/parser.c", "src/scanner.c" },
+    branch = "release",
+  },
+  maintainers = { "@RabbiVeesh", "@LeoNerd" },
+}
+
 list.poe_filter = {
   install_info = {
     url = "https://github.com/ObserverOfTime/tree-sitter-poe-filter",
diff --git a/queries/pod/highlights.scm b/queries/pod/highlights.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b65ab63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/queries/pod/highlights.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+; A highlight file for nvim-treesitter to use
+
+[(pod_command)
+ (command)
+ (cut_command)] @keyword
+
+(command_paragraph
+  (command) @keyword
+  (#lua-match? @keyword "^=head")
+  (content) @text.title)
+
+(command_paragraph
+  (command) @keyword
+  (#lua-match? @keyword "^=over")
+  (content) @number)
+
+(command_paragraph
+  (command) @keyword
+  (#lua-match? @keyword "^=item")
+  (content) @text)
+
+(command_paragraph
+  (command) @keyword
+  (#lua-match? @keyword "^=encoding")
+  (content) @string.special)
+
+(command_paragraph
+  (command) @keyword
+  (#not-lua-match? @keyword "^=(head|over|item|encoding)")
+  (content) @string)
+
+(verbatim_paragraph (content) @text.literal)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  ["<" ">"] @punctuation.delimiter
+)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "B")
+  (content) @text.strong)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "C")
+  (content) @text.literal)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "F")
+  (content) @text.underline @string.special)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "I")
+  (content) @text.emphasis)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "L")
+  (content) @text.uri)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "X")
+  (content) @text.reference)
+
+(interior_sequence
+  (sequence_letter) @character
+  (#eq? @character "E")
+  (content) @string.escape)