diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 3cd9bdc..b7bf90f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ ELPA (or MELPA).")
 (require 'prelude-mode)
 (require 'prelude-editor)
 (require 'prelude-global-keybindings)
+(require 'prelude-auto-install)
 
 (when (eq system-type 'darwin)
   (require 'prelude-osx))
diff --git a/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el b/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7359d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prelude/prelude-auto-install.el
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+;;; prelude-auto-install.el --- Emacs Prelude: auto-install required packages
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Bozhidar Batsov
+;;
+;; Author: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.com>
+;; URL: http://batsov.com/emacs-prelude
+;; Version: 1.0.0
+;; Keywords: convenience
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; A simple mechanism to automatically install missing packages.
+
+;;; License:
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+;; as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
+;; of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+
+(defmacro prelude-auto-install (ext mode)
+  `(unless (fboundp ',mode)
+     (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
+                  `(,ext . (lambda ()
+                            (package-install ',mode)
+                            (,mode))))))
+
+(defvar prelude-auto-install-alist
+  '(("\\.markdown\\'" . markdown-mode)
+    ("\\.md\\'" . markdown-mode)
+    ("\\.haml\\'" . haml-mode)
+    ("\\.scss\\'" . scss-mode)
+    ("\\.sass\\'" . sass-mode)
+    ("\\.groovy\\'" . groovy-mode)
+    ("\\.yml\\'" . yaml-mode)
+    ("\\.php\\'" . php-mode)
+    ("\\.hs\\'" . haskell-mode)
+    ("\\.less\\'" . less-css-mode)
+    ("\\.lua\\'" . lua-mode)))
+
+(dolist (entry prelude-auto-install-alist)
+  (let ((ext (car entry))
+        (mode (cdr entry)))
+   (prelude-auto-install ext mode)))
+
+(provide 'prelude-auto-install)
+;;; prelude-auto-install.el ends here