diff --git a/packages/hy/1.0a4/build.sh b/packages/hy/1.0a4/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f1e9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hy/1.0a4/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PREFIX=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
+
+mkdir -p build
+
+cd build
+
+curl "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.0/Python-3.10.0.tgz" -o python.tar.gz
+tar xzf python.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+rm python.tar.gz
+
+./configure --prefix "$PREFIX" --with-ensurepip=install
+make -j$(nproc)
+make install -j$(nproc)
+
+cd ..
+
+rm -rf build
+
+bin/pip3 install numpy scipy pandas pycrypto whoosh bcrypt passlib sympy
+bin/pip3 install --pre hy==1.0a4 hyrule==0.1 toolz multipledispatch funcy funcy_chain pyrsistent
diff --git a/packages/hy/1.0a4/environment b/packages/hy/1.0a4/environment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977a5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hy/1.0a4/environment
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/packages/hy/1.0a4/metadata.json b/packages/hy/1.0a4/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe827af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hy/1.0a4/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "language": "hy",
+    "version": "1.0a4",
+    "aliases": ["hy", "hy1.0", "hy1.0a4"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/hy/1.0a4/run b/packages/hy/1.0a4/run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd0359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hy/1.0a4/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+hy "$@"
diff --git a/packages/hy/1.0a4/test.hy b/packages/hy/1.0a4/test.hy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d47e36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hy/1.0a4/test.hy
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(print (cut "abcdef" 1 4))
+
+(defn test [a b [c None] [d "x"] #* e]
+  [a b c d e])
+(print (test 1 2))            ; => [1, 2, None, 'x', ()]
+(print (test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7))  ; => [1, 2, 3, 4, (5, 6, 7)]
+
+(import math)
+(print (math.sqrt 2))
+
+(import hyrule [inc])
+(require hyrule [assoc])
+(print (list (map inc [1 2 3])))
+(setv d {})
+(assoc d  "a" 1  "b" 2)
+(print d)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7724fdb..f2d21aa 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ Errors may return status codes as follows:
 `groovy`,
 `haskell`,
 `husk`,
+`hy`,
 `iverilog`,
 `japt`,
 `java`,