diff --git a/angel_vscode/package.json b/angel_vscode/package.json
index dceaa425..b4bc80ca 100644
--- a/angel_vscode/package.json
+++ b/angel_vscode/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,25 @@
         "title": "Hello World"
       }
     ],
+    "languages": [
+      {
+        "id": "jael",
+        "aliases": [
+          "Jael"
+        ],
+        "extensions": [
+          ".jael"
+        ],
+        "configuration": "./syntaxes/jael-language-configuration.json"
+      }
+    ],
+    "grammars": [
+      {
+        "language": "jael",
+        "scopeName": "source.jael",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/jael.json"
+      }
+    ],
     "snippets": [
       {
         "language": "dart",
diff --git a/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael-language-configuration.json b/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael-language-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f428e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael-language-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "attribution-notice": {
+    "author-of-most-of-this-file": "Danny Tuppeny",
+    "source": "https://github.com/Dart-Code/Dart-Code/blob/master/syntaxes/dart.json"
+  },
+  "comments": {
+    "blockComment": ["<!--", "-->"]
+  },
+  "brackets": [["{", "}"], ["[", "]"], ["(", ")"], ["<", ">"]],
+  "autoClosingPairs": [
+    { "open": "{", "close": "}" },
+    { "open": "[", "close": "]" },
+    { "open": "(", "close": ")" },
+    { "open": "'", "close": "'", "notIn": ["string", "comment"] },
+    { "open": "\"", "close": "\"", "notIn": ["string"] },
+    { "open": "`", "close": "`", "notIn": ["string", "comment"] },
+    { "open": "/**", "close": " */", "notIn": ["string"] }
+  ],
+  "surroundingPairs": [
+    ["{", "}"],
+    ["[", "]"],
+    ["(", ")"],
+    ["<", ">"],
+    ["'", "'"],
+    ["\"", "\""],
+    ["`", "`"]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael.json b/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02856a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angel_vscode/syntaxes/jael.json
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+{
+  "fileTypes": ["jael"],
+  "name": "Jael",
+  "scopeName": "source.jael",
+  "patterns": [
+    {
+      "include": "#expressions"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "[:,\\.]",
+      "name": "punctuation.jael"
+    },
+    {
+      "begin": "{{-?",
+      "end": "}}",
+      "beginCaptures": {
+        "0": {
+          "name": "comment.jael"
+        }
+      },
+      "endCaptures": {
+        "0": {
+          "name": "comment.jael"
+        }
+      },
+      "patterns": [{ "include": "#expressions" }, { "include": "#operators" }]
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "\\b(block|declare|for-each|extend|if|include|switch)\\b",
+      "name": "keyword.control.jael"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "<\\s*/?\\s*([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\\b",
+      "captures": {
+        "1": {
+          "name": "keyword.tag.jael"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "@[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*",
+      "name": "storage.argument.jael"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "\\b(@?[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)=",
+      "captures": {
+        "1": {
+          "name": "storage.name.jael"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "captures": {
+        "0": {
+          "name": "punctuation.definition.comment.jael"
+        }
+      },
+      "begin": "<!--",
+      "end": "-->",
+      "name": "comment.jael"
+    },
+    {
+      "include": "#operators"
+    }
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "operators": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "match": "((!?=)|\\+|\\*|-|/|\\?|(\\?\\.)|%|\\[|\\])",
+          "name": "keyword.operator.jael"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "expressions": {
+      "patterns": [
+        {
+          "match": "\\b[<>]\\b",
+          "name": "keyword.operator.jael"
+        },
+        {
+          "begin": "'",
+          "end": "'",
+          "name": "string.quoted.single.jael",
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "name": "constant.character.escape.jael",
+              "match": "\\\\[bfnrt']"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "begin": "\"",
+          "end": "\"",
+          "name": "string.quoted.double.jael",
+          "patterns": [
+            {
+              "name": "constant.character.escape.jael",
+              "match": "\\\\[bfnrt\"]"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "match": "\\b(true|false|null)\\b",
+          "name": "constant.language.jael"
+        },
+        {
+          "match": "\\b-?[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?([Ee][0-9]+)?\\b",
+          "name": "constant.numeric.jael"
+        },
+        {
+          "match": "\\b0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+\\b",
+          "name": "constant.numeric.jael"
+        },
+        {
+          "match": "([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)\\s*\\(",
+          "captures": {
+            "1": {
+              "name": "entity.name.function.jael"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}