diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/.gitignore b/exercises/practice/acronym/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78d2464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+## -*- conf -*-
+.rebar3
+.docs/
+.meta/
+_build/
+ebin/
+erl_crash.dump
+rebar3.crashdump
+
+tmp
+bin/configlet
+bin/configlet.exe
+CHECKLIST
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/Makefile b/exercises/practice/acronym/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbb5a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+ERL    := $(shell which erl)
+REBAR3 := $(shell which rebar3)
+
+null  :=
+space := $(null) #
+comma := ,
+
+ifeq ($(ERL),)
+  $(error Can't find Erlang executable 'erl')
+else ifeq ($(REBAR3),)
+  $(error Can't find rebar3)
+endif
+
+compile: ; $(REBAR3) compile
+
+clean: ; $(REBAR3) clean
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	$(REBAR3) eunit \
+	-m $(subst $(space),$(comma),$(basename $(notdir $(wildcard test/*.lfe))))
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.config b/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d53487a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{plugins, [{rebar3_lfe, "0.4.3"}]}.
+
+{provider_hooks, [{post, [{compile, {lfe, compile}}]}]}.
+
+{deps, [{lfe, "2.1.1"}]}.
+
+{profiles,
+ [{test,
+   [{eunit_compile_opts, [{src_dirs, ["src", "test"]}]},
+    {deps,
+     [{ltest, "0.13.3"}]}]}]}.
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.lock b/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a6b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/rebar.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{"1.2.0",
+[{<<"lfe">>,{pkg,<<"lfe">>,<<"2.1.1">>},0}]}.
+[
+{pkg_hash,[
+ {<<"lfe">>, <<"4A888B26172D198DC7A5AFEB897E8248AF7D56E1638D9C8249AAF933AE811B96">>}]},
+{pkg_hash_ext,[
+ {<<"lfe">>, <<"C484D3B655D40DED58BC41B17B22F173711C681BF36063A234A9BAA9506947E1">>}]}
+].
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.app.src b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.app.src
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96bdb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.app.src
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+{application, 'acronym',
+ [{description, ""},
+  {vsn, "0.0.1"},
+  {modules,
+   ['acronym']},
+  {registered, []},
+  {applications,
+   [kernel, stdlib]},
+  {included_applications, []},
+  {env, []}]}.
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.lfe b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.lfe
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index 0000000..04ba18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/src/acronym.lfe
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+(defmodule acronym
+    (export (abbreviate 1)))
+
+(defun abbreviate (str)
+  (throw "You need to implement abbreviate"))
diff --git a/exercises/practice/acronym/test/acronym-tests.lfe b/exercises/practice/acronym/test/acronym-tests.lfe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2da44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exercises/practice/acronym/test/acronym-tests.lfe
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(defmodule acronym-tests
+  (behaviour ltest-unit)
+  (export all))
+
+(include-lib "ltest/include/ltest-macros.lfe")
+
+(deftest no-allergies-at-all (is-equal () (allergies:allergies 0)))
+
+(defun acronyms_test_ ()
+  (lists:map #'make-test/1 (cases)))
+
+(defun make-test
+  (((tuple description input expected))
+   (tuple description (lambda () (is-equal expected (acronym:abbreviate input))))))
+  
+(defun cases ()
+  (list
+   (tuple "basic" "Portable Network Graphics" "PNG")
+   (tuple "lowercase words" "Ruby on Rails" "ROR")
+   (tuple "punctuation" "First In, First Out" "FIFO")
+   (tuple "all caps word" "GNU Image Manipulation Program" "GIMP")
+   (tuple "punctuation without whitespace" "Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor" "CMOS")
+   (tuple "very long abbreviation" "Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard That My Dogs Came Over And Licked Me" "ROTFLSHTMDCOALM")
+   (tuple "consecutive delimiters" "Something - I made up from thin air" "SIMUFTA")
+   (tuple "apostrophes" "Halley's Comet" "HC")
+   (tuple "underscore emphasis" "The Road _Not_ Taken" "TRNT")))