diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index afac4b2..9cd0b3e 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func Execute(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
         "csharp", "cs", "c#",
         "go",
         "java",
+        "julia", "jl",
         "nasm", "asm",
         "node", "javascript", "js",
         "php",
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@ func launch(request Inbound, res http.ResponseWriter) {
         execlang = "nasm"
     case "js", "javascript":
         execlang = "node"
+    case "jl":
+        execlang = "julia"
     case "python":
         execlang = "python3"
     case "ts":
diff --git a/lxc/execute b/lxc/execute
index e09817f..e8a9f50 100755
--- a/lxc/execute
+++ b/lxc/execute
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ case "$lang" in
 "java")
     bin=java
     ;;
+"julia" | "jl")
+    bin=julia
+    ;;
 "nasm" | "asm")
     bin=nasm
     ;;
diff --git a/lxc/executors/julia b/lxc/executors/julia
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7dddb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc/executors/julia
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cd /tmp/$2
+runuser runner$1 -c "cd /tmp/$2 ; cat args.args | xargs -d '\n' timeout -s KILL 3 julia code.code"
diff --git a/lxc/versions b/lxc/versions
index a3b1e10..f53836e 100755
--- a/lxc/versions
+++ b/lxc/versions
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ echo '---'
 echo 'java'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "java -version"
 echo '---'
+echo 'julia'
+lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "julia --version"
+echo '---'
 echo 'nasm'
 lxc-attach --clear-env -n piston -- /bin/bash -l -c "nasm -version"
 echo '---'
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a44a202..f9c9fd6 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ tar -xzf openjdk-14_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java/jdk-14/bin' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile
 
+# install julia
+#final binary: /opt/julia/julia-1.4.1/bin/julia --version
+cd /opt && mkdir julia && cd julia
+wget https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/1.4/julia-1.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+tar -xzf julia-1.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/julia/julia-1.4.1/bin' >> /opt/.profile
+source /opt/.profile
+
+
 # create runnable users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do
     useradd -M runner$i
diff --git a/tests/test.jl b/tests/test.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfd06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test.jl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+println("good")
diff --git a/tests/test_all_lxc b/tests/test_all_lxc
index dab55df..e3cf275 100755
--- a/tests/test_all_lxc
+++ b/tests/test_all_lxc
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ echo 'testing asm'
 ../lxc/execute asm test.nasm
 echo 'testing js'
 ../lxc/execute js test.js
+echo 'testing jl'
+../lxc/execute jl test.jl
 echo 'testing php'
 ../lxc/execute php test.php
 echo 'testing python2'