diff --git a/lib/parser_core.js b/lib/parser_core.js
index 7f69b98..512c926 100644
--- a/lib/parser_core.js
+++ b/lib/parser_core.js
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ var Ruler  = require('./ruler');
 
 var _rules = [
   [ 'block',        require('./rules_core/block')        ],
+  [ 'abbr',         require('./rules_core/abbr')         ],
   [ 'references',   require('./rules_core/references')   ],
   [ 'inline',       require('./rules_core/inline')       ],
+  [ 'abbr2',        require('./rules_core/abbr2')        ],
   [ 'replacements', require('./rules_core/replacements') ],
   [ 'smartquotes',  require('./rules_core/smartquotes')  ],
   [ 'linkify',      require('./rules_core/linkify')      ]
diff --git a/lib/renderer.js b/lib/renderer.js
index 615a484..68c3981 100644
--- a/lib/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/renderer.js
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ function getBreak(tokens, idx) {
 var rules = {};
 
 
+rules.abbr_open = function (tokens, idx/*, options*/) {
+  var title = tokens[idx].title ? (' title="' + escapeHtml(replaceEntities(tokens[idx].title)) + '"') : '';
+  return '<abbr' + title + '>';
+};
+rules.abbr_close = function (/*tokens, idx, options*/) {
+  return '</abbr>';
+};
+
+
 rules.blockquote_open = function (/*tokens, idx, options*/) {
   return '<blockquote>\n';
 };
diff --git a/lib/rules_core/abbr.js b/lib/rules_core/abbr.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a983e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rules_core/abbr.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Parse abbreviation definitions, i.e. `*[abbr]: description`
+//
+
+'use strict';
+
+var StateInline          = require('../rules_inline/state_inline');
+var parseLinkLabel       = require('../links').parseLinkLabel;
+
+
+function parseAbbr(str, parser, options, env) {
+  var state, labelEnd, pos, max, label, title;
+
+  if (str.charCodeAt(0) !== 0x2A/* * */) { return -1; }
+  if (str.charCodeAt(1) !== 0x5B/* [ */) { return -1; }
+
+  if (str.indexOf(']:') === -1) { return -1; }
+
+  state = new StateInline(str, parser, options, env);
+  labelEnd = parseLinkLabel(state, 1);
+
+  if (labelEnd < 0 || str.charCodeAt(labelEnd + 1) !== 0x3A/* : */) { return -1; }
+
+  max = state.posMax;
+
+  // abbr title is always one line, so looking for ending "\n" here
+  for (pos = labelEnd + 2; pos < max; pos++) {
+    if (state.src.charCodeAt(pos) === 0x0A) { break; }
+  }
+
+  label = str.slice(2, labelEnd);
+  title = str.slice(labelEnd + 2, pos).trim();
+  if (title.length === 0) { return -1; }
+  if (!env.abbreviations) { env.abbreviations = {}; }
+  env.abbreviations[label] = env.abbreviations[label] || title;
+
+  return pos;
+}
+
+module.exports = function abbr(state) {
+  var tokens = state.tokens, i, l, content, pos;
+
+  // Parse inlines
+  for (i = 1, l = tokens.length - 1; i < l; i++) {
+    if (tokens[i - 1].type === 'paragraph_open' &&
+        tokens[i].type === 'inline' &&
+        tokens[i + 1].type === 'paragraph_close') {
+
+      content = tokens[i].content;
+      while (content.length) {
+        pos = parseAbbr(content, state.inline, state.options, state.env);
+        if (pos < 0) { break; }
+        content = content.slice(pos).trim();
+      }
+
+      tokens[i].content = content;
+      if (!content.length) {
+        tokens[i - 1].tight = true;
+        tokens[i + 1].tight = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/rules_core/abbr2.js b/lib/rules_core/abbr2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec76f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rules_core/abbr2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Enclose abbreviations in <abbr> tags
+//
+'use strict';
+
+
+var PUNCT_CHARS = ' \n()[]\'".,!?-';
+
+
+// from Google closure library
+// http://closure-library.googlecode.com/git-history/docs/local_closure_goog_string_string.js.source.html#line1021
+function regEscape(s) {
+  return s.replace(/([-()\[\]{}+?*.$\^|,:#<!\\])/g, '\\$1');
+}
+
+
+module.exports = function abbr2(state) {
+  var i, j, l, tokens, token, text, nodes, pos, level, reg, m, regText,
+      blockTokens = state.tokens;
+
+  if (!state.env.abbreviations) { return; }
+  if (!state.env.abbrRegExp) {
+    regText = '(^|[' + PUNCT_CHARS.split('').map(regEscape).join('') + '])'
+            + '(' + Object.keys(state.env.abbreviations).sort(function (a, b) {
+                      return b.length - a.length;
+                    }).map(regEscape).join('|') + ')'
+            + '($|[' + PUNCT_CHARS.split('').map(regEscape).join('') + '])';
+    state.env.abbrRegExp = new RegExp(regText, 'g');
+  }
+  reg = state.env.abbrRegExp;
+
+  for (j = 0, l = blockTokens.length; j < l; j++) {
+    if (blockTokens[j].type !== 'inline') { continue; }
+    tokens = blockTokens[j].children;
+
+    // We scan from the end, to keep position when new tags added.
+    for (i = tokens.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      token = tokens[i];
+      if (token.type !== 'text') { continue; }
+
+      pos = 0;
+      text = token.content;
+      reg.lastIndex = 0;
+      level = token.level;
+      nodes = [];
+
+      while ((m = reg.exec(text))) {
+        if (reg.lastIndex > pos) {
+          nodes.push({
+            type: 'text',
+            content: text.slice(pos, m.index + m[1].length),
+            level: level
+          });
+        }
+
+        nodes.push({
+          type: 'abbr_open',
+          title: state.env.abbreviations[m[2]],
+          level: level++
+        });
+        nodes.push({
+          type: 'text',
+          content: m[2],
+          level: level
+        });
+        nodes.push({
+          type: 'abbr_close',
+          level: --level
+        });
+        pos = reg.lastIndex - m[3].length;
+      }
+
+      if (!nodes.length) { continue; }
+
+      if (pos < text.length) {
+        nodes.push({
+          type: 'text',
+          content: text.slice(pos),
+          level: level
+        });
+      }
+
+      // replace current node
+      blockTokens[j].children = tokens = [].concat(tokens.slice(0, i), nodes, tokens.slice(i + 1));
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/remarkable/abbr.txt b/test/fixtures/remarkable/abbr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52fc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/remarkable/abbr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+
+An example from php markdown readme:
+
+.
+*[HTML]: Hyper Text Markup Language
+*[W3C]:  World Wide Web Consortium
+The HTML specification
+is maintained by the W3C.
+.
+<p>The <abbr title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</abbr> specification
+is maintained by the <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>.</p>
+.
+
+They can be multiline (see pandoc implementation). Not sure about newlines, but we should at least skip those definitions:
+
+.
+*[
+foo
+bar
+]: desc
+foo
+.
+<p>foo</p>
+.
+
+They can contain arbitrary markup (see pandoc implementation):
+
+.
+*[`]:`]: foo
+\`]:\`
+.
+<p><abbr title="foo">`]:`</abbr></p>
+.
+
+Can contain matched brackets:
+
+.
+*[[abbr]]: foo
+[abbr]
+.
+<p><abbr title="foo">[abbr]</abbr></p>
+.
+
+No empty abbreviations:
+
+.
+*[foo]: 
+foo
+.
+<p>*[foo]:
+foo</p>
+.
+
+Intersecting abbreviations (first should match):
+
+.
+*[Bar Foo]: 123
+*[Foo Bar]: 456
+
+Foo Bar Foo
+
+Bar Foo Bar
+.
+<p><abbr title="456">Foo Bar</abbr> Foo</p>
+<p><abbr title="123">Bar Foo</abbr> Bar</p>
+.
+
+Don't bother with nested abbreviations (yet?):
+
+.
+*[JS]: javascript
+*[HTTP]: hyper text blah blah
+*[JS HTTP]: is awesome
+JS HTTP is a collection of low-level javascript HTTP-related modules
+.
+<p><abbr title="is awesome">JS HTTP</abbr> is a collection of low-level javascript <abbr title="hyper text blah blah">HTTP</abbr>-related modules</p>
+.
+
+Don't match the middle of the string:
+
+.
+*[foo]: blah
+*[bar]: blah
+foobar
+.
+<p>foobar</p>
+.