diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb4a898..2b5953e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ The created files come with blank description in their comment headers.
 * R
 * Ruby
 * Rust
+* Scala
 * Scheme
 * Sql
 * Swift
diff --git a/extdata/InlineComments.txt b/extdata/InlineComments.txt
index e6056d9..3caecd1 100644
--- a/extdata/InlineComments.txt
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-.cpp .c++ .cxx .c .cc .jav .j .java .js .h .hh .hpp .hxx .h++ .go .cs .kt .rs .m .mm .fs .fsi .fsx .fsscript .dart .gs .gsp .gst .gsx .d .boo .ceylon .es .ftd .fal .fam .groovy .gvy .gy .gsh .io .n .pony : // {}
+.cpp .c++ .cxx .c .cc .jav .j .java .js .h .hh .hpp .hxx .h++ .go .cs .kt .rs .m .mm .fs .fsi .fsx .fsscript .dart .gs .gsp .gst .gsx .d .boo .ceylon .es .ftd .fal .fam .groovy .gvy .gy .gsh .io .n .pony .scala .sc : // {}
 .ada .adb .ads .scpt .scptd .applescript .agda .lagda .lua .elm .egi .ex .exw .hs .lhs .sql .pls .exs : -- {}
 .clj .cljs .cljc .edn .lg .scm : ;; {}
 .cbl .cob .cpy : *> {}
diff --git a/extdata/scala.tpl b/extdata/scala.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2ed1d
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+++ b/extdata/scala.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+object HelloWorld {
+   def main(args: Array[String]) {
+      println("Hello, world!")
+   }
+}
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