diff --git a/lib/onebox/engine.rb b/lib/onebox/engine.rb
index 99064c64b37..5d64fa41f6d 100644
--- a/lib/onebox/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/onebox/engine.rb
@@ -210,3 +210,4 @@ require_relative "engine/kaltura_onebox"
 require_relative "engine/reddit_media_onebox"
 require_relative "engine/google_drive_onebox"
 require_relative "engine/facebook_media_onebox"
+require_relative "engine/hackernews_onebox"
diff --git a/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_onebox.rb b/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_onebox.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79d8e037a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_onebox.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Onebox
+  module Engine
+    class HackernewsOnebox
+      include Engine
+      include LayoutSupport
+      include JSON
+
+      REGEX = /^https?:\/\/news\.ycombinator\.com\/item\?id=(?<item_id>\d+)/
+
+      matches_regexp(REGEX)
+
+      # This is their official API: https://blog.ycombinator.com/hacker-news-api/
+      def url
+        "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/#{match[:item_id]}.json"
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def match
+        @match ||= @url.match(REGEX)
+      end
+
+      def data
+        return nil unless %w{story comment}.include?(raw['type'])
+
+        html_entities = HTMLEntities.new
+        data = {
+          link: @url,
+          title: Onebox::Helpers.truncate(raw['title'], 80),
+          favicon: 'https://news.ycombinator.com/y18.gif',
+          timestamp: Time.at(raw['time']).strftime("%-l:%M %p - %-d %b %Y"),
+          author: raw['by']
+        }
+
+        data['description'] = html_entities.decode(Onebox::Helpers.truncate(raw['text'], 400)) if raw['text']
+
+        if raw['type'] == 'story'
+          data['data_1'] = raw['score']
+          data['data_2'] = raw['descendants']
+        end
+
+        data
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/onebox/templates/hackernews.mustache b/lib/onebox/templates/hackernews.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4431a26016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/onebox/templates/hackernews.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<h3><a href="{{link}}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{title}}</a></h3>
+
+{{#description}}
+  <p>{{description}}</p>
+{{/description}}
+
+
+<p>
+  {{#data_1}}
+  <span class="label1">{{data_1}} points</span> —
+  {{/data_1}}
+  {{#data_2}}
+  <span class="label2">{{data_2}} comments</span> —
+  {{/data_2}}
+  <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id={{author}}" class="author" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{author}}</a> —
+  <a href="{{link}}" class="timestamp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{timestamp}}</a>
+</p>
+
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_comment.response b/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_comment.response
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93c753faefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_comment.response
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"by":"codinghorror","id":5173615,"parent":5173013,"text":"Completely, forums are about basic human expression in paragraph form. This is an essential right and we want to give it back to the world in 100% no strings attached open source form.<p>Not that there aren't other forum choices, of course there are, but VERY few are 100% open source and even fewer are ones I <i>want</i> to use.","time":1360102194,"type":"comment"}
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diff --git a/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_story.response b/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_story.response
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2896cdeece9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/onebox/hackernews_story.response
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"by":"sosuke","descendants":270,"id":5172905,"kids":[5173142,5173462,5173017,5173011,5173162,5173096,5173389,5173293,5173674,5173185,5173184,5173102,5176942,5173013,5173470,5173134,5174761,5173633,5173075,5173367,5173441,5172994,5172963,5173100,5173129,5173922,5173532,5175377,5173063,5173118,5174902,5173062,5173188,5173217,5174393,5173283,5173595,5175282,5174673,5173220,5173987,5174254,5174114,5173433,5172970,5174863,5173152,5173268,5174226,5173925,5174224,5173045,5174240,5173307,5174395,5175680,5174795,5174098,5175464,5175574,5173095,5179521,5173072,5173511,5175643,5176315,5173012,5173054,5173512,5175604,5173042,5173608,5172961,5177654,5178409,5174238,5173099,5174201,5173081,5175087,5174260,5173820,5174730],"score":727,"time":1360094559,"title":"Civilized Discourse Construction Kit","type":"story","url":"http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/02/civilized-discourse-construction-kit.html"}
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diff --git a/spec/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_spec.rb b/spec/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..539019b9d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/onebox/engine/hackernews_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe Onebox::Engine::HackernewsOnebox do
+  context "When oneboxing a comment" do
+    let(:link) { "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30181167" }
+    let(:api_link) { "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/30181167.json" }
+    let(:html) { described_class.new(link).to_html }
+
+    before do
+      stub_request(:get, api_link).to_return(status: 200, body: onebox_response("hackernews_comment"))
+    end
+
+    it "has the comments first words" do
+      expect(html).to include("Completely, forums are about basic human expression in paragraph form.")
+    end
+
+    it "has author username" do
+      expect(html).to include("codinghorror")
+    end
+
+    it "has the permalink to the comic" do
+      expect(html).to include(link)
+    end
+
+    it "has the item date" do
+      expect(html).to include("2013")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "When oneboxing a story" do
+    let(:link) { "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5172905" }
+    let(:api_link) { "https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/5172905.json" }
+    let(:html) { described_class.new(link).to_html }
+
+    before do
+      stub_request(:get, api_link).to_return(status: 200, body: onebox_response("hackernews_story"))
+    end
+
+    it "has story title" do
+      expect(html).to include("Civilized Discourse Construction Kit")
+    end
+
+    it "has author username" do
+      expect(html).to include("sosuke")
+    end
+
+    it "has the permalink to the comic" do
+      expect(html).to include(link)
+    end
+
+    it "has the item date" do
+      expect(html).to include("2013")
+    end
+  end
+end