diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index 690348ff9..d98daaee6 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -498,6 +498,15 @@ list.r = {
   maintainers = { "@jimhester" },
 }
 
+list.beancout = {
+    install_info = {
+        url = "https://github.com/polarmutex/tree-sitter-beancount",
+        files = { "src/parser.c" },
+        branch = "master",
+    },
+    maintainers = { "@polarmutex" }
+}
+
 local M = {
   list = list
 }
diff --git a/queries/beancount/folds.scm b/queries/beancount/folds.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25eb27b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/queries/beancount/folds.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+    (transaction)
+] @fold
diff --git a/queries/beancount/highlights.scm b/queries/beancount/highlights.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16b586a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/queries/beancount/highlights.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+(date) @field
+(txn) @annotation
+
+(account) @type
+
+(amount) @number
+(incomplete_amount) @number
+(amount_tolerance) @number
+
+(currency) @property
+
+(key) @label
+(string) @string
+
+(tag) @constant
+(link) @constant
+
+(comment) @comment
+
+[
+    (BALANCE) (OPEN) (CLOSE) (COMMODITY) (PAD)
+    (EVENT) (PRICE) (NOTE) (DOCUMENT) (QUERY)
+    (CUSTOM) (PUSHTAG) (POPTAG) (PUSHMETA)
+    (POPMETA) (OPTION) (INCLUDE) (PLUGIN)
+] @keyword
diff --git a/queries/beancount/locals.scm b/queries/beancount/locals.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffe5b264a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/queries/beancount/locals.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(transaction
+    (date) @definition.date
+    (txn_strings) @definition.payee) @definition.transaction