diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 7046dd8e6..8096291c9 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
        ;;(java +meghanada) ; the poster child for carpal tunnel syndrome
        ;;javascript        ; all(hope(abandon(ye(who(enter(here))))))
        ;;julia             ; a better, faster MATLAB
+       ;;kotlin            ; a better, slicker Java(Script)
        ;;latex             ; writing papers in Emacs has never been so fun
        ;;ledger            ; an accounting system in Emacs
        ;;lua               ; one-based indices? one-based indices
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/autoload.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/autoload.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eee6cd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/autoload.el
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+;;; lang/kotlin/autoload.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;;;autoload
+(defun +kotlin-locate-gradlew-file ()
+  "Gradlew file location for this project."
+  (locate-dominating-file buffer-file-name "gradlew"))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +kotlin/run-gradlew (command)
+  "Run gradlew in this project."
+  (interactive "sCommand: ")
+  (let ((default-directory (+kotlin-locate-gradlew-file))
+        (compilation-read-command nil)
+        (compile-command (format "sh gradlew %s" command)))
+    (call-interactively #'compile)))
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc02f1035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+;;; lang/kotlin/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(after! kotlin-mode
+  (set-docsets! 'kotlin-mode "Kotlin")
+
+  (map! :map kotlin-mode-map
+        :localleader
+        :prefix ("b" . "build")
+        :desc "gradlew assemble" "a" (λ! (+kotlin/run-gradlew "assemble"))
+        :desc "gradlew build"    "b" (λ! (+kotlin/run-gradlew "build"))
+        :desc "gradlew test"     "t" (λ! (+kotlin/run-gradlew "test"))))
+
+(def-package! flycheck-kotlin
+  :when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  :after kotlin-mode
+  :config (add-hook 'kotlin-mode-hook #'flycheck-kotlin-setup))
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/doctor.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/doctor.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63eabc017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/doctor.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; lang/kotlin/doctor.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+(unless (executable-find "ktlint")
+  (warn! "ktlint not found. flycheck-kotlin won't work."))
diff --git a/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el b/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7c3361dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lang/kotlin/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; lang/kotlin/packages.el
+
+(package! kotlin-mode)
+
+(when (featurep! :tools flycheck)
+  (package! flycheck-kotlin))